In keeping with its legacy of being a cable innovator, BendBroadband launched its TV Everywhere service this week with video content available from Turner Broadcasting. While TV Everywhere has almost become table stakes for large cable operators – Time Warner-owned Turner and Comcast first hooked up on TV Everywhere in 2009 – BendBroadband President and […]
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Sprint’s iPhone gamble widens losses
Sprint’s bet on the iPhone helped it bring in the highest number of new customers in six years during the fourth quarter, but the success came at a hefty price. The operator said Wednesday that its losses ballooned to $1.3 billion, from $929 million the previous year, after the substantial cost of subsidizing the iPhone […]
More than 2M viewers live stream Super Bowl online
The first live stream of the Super Bowl drew 2.1 million unique viewers, NBC said Thursday. That’s a small fraction of the record 111.3 million viewers that watched NBC’s broadcast of the big game. But it was still enough to make it the most-watched single-game sports event online, according to the network. Kevin Monaghan, managing […]
Poll: TV still trumps Web for campaign news
In this campaign season, the social networks have nothing on the news networks. A new survey from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press finds cable news most frequently cited as a regular source of political campaign news, followed by local TV news, network news, the Internet, and finally local newspapers. Twitter, […]
In the media: Rogers, BCE take Apple’s iTV for a trial spin
Rogers Communications and Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE), which are two of Canada’s largest service providers, are reportedly in talks with Apple to use the latter’s iTV platform. Apple’s TV sets have been the subject of rumor and conjecture for quite some time, especially since last year, when a biography on Steve Jobs said he had […]
Industry Canada clears Dish Network, TerreStar deal
Industry Canada today cleared Dish Network’s acquisition of TerreStar’s satellite spectrum across the United States’ northern border. The approval brings Dish one step closer to closing its purchase of spectrum from the bankrupt satellite company, but it still must get FCC clearance for the deal. “Dish is prepared to immediately close both transactions upon receiving […]
Flingo raises $7M to expand device footprint, improve ACR
TV app specialist Flingo said it raised $7 million in Series A funding from August Capital. One of Flingo’s most recent clients is A+E Networks, which said it will introduce some social networking functions based on Flingo’s social TV capabilities on the A&E and History channels. Viewers of A&E and History will be able to […]
Alcatel-Lucent banks on customer service
Alcatel-Lucent is throwing its weight behind software that allows wireless operators to get a better understanding of what their customers are actually experiencing when they access the network, technology known in industry circles as customer experience management. The French company is using software acquired through its 2008 purchase of customer service specialist Motive to boost […]
Report: Apple snags big chunk of Q4 smartphone sales
Apple emerged as the best-selling handset OEM in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to NPD Group. Apple accounted for 43 percent of the U.S. smartphone market during the quarter, which was helped along by new carrier partners Sprint and C-Spire, as well as the holiday push and the iPhone 4S. Ross Rubin, executive director […]
Verizon to set up streaming service with Redbox
Verizon Communications will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks. Verizon and Coinstar, Redbox’s parent, say the service will be national and available to non-Verizon customers, as well. It adds another leg to Verizon’s quest to become a force in home entertainment, and it looks […]