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Live TV is dying, advertisers likely to spend $9B anyway
With DVR penetration nearing 50 percent of American households, and with the majority of homes already watching video on demand, Americans are slowly moving away from a former mainstay of television Read more >>
Are consumers happy with their pay-TV services? Survey says… No
Shoot a 66 at the golf course and your buddies are likely to give you a hard time for scoring so well (and, possibly offer to bankroll you on your way to the PGA). But score a 66 out of 100 on a Read more >>
AT&T puts U-verse TV on Xbox on indefinite hiatus
Hoping to use an Xbox to access AT&T's (NYSE: T) U-verse TV? You may be in for a bit of a wait, as the telco has pulled the hardware kit that allowed users to use the game console as a "spare" Read more >>
AT&T launches U-verse TV and Internet service in Ottawa, Kan.
AT&T (NYSE: T) U-verse Internet and U-verse TV are now available in Ottawa, Kan., continuing the telco's expansion in the Sunflower State. The company said the service now passes more than Read more >>
Ensequence gets $26M in latest funding round
The concept of smart TVs and their potential to connect with consumers has been fueling venture capital investment in the space of late, especially in the area of app development. The latest company Read more >>
Elemental lands Columbus Communications for video play in LatAm, Caribbean
Transcoding vendor Elemental Technologies, which last year added Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) and Avail-TVN to its customer roster, today said it would power Columbus' multiscreen video roll out in Latin Read more >>
SeaChange wraps up spinoff of broadcast server, storage unit
Video-on-demand software specialist SeaChange International (Nasdaq: SEAC) said it has closed the sale of its broadcast server and storage business to XOR Media, completing its first major step Read more >>
CenturyLink Q1 income falls 5.2%, Prism TV subscriptions climb
CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL) today reported first quarter 2012 earnings slid 5.2 percent, still beating Wall Street analysts' expectations for the the nation's fourth-largest telecom company. Read more >>
Harmonic debuts Iris 2.0 with improved end-to-end monitoring of bandwidth and video
Harmonic (Nasdaq: HLIT) has rolled out a new iteration of its video-quality monitoring and analytics software suite, this one delivering a more robust end-to-end video-monitoring and analysis Read more >>
Frontier CEO: OTT video 'more important than anything else'
Frontier Communications (Nasdaq: FTR) reported first-quarter 2012 revenue dipped nearly 7 percent, to $1.27 billion, from $1.35 billion a year ago, and continued to shed the FiOS customers it Read more >>
Small Canadian ISP has plan to sell IPTV nationwide
A Canadian ISP that just recently began reselling Bell's IPTV service in greater Montreal wants to offer its product across Canada, saying it will compete by offering "more channels for a lower Read more >>
Elemental adds $13M in Series C funding round
Elemental Technologies today said it raised $13 million in a Series C funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners, joined by existing investors General Catalyst, Voyager Capital and Steamboat Read more >>
Dish subs to lose 'Mad Men,' 'The Walking Dead' as it vows to drop channels
Dish Network (Nasdaq: DISH), citing declining viewership numbers, said it's planning to drop all of AMC Networks' programming, including hit shows like Mad Men and The Walking Dead on the flagship Read more >>
Report: Connected devices, TVs offer opportunity for service providers
The increasing consumer uptake of connected devices and smart TVs is changing the way consumers access online content, according to a new report. And, rather than being a threat to service providers Read more >>
SeaChange to add APRICO content-recommendation technology
SeaChange International (Nasdaq: SEAC), which earlier this week announced it had elevated interim CEO Raghu Rau to become its permanent chief executive, today continued its own transition to a more Read more >>
