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Verizon Stitches Mobile Phone Into Bundles By Todd Spangler - 06/17/2008
Verizon Communications—responding to consumers who are giving up their landlines and using wireless as their primary voice service—rolled out a new double-play offer that combines broadband Internet and wireless on one bill. More
D.C. Mayor Signs Bill Approving Verizon FiOS TV By Todd Spangler - 01/13/2009
Verizon Communications is one step away from bringing FiOS TV to the nation’s capital after District of Columbia mayor Adrian M. Fenty signed legislation into law Monday night approving the telco’s 15-year cable franchise in the city.
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Obama DTV Plan Splits AT&T, Verizon By Ted Hearn - 01/12/2009
Washington -- President-elect Obama's plan to delay the nation's switch to digital broadcasting on Feb. 17 has driven a wedge between AT&T and Verizon Communications as a key senator prepares legislation that would postpone the transition perhaps by 90 days.
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Charter Sues Verizon Over Video Patents By Todd Spangler - 01/12/2009
Charter Communications has fired back at Verizon Communications, alleging in a federal lawsuit that the telco’s FiOS TV service infringes four patents related to video-on-demand service delivery.
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CES 2009: Silicon Image Pitches Chips For HD Home Networks By Todd Spangler - 01/08/2009
Las Vegas -- Semiconductor maker Silicon Image is angling to set the standard for distributing HD content to multiple devices throughout the home, with the launch Thursday of a chip-based architecture it has dubbed “LiquidHD.”
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CES 2009: Microsoft Adds Network DVR To IPTV Platform By Todd Spangler - 01/08/2009
Las Vegas -- Microsoft is adding a network-based DVR feature to its Mediaroom IPTV platform that will let subscribers “rewind” programs that are currently airing and watch them from the beginning -- akin to Time Warner Cable’s popular Start Over service.
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CES 2009: Verizon Touts 100-Plus HDs Across FiOS TV Footprint By Todd Spangler - 01/08/2009
Las Vegas -- Verizon’s FiOS TV now provides 100 or more high-definition channels in all 14 states where the TV service is offered, and the telco announced that it has added remote DVR-scheduling features for Home Media DVR subscribers.
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Verizon Proffers Aggressive Pricing For DSL, Bundles By Linda Haugsted - 01/07/2009
Following on the heels of its announced HD DVR freebies for new subscribers, Verizon Communications Inc. is now offering an aggressive pricing offer for digital subscriber line buyers and triple-play bundles including DirecTV service.
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BIT RATE Todd Spangler, Technology Editor, Multichannel News December 12, 2008 FiOS TV: Data Points
Verizon has deployed somewhere around 4.8 million FiOS TV set-top boxes so far, acc... More
BIT RATE Todd Spangler, Technology Editor, Multichannel News October 21, 2008 AT&T: Hiking HD Fees?
AT&T U-verse TV customers are getting notices that starting Nov. 10, the telco ... More
BIT RATE Todd Spangler, Technology Editor, Multichannel News October 10, 2008 Qwest Unplugs IPTV Customers
Qwest Communications International has started to phase out the IPTV service it off... More
BIT RATE Todd Spangler, Technology Editor, Multichannel News October 7, 2008 Verizon Tinkers With FiOS TV Tiers
Verizon, evidently looking to drive up the margins on its video service, has split ... More
Cable Hall of Fame Six cable industry leaders were inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame last week during a ceremony held in conjunction with The Cable Center’s Cable Days at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.
History Wraps Up NYC Subway To promote the third season of its hit series ‘Cities of the Underworld,’ History executed the first-ever full advertising wrap of the exterior and interior of a New York City subway car.
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