The app formerly known as Gogii will soon be formerly known as TextPlus. TextPlus is launching its next-generation communications app, NextPlus, which is designed around the virtual phone number. Read more »
Insofar as the FCC’s goal is to create a level playing field, where OVDs could compete effectively with facilities-based pay-TV providers, the disparate treatment of broadcast and digital rights will make… Read more »
Consumers have been waiting forever for real TV options over the internet — now they may finally get them. Here’s what the FCC’s big announcement could mean for you. 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 »
Underlying much of the debate of interconnection fees and paid prioritization is an unspoken and largely unexamined assumption that the current power dynamic between ISPs and content providers is both inevitable… Read more »
Only 15 users have gotten verified status, but almost all of them are Hong Kong journalists who Open Garden hopes will become trusted sources of information during the protests. Read more »
Online video heated up, as traditional television players, tech stalwarts, and new startups all seek access to the $75 billion spent on U.S. TV advertising. Read more »
WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum will keep his day job (in fact he’s being given 25 million restricted shares to stay put), but he’ll also take a spot of Facebook’s board. Read more »
Cable providers in Canada must pay a special subsidy to support Canadian culture. The companies, and some governments, are arguing that internet services like Netflix should have to pay it too. Read more »