Verizon has expanded its marketing relationship with Google’s YouTube TV to resell the virtual MVPD service across the operator’s distribution channels. The carrier began offering a free YouTube TV subscription to customers that signed up for its fixed wireless 5G Home broadband service at launch last year. As Verizon reported first-quarter earnings Tuesday, the company […]
Verizon Expands Relationship with YouTube TV
AT&T Sells Back Hulu Stake, Leaving Comcast and Disney Owners
AT&T has sold its minority stake in Hulu for $1.43 billion, with Comcast and Disney left as the remaining owners of the streaming service. The price tag for AT&T’s 9.5 percent share values Hulu at $15 billion. Disney holds a 60 percent share after closing its $71 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox entertainment […]
Report: AT&T’s WarnerMedia Selling Hudson Yards Stake for $2 Billion
AT&T’s WarnerMedia has reportedly reached an agreement to sell its stake in the West Manhattan Hudson Yards office tower to project developer Related, for more than $2 billion, according to Bloomberg. As part of the deal, Related would then lease back 1.5 million square feet of space in 30 Hudson Yards to AT&T for WarnerMedia […]
Comcast Business Eyes Federal Government Sales for Growth, Creates New Segment
Comcast Business is incorporating federal agencies into its growth strategy, announcing Monday the creation of a new dedicated business unit targeting U.S. Government and Public Sector organizations. The segment is led by Kenneth Folderauer, Comcast Business’ recently-appointed VP of federal government sales, who in addition to sales, is responsible for the unit’s go-to-market strategy and […]
Cable One Scooping up Fidelity Communications for $525 Million
Cable One is purchasing Missouri-based cable operator Fidelity Communications for $525.9 million in an all cash deal. Headquartered in Sullivan, Mo., Fidelity serves residential and business customers across greater Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. The family-owned cable operator provides data, video, and voice services with about 114,000 residential PSUs and 20,000 business PSUs. […]
Dish, Univision End 9-Month Blackout with New Long-term Carriage Deal
Univision channels have been restored for Dish subscribers as of Tuesday after the two finally reached a long-term carriage agreement, ending a nine-month blackout. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dish and DishLatino customers now have access to channels including Univision, UniMás, Univision Deportes Network, Galavisión, Tlnovelas and FOROtv. Many Univision channels went dark […]
FTC Seeks Info From Broadband Providers About Privacy Practices
The Federal Trade Commission has ordered seven broadband providers to hand over information about the companies’ respective privacy practices related to consumers and their devices. Companies that received the order, issued Tuesday, include AT&T, Comcast, Google Fiber, T-Mobile, and Verizon. The agency, which has greater oversight over ISPs following the 2017 overturn of net […]
SCTE Offers Cable Tech Workforce Course on Changing Network Architectures
SCTE is offering a technical learning course aimed at preparing engineering and tech professionals for shifts in cable network architecture. The Critical Facilities course, which can be taken onsite during an instructor-led boot camp or online, focuses on the changing role of headends and data centers in cable networks and addressing unexpected situations like power […]
Verizon, AT&T Authorized Under Government’s $50B EIS Contract
Verizon and AT&T have both been authorized to operate under the GSA’s $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract after successfully completing Business Support System (BSS) testing. The 15-year EIS contract is meant to aid federal agencies as they migrate to modern telecom and IT services that support government security standards. GSA announced Monday that […]