Ahead of Sunday’s Daytona 500, Comcast has added some NASCAR-related enhancements to its X1 operating platform as well new NASCAR VOD content. Comcast, which took over as the title sponsor of NASCAR back in September, also expanded its X1 Sports App to include scheduling information for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and […]
Mediacom, Discovery ink long-term distribution agreement
Discovery Communications and Mediacom Communications announced this morning that they’ve renewed their long-term distribution agreement. The latest deal included TV Everywhere rights across multiple platforms for authenticated Mediacom subscribers of Discovery’s 13 networks. Discovery brokered a similar deal with Cablevision last week , but on this morning’s fourth quarter earnings call with analysts Discovery CEO David […]
Time Warner Cable partners with BestBuy on smart home gear
By partnering with BestBuy, Time Warner Cable is providing an online retail route for users of its IntelligentHome monitoring and automation service. The deal with BestBuy allows IntelligentHome users to buy “smart” door locks, light bulbs and in-wall light switches that they can then self-install via a touchscreen. The home automation and security sector, which […]
Cablevision, Discovery strike multi-platform distribution deal
Cablevision has signed off on the renewal of its long-term distribution agreement with Discovery Communications. The new multi-platform deal covered Discovery’s suite of 13 U.S. networks as well as TV Everywhere rights for authenticated Cablevision subscribers. Financial terms of the new agreement weren’t available. The agreement covered Discovery’s full portfolio of networks including Discovery Channel, […]
Midco promotes 3 to senior leadership team
Midcontinent has promoted three of its managers to the director level based on their contributions to the company. With the promotions, newly minted directors Ben Dold, Chris Green and Char Hay are now part of Midcontinent’s senior leadership team, which also includes other directors and executives for the company. Dold was named director of marketing […]
WOW! Business rolls 110 Mbps tier into 4 Southeast cities
With the addition of four cities in the Southeast, WOW! Business continues to roll out its 110 Mbps down, 15 Mbps up tier to more small businesses across its footprint. WOW! Business is now offering the 110 Mbps service in Augusta, Charleston, Knoxville and Panama City for a total of 10 Southeast markets. WOW! Business […]
Cogeco on track to open another data center this spring
Cogeco Data Centers said it was on track to open a new 100,000-square-foot data center this spring on the island of Montreal. The new facility, which is located in Kirkland, will be the fifth location in Cogeco Data Services’ growing data center fleet. Cogeco said the new facility, which was designed to Tier 3 standards, […]
RCN Business bows managed LAN service
RCN Business is removing some of the complexities associated with enterprise-level customers managing their WAN and LAN assets by offering a new managed LAN service. The service is packaged as a switch management solution for RCN Business’ hosted voice and Ethernet products. The managed LAN service was designed to help configure, deploy, monitor and manage […]
Sling TV available to everyone, adds AMC Networks
As of today, Sling TV’s cord-cutting service is open for business to everyone, and it also announced that AMC Networks has joined its roster of content providers. Sling TV, a subsidiary of Dish, started out as an invitation-only offering when it was announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month. The deal […]
Atlantic Broadband hooks up with Miami Data Vault
Atlantic Broadband has bolstered its presence in the burgeoning South Florida communications sector by partnering with Miami Data Vault. The deal allows Atlantic Broadband to offer its suite of commercial services to businesses via Miami Data Vault’s data center and coloction facility. As part of the partnership, Miami Data Vault will add Atlantic Broadband to […]