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Post Its $3.6 Billion Cable Deal, Verizon Puts Brakes On FiOS Expansion

Dec 9, 2011 8:21 AM

Last week, Verizon announced a $3.6 billion deal to buy wireless spectrum from cable operators and resell their pay-TV services. This week, Lowell McAdam, Verizon’s CEO, started to lay out how that deal will impact other services operated and sold by the carrier: it looks like it will not continue…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, IPTV, Satellite, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, Comcast, Netflix, Time Warner, Verizon, directv, fios

Disney, Verizon FiOS Extend Carriage Deal; Includes Mobile, Digital Access

Oct 7, 2010 12:04 PM

With the recent Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) deal as a template, Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Verizon FiOS TV have agreed to extend and expand distribution across platforms. The expanded package covers the Disney and ESPN Media Networks Group and includes:

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Kids & Teen Content, TV, Cable & Telecom, Mobile, Companies, Disney, ESPN, Verizon, authentication, fios, tv everywhere

Video: HBO’s Eric Kessler On HBO Go; Cinemax Go On The Way

Feb 17, 2010 1:14 PM

Two years after HBO started a small trial of HBO Broadband, the Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) premium net is going live with HBO GO on Verizon FiOS. Through HBOGo.com, Verizon FiOS subscribers who also get HBO (the companies won’t release that number) will be able to watch 600-plus hours of…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, Cable & Telecom, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, Time Warner, Verizon, eric kessler, fios, hbo, hbo go

Jury’s Still Out On Verizon’s FiOS; A $6 Billion Hole In The Wall?

Aug 19, 2008 6:47 AM

Attitudes towards FiOS, Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) next-gen internet and video platform, are constantly changing, as investors alternate between dismay and optimism over the prospects of the $23 billion gambit. Saul Hansell surveys the current landscape and finds… that the outlook is still pretty cloudy. The company currently has about 1.4…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, Cable & Telecom, IPTV, Companies, Verizon, fios

Verizon Launching Its IPTV Service in NYC Next Week; Web Video Delivery Tests

Jul 25, 2008 6:37 PM

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is finally ready to launch its IPTV service in one of the biggest TV market in the country: New York City. It will launch its Fios TV service Monday, following all kinds of clearances from the City. It will be a high-profile press event at the Grand…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, IPTV, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, Verizon, fios

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