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More home networks, more streaming video

05.15.13

Most households with broadband have home networks, and more and more of those are used to stream video. Read More »

Cable and high tech: low satisfaction

01.18.13

Social media and cable companies generate a lot of chatter -- and a lot of angry users. Read More »

Can Intel conquer TV?

01.11.13

Intel is working on a set-top box that would allow you to subscribe to individual channels and individual shows, but the cable companies are out to stop them. Read More »

Internet video growth shows need for increasing wired networks

01.10.13

Bell Labs says that by 2020 there will be a 12-fold increase in Internet video content, requiring the growth of fiber and other wired networks. Read More »

Netflix Using One-Third of Increasingly Crowded Internet

11.08.12

Internet use in the U.S. is up 120 percent, and Netflix uses a third of that, according to a new report. Read More »

Will Google Fiber Convulse Local Markets?

10.21.12

With its debut in Kansas City, Google has shown it's serious about entering the TV market, but will the search giant upend the local TV broadcasting industry? Read More »

FCC Programming Rules Expire - with some safeguards

10.09.12

Despite opposition, the FCC voted to sunset the 20 year-old program access rules that required TV carriers to allow content by rivals. Read More »

Will the FCC’s Program Access Rule Die?

09.28.12

Unless public interests and non-cable carriers unexpectedly win, the FCC's program access rules will expire in October. Read More »

Consumer Federation to FCC: halt the merger

05.16.12

The Consumer Federation of America warned the FCC that Comcast's behavior taints the Verizon/cable deal. Read More »

Broadband important to rural residents, too

05.14.12

Three-quarters of rural residents think high-speed Internet is essential for their quality of life, says a new report. Read More »

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