The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will take up Comcast’s appeal over an earlier Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that allowed a $20 billion racial bias lawsuit against the cable giant to proceed. The lawsuit brought on by Bryon Allen-owned Entertainment Studios and the National Association of African-American Owned Media centers […]

Virtual reality, while not a mainstream technology as of yet, still holds promise for emerging applications like patient management and immersive gaming. As cable broadband architectures shift, new technologies are poised to help operators handle requirements for enhanced experiences.  While 5G has been touted as a VR-enabler, the cable industry has also been at work […]

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for May 6-12. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership. 1. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 12.6 million. 2. “Game of Thrones,” HBO, 12.5 million. 3. “NCIS,” CBS, 11.7 million. 4. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 10.5 million. 5. “FBI,” CBS, 8.8 million. 6. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 8.5 million. 7. “Mom,” […]

Cox Communications has added Amazon Prime Video to the list of OTT apps integrated on the cable operator’s Contour TV platform. Cox inked a licensing deal in 2015 with Comcast for a video offering based on the cable giant’s X1 platform. The Amazon Prime Video app joins Netflix and YouTube, as well as iHeartRadio, on […]

TiVo on Thursday formally announce plans to split its IP licensing and product segments into separate standalone entities while the company pursues a sale of its assets. TiVo said its product business, which includes and integrated video solutions, will be able to pursue a “customer-first strategy” and not be encumbered by the IP licensing business. […]

Altice USA is expanding its news unit with the acquisition of digital-first news company Cheddar. Altice is paying $200 million for the Cheddar networks, which include business and finance-focused Cheddar Business network, and general news network Cheddar News. Cheddar programming is geared toward millennial audiences and the networks are available in about 40 million pay […]

Charter Communications reported strong subscriber metrics for its broadband business in the first quarter, as video subscribers continued to drop off. “With the most customer-impacting elements of our integration behind us, we are now focused on growing our business. We are doing that by driving high quality subscriptions, reducing transactions and churn, and maintaining and […]

TiVo announced Monday that Armstrong is the latest service provider that will use TiVo’ Next-Gen Platform in its transition to IPTV.    Armstrong will be deploying TiVo’s cloud-based IPTV offerings including IPVOD, IP linear, restart, catch-up and network DVR across a variety of clients, within in the operator’s service footprint. Armstrong operates in areas across […]

Comcast continued to lose pay TV subscribers in the first quarter, but cable revenues increased as the operator’s broadband base keeps expanding. Comcast lost 121,000 video customers in the period, with its pay TV base shrinking at rate of 1.8 percent compared to about 4 percent for the industry overall, according to MoffettNathanson analyst Craig […]