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Verizon considers entering the already crowded video streaming business

Published on December 8, 2011 By Don

Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) may see HBO as its main threat, but now it may be facing another challenger in Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), which is rumored to be mulling its own online video service.
As Verizon continues to wind down its Fiber to the Hom…

Verizon Offers More FiOS Bundle Options – Add More Speed, or More Channels For $5-$10 More

Published on June 6, 2011 By Don

Verizon this morning announced that the company is offering FiOS customers several new options, increasing the ability to pick and choose bundle components. Previously, FiOS customers were offered three FiOS service levels, varying depending on the con…

Broadband Bytes for 2011-06-04

Published on June 4, 2011 By Don

A quarter of you have made phone calls online. (I make most of mine in @googlevoice now.) http://tcrn.ch/kg4911 # Comcast to offer $10 "broadband", $150 PCs as part of their merger conditions. http://bit.ly/j7IJ2h # Fiber is the printing press for video (via @AppRising) http://bit.ly/krziez # Tennessee may outlaw sharing your Netflix account with others. http://bit.ly/m7bTPF [...]

Verizon has no OTT video plans

Published on April 25, 2011 By Don

Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) isn’t ruling out the possibility of someday offering its users an over the top (OTT) online video service, but right now it will focus on increasing its FiOS TV service customer base.
Fran Shammo, Verizon’s CFO, said i…

Will Verizon’s FiOS Deployment Freeze Ever Thaw? – Many Cities Still Waiting On Next FiOS Deployment Phase

Published on February 25, 2011 By Don

Last year we discussed at length how with the exception of several major cities like New York, Washington DC and Philadephia, Verizon’s FiOS expansion is essentially over for now. That left a significant number of markets suddenly wondering why they we…

Verizon serves up online streaming of ESPN content

Published on February 17, 2011 By Don

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) FiOS TV subscribers that are sports fans will soon have yet another medium to get their fix as they’ll be able to watch ESPN content live online from the comfort of their PC or laptop.
Over any broadband connection, FiOS TV customers…

Netflix to enter highly competitive Canadian video market

Published on September 21, 2010 By Don

Having already made a big dent in the U.S. online video market, Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) believes it can make a similar impression in Canada. Conquering the Canadian online video market won’t be easy for Netflix, which will initially focus on just selling online video streaming. Not only will Netflix have to compete for consumer eyeballs with [...]

Verizon ropes in more Time Warner content for FiOS online video users

Published on August 20, 2010 By Don

Soon Verizon (NYSE: VZ) FiOS TV customers will have even more online video content to choose from as the telco has expanded its agreement with Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX). Joining the online lineup, one that was launched in June with the introduction of Turner’s TNT and TBS, Verizon will add three new online video [...]

FiOS Users Get More Internet Video Options – Turner Broadcasting and Verizon expand ‘TV Everywhere’

Published on July 29, 2010 By Don

Turner Broadcasting and Verizon have announced that the two companies have expanded Verizon’s “TV Anywhere” Internet video ambitions by providing FiOS TV customers with access to TBS and TNT content. According to the companies, users will now have access to show from these channels 24 hours after they air on regular TV. Users can access [...]

Frontier FiOS Customers Lose Some Services With Transition – Largely Internet video options you may, may not have watched

Published on July 6, 2010 By Don

While Frontier’s $8.5 billion acquisition of six million users consists largely of DSL and landline customers, there are roughly 100 million FiOS customers that also have been transitioned to Frontier. Back in June Frontier’s now-changed FAQ insisted nothing was supposed to change for these FiOS customers except for a “more focused local management approach for [...]