Shares of Netflix continued to gain Thursday after a 9 percent spike Friday. Investors were reacting to news from CEO Reed Hastings who announced during a Wednesday CES keynote that the streaming video service has expanded into India. As of 9:37 a.m. CT on Thursday, shares of Netflix were up 1 percent to $118.90. Netflix […]
VHX Launches White-Label Apps for Content Creators
White-label video distribution platform VHX announced Wednesday that businesses selling videos using VHX will now be able to launch their own custom-branded apps across multiple platforms, including Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Android, and Roku. Previously, subscribers to video networks hosted on the VHX platform would need to download the VHX-branded app to watch content they […]
Telefonica in Germany and Quantanna Partner on New Router
Telefónica Deutschland and Quantenna Communications today announced the release of a new generation of O2 HomeBox 2 in Germany. According to a press release, the new device based on Quantenna 4×4 802.11ac Wave 2 QSR1000 chipset, improves on speed, range, efficiency and reliability. The Wave 2’s MU-MIMO support will further contribute to the increase of […]
CES: Broadband Forum Chair Rallies Around G.fast
Broadband Forum Chairman Kevin Foster put emphasis on deployment of G.fast during a recent keynote at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). “It’s all about delivering tomorrow’s consumer trends, like 4K video, location-based services, security, home automation, video sharing, gaming and home office collaboration, today” said Foster. “One of the issues is that you need […]
ASUS Routers Tops with Consumers in New Survey
ASUS provides the most consumer friendly router according to a new report. J.D. Power’s inaugural Wireless Router Satisfaction Report measures router reliability, Wi-Fi range, security, speed of upload/download, ability to restore service with minimal effort The report measures overall satisfaction with wireless router manufacturers among consumers who purchased a router during the 12-month period prior […]
MaxLinear Hits Gigabit Speed with Solution for Home Coax Networks
MaxLinear on Tuesday annoucned a fully integrated Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) 2.0 system solution that exceeds gigabit-per-second data rates. The company says its the new solution can provide 1.2 Gbps of aggregate MAC throughput between up to 16 nodes equipped with MaxLinear MxL37xx devices. The device is backward interoperable with MoCA 1.x and MoCA […]
Frontier Chair Wilderotter Steps Down
Frontier Communications today announced its planned succession in the leadership of its board. Maggie Wilderotter, the company’s CEO for over 10 years and its executive chairman since April will be succeeded as chairman by Pamela Reeve. Reeve joined the Frontier Communications Board in 2010 and currently serves as Lead Director. During her 15 year tenure […]
TWC Announces Record Customer Gains, Shares Follow Wall Street Dive
Time Warner Cable (TWC) on Monday announced record full-year residential subscriber growth for 2015. According to the company, TWC saw customer relationship net additions of 618,000, video net additions of 32,000, high-speed data net additions of 1 million and voice net additions of 1.036 million. Rob Marcus, chairman and CEO of TWC, called 2015 a […]
Netgear Launches Wall Plug Wi-Fi Range Extender
Netgear has released a new Wi-Fi range extender that plugs into a wall outlet. The company says the Nighthawk X4 AC2200 WiFi Range Extender with MU-MIMO and Beamforming+ technology can expand the range of an existing Wi-Fi router to cover up to 10,000 square feet and also enables end users to stream data to multiple […]
Roku Bringing 4K TV to Market this Spring
Streaming set-top box maker Roku is pushing its smart TV platform onto more TVs. Ahead of the kickoff to the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Roku announced plans Monday to launch the first 4K UHD Roku TV models. On top of that, the company said its TV OEM partners expect to […]