Time Warner Cable has released its second Android-based app in as many weeks, with the latest, My TWC, taking flight today. Time Warner Cable’s free My TWC app works on Android smartphones and tablets. The My TWC app allows subscribers to manage their services remotely from the various devices. The latest Android app followed on […]
Telecommunications
Suddenlink offers any-room DVR with TiVo Premiere
Suddenlink Communications subscribers that currently enjoy TiVo Premiere in their homes can now pause a recorded program in one room and resume watching it in another. As an example of how the feature works, Suddenlink customers with three TiVo Premiere DVRs can record up to six shows at the same time; watch recordings on any […]
Networks shell out billions for NFL
With NFL games enjoying seemingly invincible ratings while most everything else on TV goes down, down, down, the league’s traditional broadcast partners embraced a deal that sends their rights fees up, up, up. CBS, Fox and NBC renewed their contracts for nine years through the 2022 season, the NFL announced Wednesday. The average fees from the […]
Nielsen: Android, iOS solidify U.S. dominance
If you needed more evidence that Android and iOS are crushing the competition, Nielsen has come out with some numbers today showing just how entrenched the rival operating systems are in the U.S. market. Nielsen’s third-quarter State of the Media: The Mobile Media Report found that 83 percent of all app downloads happen on Android […]
Feds: LightSquared interferes with ‘majority’ of GPS
A key government committee said Wednesday that LightSquared’s network affects a “majority” of general purpose GPS receivers and technology used to land planes, but it doesn’t appear to have a significant impact on cell phones. “LightSquared signals caused harmful interference to the majority of other tested general purpose GPS receivers,” said Anthony Russo, director of […]
Verizon upgrading FiOS IP backbone
Verizon will be upgrading the IP backbone of its FiOS service, deploying Cisco CRS-3 carrier routers in several major markets to support 100G transport. Verizon said that through the first half of next year, it will be installing the equipment closer to its network edge in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York and […]
Judge grants delay in Sprint, C Spire cases over T-Mobile deal
A judge has agreed to postpone legal proceedings in Sprint and C Spire Wireless’ lawsuits challenging AT&T’s merger with T-Mobile USA as AT&T decides whether to abandon the deal. The companies had first asked the court to delay the start of the trial until after the Justice Department’s antitrust suit over the transaction got underway. […]
Cisco spends $850,000 to lobby in Q3
Cisco Systems, the world’s largest maker of computer networking gear, spent $850,000 in the third quarter to lobby the federal government on corporate taxes and other issues, according to a disclosure report. That was up from $540,000 in the second quarter and $470,000 in the same period a year ago, though it was only a […]
Best Buy’s Q3 profit falls, shares skid
Electronics retailer Best Buy said Tuesday that its third-quarter net income fell 29 percent as it cut prices in popular categories such as tablets and TVs to drive sales and traffic during the busy holiday season. Its adjusted earnings missed analysts’ expectations, and its shares sank more than 15 percent. Best Buy Co.’s results highlight […]
Motorola, FourthWall form a multi-screen bond
Motorola Mobility has adopted products from FourthWall Media to support tighter integration between set-top boxes and mobile devices. Motorola’s Medios multi-screen management software FourthWall’s EBIF Platform, designed to work with Motorola set-tops, and FourthWall’s AirCommand, a set of cloud-based services connecting mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, to EBIF-enabled set-tops that FourthWall (formerly known […]
