Telecommunications
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AT&T CEO Calls on Congress to Restore Net Neutrality
AT&T chairman/CEO Randall Stephenson apparently believes in miracles. Speaking Nov. 12 at the Wall Street Journal’s WSJ Tech D. Live confab in Laguna Beach, Calif., Stephenson called on politically-divided Congress to enact net neutrality guidelines for the nation’s Internet service providers. It was wishful thinking, Stephenson agreed, joking the lawmakers can’t agree on the freezing temperature … Continue reading “AT&T CEO Calls on Congress to Restore Net Neutrality”
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DEG Presents Hedy Lamarr Awards to VR Pioneer, Carnegie Mellon Student
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group presented its second annual Hedy Lamarr Award for Innovation in Entertainment Technology to Emblematic Group CEO Nonny de la Peña, a leader in virtual reality, in Santa Monica, Calif., Nov. 1. The award recognizes female executives in the fields of entertainment and technology who have made a significant contribution to the industry. The … Continue reading “DEG Presents Hedy Lamarr Awards to VR Pioneer, Carnegie Mellon Student”
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AT&T CEO Calls on Congress to Restore Net Neutrality
AT&T chairman/CEO Randall Stephenson apparently believes in miracles. Speaking Nov. 12 at the Wall Street Journal’s WSJ Tech D. Live confab in Laguna Beach, Calif., Stephenson called on politically-divided Congress to enact net neutrality guidelines for the nation’s Internet service providers. It was wishful thinking, Stephenson agreed, joking the lawmakers can’t agree on the freezing temperature … Continue reading “AT&T CEO Calls on Congress to Restore Net Neutrality”
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Altice USA Softens Q3 Pay-TV Subscriber Losses
Cable operator Altice USA reported third-quarter (ended Sept. 30) pay-TV subscriber losses of 28,000, which was more than 15% improvement from 33,000 subs lost in the previous-year period. New York-based Altice USA, which was created as a separate entity following the 2016 acquisition of Suddenlink and Cablevision by Netherlands-based multinational telecom Altice, attributed the improvement to … Continue reading “Altice USA Softens Q3 Pay-TV Subscriber Losses”
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U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Net Neutrality Appeals Court Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court Nov. 5 declined to hear a case brought by the telecommunications industry and the Department of Justice seeking to reverse a lower appeals court ruling upholding Obama-era regulations that treated the Internet as a utility. The Federal Communications Commission under President Trump reversed the regulations in 2017. Through the Obama-era guidelines … Continue reading “U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Net Neutrality Appeals Court Ruling”
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Verizon Reorganizes Internally; Focus on 5G, Not OTT Video Content
With more than 150 million subscribers, Verizon is the largest wireless telecommunications operator in the United States. It also does not have a proprietary over-the-top video platform – despite spending more than $1 billion on the short-lived Go90 app, which included some original content. New CEO Hans Vestberg Nov. 5 announced an internal management restructure … Continue reading “Verizon Reorganizes Internally; Focus on 5G, Not OTT Video Content”
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Dish Announces ‘Anticompetitive’ AT&T Has Pulled HBO and Cinemax From Its Services
Dish late Oct. 31 announced that AT&T had pulled HBO and Cinemax content from Dish and Sling TV subscribers, calling the move “anticompetitive.” The Dish release states that the “AT&T-DirecTV-Time Warner mega merger has allowed the giant conglomerate to relentlessly exert power and influence over competing pay-TV providers and consumers.” Dish announced the action came … Continue reading “Dish Announces ‘Anticompetitive’ AT&T Has Pulled HBO and Cinemax From Its Services”
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Trump Signs Memo Saying U.S. 5G Wireless Leadership ‘Imperative’
President Donald Trump has issued a memorandum urging progress in spectrum technology. The memo he signed, with the subject line “Developing a Sustainable Spectrum Strategy for America’s Future,” states, “It is imperative that America be first in fifth-generation (5G) wireless technologies — wireless technologies capable of meeting the high-capacity, low-latency, and high-speed requirements that can unleash … Continue reading “Trump Signs Memo Saying U.S. 5G Wireless Leadership ‘Imperative’”
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Comcast Q3 Pay-TV Subs Continue to Decline
Comcast Cable maybe slowly embracing third-party over-the-top video service such as Netflix, YouTube and Sling TV, but it continues to jettison pay-TV subscribers. The cable operator Oct. 25 disclosed it lost 106,000 subscribers in the third quarter (ended Sept. 30), and improvement from the 125,000 subs lost in the previous-year period. In reality, Comcast ended … Continue reading “Comcast Q3 Pay-TV Subs Continue to Decline”
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Verizon Loses 151K Fios Video Subs, Puts Focus on 5G
Verizon Oct. 23 revealed it lost 151,000 Fios video subscribers in third-quarter (ended Sept. 30), impacted by ongoing consumer shifts away from traditional linear pay-TV offerings. The telecom ended the period with 4.49 million Fios video subs compared to 4.64 million subs in the previous-year period. Net video sub losses totaled 63,000 compared to 18,000 … Continue reading “Verizon Loses 151K Fios Video Subs, Puts Focus on 5G”
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Sony Brings E-commerce to TVs and Blu-ray Disc Players
Sony Electronics Oct. 2 announced a collaboration with software company Connekt to enable owners of select Sony Smart TVs and Blu-ray Disc players the ability to buy products directly through the television – dubbed “T-Commerce”. Through a special embedded app, consumers with select Sony smart TV models will be able to securely purchase products directly … Continue reading “Sony Brings E-commerce to TVs and Blu-ray Disc Players”
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Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google Among Top Brands in Survey
Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google and Samsung placed among the top brands in a new survey from global consultancy firm Prophet. The firm released its fourth annual Brand Relevance Index, in which it surveyed 12,694 consumers in the United States across 299 brands in 37 categories. The top 10 in order were Apple, Amazon, Pinterest, Netflix, … Continue reading “Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google Among Top Brands in Survey”
