Electronics HDMI Cable Power removes the need for a separate power connector for active HDMI cables Simpler and cleaner-looking cabling By Tudor Cibean, June 7, 2022, 8:07 AM 11 comments
Apple Electronics Apple starts selling three-meter-long Thunderbolt 4 cables for $159 Three meters for three figures By Tudor Cibean, May 5, 2022, 6:58 AM 18 comments
Industry The Web FCC to ban shady revenue-sharing deals between ISPs and apartment owners The regulation aims to increase competition in multi-tenant dwellings By Cal Jeffrey, February 18, 2022, 4:21 PM 9 comments
Tech Culture Industry Comcast lost 477,000 cable customers in Q2 2020 Comcast continues to hemorrhage TV customers By Cohen Coberly, July 30, 2020, 4:42 PM 14 comments
Industry AT&T lost nearly 900,000 TV subscribers last quarter Bringing the total down to 18.6 million subscribers By Cohen Coberly, April 22, 2020, 5:08 PM 10 comments
Tech Culture The average household now pays more for cable package than utility bills combined Are you paying too much for cable? By Shawn Knight, March 10, 2020, 4:03 PM 33 comments
Tech Culture Industry Cable companies use hidden fees to raise prices as much as 24% a month Cable companies are practically begging you to cut the cord By Adrian Potoroaca, October 4, 2019, 8:05 AM 22 comments
Tech Culture Industry Streaming subscriptions surpassed cable worldwide in 2018 Major streaming platforms saw 27% growth By James Miller, March 23, 2019, 10:49 AM 7 comments
Industry Comcast set to raise fees again in January by 21 percent Subscribers already pay nearly $2.64 billion per year for networks they could get over the airwaves for free By Cal Jeffrey, December 12, 2018, 2:57 PM 12 comments
Industry The Web The TV industry just had its worst quarter ever as over 1 million customers cut the cord Despite huge losses, 78% of households still have some form of paid TV service By William Gayde, November 8, 2018, 3:55 PM 28 comments
The Web Big Cable wants even more Net Neutrality rules lifted USTelecom wants FCC to issue forbearance on Section 251, which allows small ISP to compete with larger companies By Cal Jeffrey, August 9, 2018, 6:08 PM 29 comments
Industry Survey reveals Netflix is the most popular TV viewing platform in the US Beating cable, broadcast TV, and YouTube By Rob Thubron, July 4, 2018, 7:02 AM
The Web Industry Comcast aims to combat cord cutting by limiting major internet speed increases to cable subscribers (Updated) Some customers won't receive the speed bumps without a TV subscription By Cohen Coberly, April 30, 2018, 5:22 PM 90 comments
Tech Culture Charter Communications offers new streaming service with Spectrum TV Stream Life is but a stream By Cal Jeffrey, June 30, 2017, 1:30 PM
The Web Tech Culture YouTube launches a TV streaming service for $35 a month It's different to YouTube Red By Tim Schiesser, February 28, 2017, 7:45 PM 12 comments
Electronics Comcast Xfinity TV app lets you watch pay-TV on your Roku box By Shawn Knight, February 1, 2017, 7:00 AM
Industry Service providers still act like utilities By Bob O'Donnell, October 4, 2016, 10:45 AM 21 comments
Industry FCC delays vote on set-top box proposal, says it needs more time By Shawn Knight, September 29, 2016, 3:45 PM
Industry Electronics FCC restructures set-top box proposal, now wants pay-TV providers to supply 'cable' apps By Shawn Knight, September 9, 2016, 3:00 PM 12 comments
Industry The Web Netflix app is coming to Comcast X1 set-top boxes By Shawn Knight, July 5, 2016, 2:30 PM
Industry The Web Facebook and Microsoft join forces to lay massive undersea cable across the Atlantic By Shawn Knight, May 26, 2016, 3:00 PM
Electronics Samsung reportedly looking into offering Internet TV service By Shawn Knight, May 20, 2016, 8:30 AM
Industry Charter completes acquisition of Time Warner Cable, will phase out tarnished brand name By Shawn Knight, May 18, 2016, 5:30 PM 8 comments
Hardware The Web Cable is catching fiber: 10 Gbps in both directions demoed by Bell Labs By Tim Schiesser, May 18, 2016, 9:00 AM 17 comments