Comcast’s Seattle expansion highlights complex history of urban internet access Comcast will start serving two dense and popular Seattle neighborhoods for the first time Aug. 18. The company’s internet and… Read More
YouTube unveils live TV bundle for $35 a month with more than 40 channels YouTube unveiled a new live TV service on Tuesday, setting up another major threat to cable and satellite companies. This service,… Read More
Comcast is adding competitor Sling TV to X1 set-top boxes Sling TV and Comcast are joining forces. The on-demand and live TV service, which has helped many people ditch Comcast, will… Read More
Sling adds new channels, Apple TV compatibility in boon for cord cutters Live streams of television, and most importantly live streams of sports, always seemed like a bit of a pipe dream… Read More
Argh, where’s the cable technician? On a map, thanks to Glympse’s new deal with Time Warner Cable Say goodbye to the days of waiting hours around the house for the cable technician to show up at an… Read More
Generation App: Who needs cable anyway? Why so many people are cutting the cord If you ask many people in their 20s how they watch TV, there’s a good chance they won’t say cable. About… Read More
Amazon starts selling Comcast Xfinity packages in first-of-its-kind relationship with cable giant Amazon has quietly rolled out the Amazon Cable Store in a bid to make cable TV, internet and home phone service much… Read More
Comcast continues metered streaming as new alternative to cable emerges A growing number of Comcast customers, whose data use surpasses the arbitrary limits set by the cable company, are getting… Read More
The ‘BillFixers’: When they were done, Comcast owed HIM money Is there a way to beat gotcha artists at their own game? To make money off those who make money… Read More
Cord cutting is the new mortgage burning: 1 in 5 young adults have broken up with cable or satellite If you make money charging people for TV access, here’s the latest set of scary numbers. A new Pew Research… Read More
Comcast experiments with cell-phone-like data charges, and overage fees, for home Internet users Get ready for your home Internet to feel like your smartphone — bound by data caps, a large overage fee waiting… Read More
Verizon FiOS confirms move toward unbundling channels with Custom TV Television packages are increasingly looking less like a Happy Meal and more like, “Would you like fries with that?” Verizon confirmed… Read More
Dish Network’s $20/month Sling TV service is a new chance to escape cable TV’s stranglehold Here’s a great New Year’s resolution for you: Stop donating money to cable companies. Because I promise you, their resolution… Read More
Take this survey and tell the City of Seattle what you think of Comcast The City of Seattle is getting ready to renegotiate its franchise contract with Comcast, the largest cable TV and high-speed… Read More
Microsoft inks deal with Time Warner Cable, bringing more live TV to your Xbox If you’re a Time Warner Cable customer and an Xbox Live Gold member, lots of live TV is coming to… Read More
This 10-year-old cable company just raised $1B (and no one really knows them) I’ll be honest, I’d never heard of WaveDivision Holdings until this week when a longtime Seattle area PR veteran reached… Read More
Clearwire shares sink as Time Warner plans to sell stake Shares of Clearwire slumped more than eight percent today after Time Warner Cable announced plans to sell its stake in the Bellevue… Read More
Comcast unveils $4.99 per month Streampix service, taking aim at Netflix Comcast this week is rolling out a new video streaming service called Streampix, an offering that will be available only… Read More
Google’s bigger game: The subplot behind the Motorola acquisition “Having at least one area where we can do integrated hardware and software and learn from that probably produces better… Read More
Comcast rolls out 105 Mbps ‘Extreme’ Internet service Do you really need download speeds of more than 100 megabits per second in your house? (Come on, really?) At… Read More
Comcast opens up TV Japan to digital cable viewers for earthquake coverage You can tune into CNN, MSNBC, Northwest Cable News or any number of cable channels for the latest news on… Read More
