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Could Hulu Potentially Harm Quality TV Shows? Syndicate content

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Time Warner Cable Testing Online TV Syndicate content

Time Warner Cable announced Thursday it is working with a number of networks to provide its customers with more online access to programming. The networks involved in the upcoming trials of TV Everywhere include TBS, TNT, HBO, CBS, Syfy, BBC America, AMC, WE tv, Sundance Channel, Discovery and the Smithsonian Channel. Last month Comcast began a similar test offering content from HBO and Cinemax online.

Cable Companies Take Advertisers' Ads Online Syndicate content

National Cable Communications (NCC) and Mixpo have launched an initiative to let cable advertisers extend their TV commercials to the web. This is not aimed at creating pre/post roll video ads like you might think, but videos as display ads in place of traditional banners. NCC is jointly owned by three of the largest cable companies - Comcast Cable, Cox Communications, and Time Warner Cable. This makes up a good-sized chunk of television advertising in the US.

Comcast Adds HBO To Online Programming Syndicate content

Comcast has announced it will begin test broadcasting television and movie content from HBO and Cinemax online. Comcast's HBO and Cinemax customers will be able to access the content online via Comcast.net and Fancast.com. The HBO and Cinemax broadband services will initially provide 750 hours a month of programming and will grow over time.
News Tags: Technology, Cinemax, HBO, Comcast

Time Warner, Comcast To Offer Shows Online Syndicate content

Time Warner has partnered with Comcast to offer some of its television shows online for paying TV subscribers, while making it more difficult for non-subscribers to get access to programs for free.
News Tags: Hulu, Time Warner, Deals, Comcast

FCC Chair Proposes Fifth Toothless Internet Principle Syndicate content

Michael Copps, who is sitting in as Interim FCC chairman in Kevin Martin’s absence until the approval of White House nominee Julius Genachowski, suggested a fifth Internet non-discrimination principle be added to the regulatory agency’s Internet Policy Statement.

FCC Questions Comcast’s VoIP Policy Syndicate content

The Federal Communications Commission is investigating concerns that Comcast's new network management practices gives priority to its own digital voice services while degrading the quality of its competitors.In a letter sent to Comcast on Sunday, the FCC asked why the company had failed to disclose "the distinct effects Comcast's new network management technique has on Comcast's VoIP offering versus those if its competitors."
News Tags: Free Press, FCC, Legal, Comcast

Working Toward Activity Stream Standards Syndicate content

In San Francisco last night, Six Apart (who recently launched data portability initiative Motion) hosted a roundtable to discuss the future of activity stream standards. In attendance were people from Google, Yahoo, MySpace, Facebook, Nokia, Plaxo, Comcast, and others.

Comcast Launches Faster Internet Service In Four New Markets Syndicate content

Comcast said today that it has launched its wideband Internet service in four more markets including Chicago, Atlanta, Baltimore and Ft. Wayne, Indiana.Lynsey Silvesti, Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, Comcast, told WebProNews that the roll out brings the company to its goal of reaching 10 major markets this year.
News Tags: Technology, Wideband, Comcast

Comcast Rolls Out Faster Internet Service Syndicate content

Comcast said today that it will begin rolling out ultra fast Internet service in some of its larger markets and will offer faster connections to all of its subscribers over the next two years.The company said it will introduce its wideband Docsis 3.0 in the Boston region, Southern New Hampshire, as well as areas of Philadelphia and New Jersey. Comcast said it plans to continue to introduce its wideband in more than 10 major markets in the next several months.
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