AT&T posted yet another strong quarter for new connections, but unlike previous periods this fourth quarter was driven (pun intended) largely by cars. Of its 1.9 million net subscriber additions, 800,000… Read more »
DirecTV soft-launched its Latino streaming service Yaveo Monday, offering three live TV feeds channels as well some 2700 hours of on-demand content for $7.99 per month. Yaveo operates completely separate from… Read more »
AT&T’s ambitions of becoming a mile-high ISP are no more. The carrier is abandoning its plans to offer in-flight internet services so it can focus on its terrestrial acquisitions. Read more »
As sports viewing increasingly goes over-the-top and mobile, taking the traditional broadcast audience with it, big-ticket, broadcast-only rights deals are going to grow increasingly problematic for the broadcasters. Read more »
Consumers increasingly are willing and able to assemble their own, a la carte TV bundles, through a mixture of traditional and OTT channels, while eschewing pre-packaged bundles dictated by the networks. Read more »
It’s like it’s 2010 all over again as the FCC indicates it may take a second look at bringing the idea of network neutrality to the wireless networks as part of… Read more »
Hablas Español? Then DirecTV would like to sell you its upcoming online video service. The company is getting ready to launch a service specifically targeting Latinos. Read more »
The second quarter of 2014 saw several major developments in the ongoing restructuring of the pay-TV business but there was little for those banking on a disruption of that industry to… Read more »
In its FCC filings, AT&T says it will connect 13 million additional homes to a tolerable broadband connection with new wireless local loop technologies. It’s failed at this in the past,… Read more »