Get ready for a wild 2017 when it comes to the world of wireless. From the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States to ever-growing hype around 5G wireless technology, the signs of change are unmistakable. It could mean anything from a shift in who provides your service to how exactly your …
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Apple’s new TV app is pretty awesome for the subscription apps it supports. Too bad it doesn’t include Netflix, HBO Go, Watch ESPN, Sling TV, The Disney Channel, Nick, PBS or many others already available on Apple TV. (Oh, and Amazon Video, which still isn’t available on the box.) Likewise, single sign-on is flat-out great — if your service provider …
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The signs are pointing in the right direction for telecommunications companies during a Donald Trump presidency. Trump’s transition team is full of critics of the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules, which imposed old-style telephone regulation on the internet. There are indications a Trump administration may be much friendlier to big mergers and acquisitions than was President Barack Obama’s team. …
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In a less-than-shocking turn, Hulu will include channels from joint owners 21st Century Fox and Walt Disney in a virtual live-TV service coming next year. Disney networks that will be on the new service include its sports powerhouse, ESPN, as well as broadcast network ABC, among others. Fox channels include its broadcast network of the same name, plus Fox News, …
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There’s a new cop on the internet privacy beat. In a 3-2 vote Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission passed new rules that for the first time give the agency the authority to police internet service providers, such as AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, that share customers’ sensitive personal information with third parties, like advertisers. The FCC’s new rules will require internet …
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One thing is certain: if AT&T takes over Time Warner, there won’t be any “Time Warner” companies to confuse anymore. Telecom giant AT&T on Saturday signed a deal to buy entertainment giant Time Warner. It’s a big deal, in both meanings of the phrase. Valued at $85.4 billion in cash and stock, the acquisition would rank among the biggest takeovers …
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AT&T turned heads over the weekend when it announced plans to buy entertainment giant Time Warner for a whopping $85.4 billion in cash and stock. Experts say the deal may have a tough time passing muster with regulators. If a deal involving a large internet provider and a media giant sounds familiar, it’s because many of us have seen this …
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No Spotify. No Twitter. No Netflix. Last Friday, millions of US residents woke up to that reality, the result of a major distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Although not being able to stream “Stranger Things” on a weekday is merely an inconvenience — a serious one, I grant you — the attack crippled any number of smaller sites and …
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Who will win the “Game of Thrones“? It may just be AT&T. The massively popular show, the HBO channel it runs on and a host of other entertainment properties including CNN, Cartoon Network and movie studios Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema — all part of Time Warner — will join the telecommunications giant as part of a $85.4 billion …
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If you’re a Comcast customer, prepare to watch out for how much internet data you’re consuming. The cable giant is set to roll out its Terabyte Internet Data Usage Plan across all of its territory starting November 1. As the program’s name suggests, customers will be limited to 1 TB of data each month. Those who go over will have …
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