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Cable providers pay to prevent streaming TV; Time Warner responds: Duh

Cable providers pay to prevent streaming TV; Time Warner responds: Duh
  • Posted June 13, 2013, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News
  • Time Warner Cable, like others in the pay-TV industry, has been essentially paying off content partners to prevent web-based streaming, Bloomberg reports. Incentives to lock-out content providers from streaming their properties online include monetary bonuses and threats to drop programming.…

TWC accuses Netflix of bullying ISPs and discriminating against users

TWC accuses Netflix of bullying ISPs and discriminating against users
  • Posted January 18, 2013, 8:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web
  • Time Warner Cable has accused Netflix of discriminating against users who access the video streaming service through a TWC Internet connection. Last week, Netflix started providing streams in Super HD and 3D qualities, which delivers better-looking video at the expense…

ISPs ask city for deal matching Google Fiber's special treatment

ISPs ask city for deal matching Google Fiber
  • Posted October 2, 2012, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Envious communications companies are requesting parity deals from Kansas City's local government -- deals which match the special treatment Google received while deploying its city-wide gigabit fiber service. Google Fiber went live about two months ago for both KC and KCMO,…

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