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NewsDish Network can't match DirecTV growth
It is still too early to tell how AT&T's new commitment to re-sell Dish Network satellite TV services across all of its markets will affect Dish's business, but as the sales effort gears up, it Read more...
Comcast and BitTorrent make nice
Comcast and BitTorrent Inc. last week agreed to bury the hatchet and work together to try and make BitTorrent software run more smoothly on Comcast's network. The deal ends a contentious battle Read more...
Court approves new MDU rules
An appeals court has rejected an attempt by the National Cable and Telecommunications Association to stop new rules that abolish exclusive service contracts between cable operators and owners of Read more...
Cable critical to next gen digital services
It is hard to overstate the importance of the Federal Communication Commission's investigation into Comcast's traffic management practices. As FCC chief Kevin Martin yesterday said: "I think if Read more...
Comcast says tru2way is the only way
Comcast boss Ralph Roberts used his historic keynote at CES2008 to relaunch the industry's new open development platform, tru2way. Formerly known as the OpenCable platform, it is designed to enable Read more...
FCC's Martin looking lonely
Just two weeks after FCC chief Kevin Martin floated his re-regulation of big cable idea, he looks decidedly isolated with fellow commissioners and congressional members of both flavors seriously Read more...
FCC cable numbers disputed
Federal Communications Commission chair Kevin Martin has a habit of detailing how the FCC will vote ahead of its actual meetings. But his plan to hit big cable with new regulations seems to have his Read more...
Vuse complains about Comcast throttling
Some believe that rather than peering being the evil that Hollywood claims, P2P will be the savior of the internet as video continues to block up bandwidth. Which is what is so significant about Read more...
FCC opens up apartments for telcos
Nearly 30 million US households--many African-American and Hispanics--are set to be opened to competition for television services with the Federal Communication Commission expected to end cable's Read more...
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