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 Hi-Def Fans Allege Low Blow 

Cable's compression of HD signals water down the product, connoisseurs say

Apr 21, 08 3:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - TV enthusiasts are miffed that high-definition channels aren't looking as good as they should on expensive home-theater systems, the AP reports. Without much spare bandwidth, compressing the signal is cheaper for the cable companies than increasing capacity. "They have to figure out a way to deliver more HD content... More »

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television • Comcast • satellite TV • high definition • bandwidth • signal compression

Internet Bigwigs Fight NY
Law on Tracking Web Users

Companies say they have a right to collect information for advertisers

Apr 10, 08 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google, Yahoo and a bevy of Internet biggies have joined to fight a proposed New York state law that would limit their ability to collect information about people's web habits for advertisers, reports the Wall Street Journal. The coalition says the law would endanger the future of online advertising and... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Time Warner • Comcast • AOL • eBay • Internet advertising

Comcast Bends Under Net Neutrality Pressure

Promises new system for managing network, probably by end of year

Mar 28, 08 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comcast is changing the way it manages Internet traffic after an intense public and FCC outcry over its blocking traffic from BitTorrent users. To cut use during peak hours, the Internet provider will stop targeting specific applications and instead slow its highest-bandwidth users’ traffic, reports the New York Times.... More »

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Internet • Comcast • FCC • net neutrality • ISP • bandwidth usage

Comcast, Time Warner Weigh $1.5B WiMax Investment

Companies would back Sprint/Clearwire plan for nationwide network

Mar 26, 08 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sprint Nextel and Clearwire, looking for funding in their bid to build a nationwide high-speed wireless network, may have found partners in Comcast and Time Warner, reports the Wall Street Journal. The country’s two largest cable operators are weighing a combined pledge of $1.5 billion to the project;... More »

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Comcast • broadband Internet • Sprint • WiMAX • Clearwire • Time Warner Cable

DirecTV to Get With Times, Add On-Demand

Satellite service will combine DVR, web streaming to deliver it

Mar 13, 08 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Challenged by cable and phone-company competitors, DirecTV will offer video-on-demand for the first time, a combination of DVR and broadband-connected content with significant limitations. Because the biggest satellite-TV provider doesn’t use terrestrial connections, it’s been long unable to offer instant play options. Its new plan will store some... More »

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DirecTV • Comcast • video on demand • DVR • satellite TV • streaming content

Net Neutrality May Slow Downloads

Prioritizing data
could be more
efficient, experts say

Mar 11, 08 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The principle of net neutrality can be taken too far, some experts say. The internet could be made much more efficient—and downloads faster—if network managers were allowed to use info about the content they're sending, a Princeton engineering professor tells Technology Review. That would allow them to prioritize... More »

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Comcast • FCC • net neutrality

Apple's iPhone Rules Restrict Competition

Banning of VoIP, browser bundling echoes antitrust cases

Mar 10, 08 4:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple’s iPhone software development kit is facing criticism from net neutrality and antitrust critics, Computerworld reports. Apple has indicated that voice-over-IP programs like Skype will not be allowed on the iPhone’s AT&T network, as its a direct competitor for AT&T’s voice service. Comcast, Computerworld points... More »

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Comcast • Microsoft • iPhone • Apple • Safari • antitrust • Firefox • net neutrality • Skype • Voice over IP

 Warners Swallows New Line

Studio falls in latest Hollywood cost-cutting move

Feb 29, 08 3:06 AM CST
(Newser) - New Line Cinema, the studio that created the Lord of the Rings blockbuster franchise, will be folded into the Warner Brothers unit of Time Warner, reports the Los Angeles Times. It's a cost-cutting move and part of a trend that has seen DreamWorks swallowed by Viacom, and Miramax downsized... More »

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Viacom • Time Warner • Comcast • Sony • Disney • DreamWorks • New Line Cinema • Lord of the Rings • Warner Brothers • Miramax • MGM • Austin Powers • Bob Shaye • Michael Lynne • Richard Bewkes

Comcast Stooges Pack FCC Hearing

Cable and ISP giant accused of hiring seatfillers to silence critics

Feb 27, 08 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The future direction of the Internet could be at stake in the FCC's decisions on net neutrality, but one of the ISPs concerned did its best to keep opponents out of a hearing on it, Portfolio.com reports. Advocacy group and fierce Comcast critic Free Press says the firm hired... More »

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Comcast • FCC • net neutrality • ISP

FCC Ready
to Defend
Net Neutrality

Agency says it will
step in to stop ISPs from blocking access

Feb 26, 08 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - FCC boss Kevin Martin told a hearing yesterday that the government was "ready, willing, and able to step in" to stop Internet service providers from restricting traffic sent by rivals, the Wall Street Journal reports. Comcast is accused of acting improperly by slowing or blocking access to file-sharing sites.... More »

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Internet • Comcast • FCC • broadband Internet • file sharing • net neutrality • ISP • Kevin Martin • Internet access

The Broadband Police Are Coming

Analysts fear impending crackdown on high bandwidth users

Feb 15, 08 12:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Enjoy your broadband while you can, because it won’t be this way forever. Consumer advocates think ISPs will soon have claim to have no choice but to crack down on high-bandwidth users or applications, in order to keep their networks afloat. Already Comcast has drawn fire for slowing file... More »

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Time Warner • Comcast • broadband Internet • ISP • bandwidth usage

Comcast Kills Payout Plan for Founder

Shareholder angst leads cable giant to drop multi-million-dollar benefit package

Feb 14, 08 6:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Responding to shareholder complaints, the 87-year-old founder of Cable giant Comcast will cut his annual salary to $1 and the company will scrap a multi-million-dollar death benefit negotiated in December that would have paid heirs his salary for five years, the Wall Street Journal reports. Ralph Roberts, father of CEO... More »

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Comcast • corporate earnings • Brian Roberts • Ralph Roberts

Imus Bounces Back After Scandal

Advertisers and former guests happy to be part of Big Mouth redux

Feb 3, 08 6:05 AM CST
(Newser) - The once-axed radio host Don Imus has re-emerged on the airwaves largely unscathed by his racially and sexually disparaging remarks about Rutgers' female hoop stars, the New York Times reports. Both advertisers and call-in guests—including John Kerry, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Mike Huckabee—have nearly... More »

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Comcast • Don Imus • RFD-TV • Imus in the Morning

AT&T Might Filter Internet Traffic

Aim is to punish illegal file-sharing, but privacy concerns abound

Jan 23, 08 6:58 PM CST
(Newser) - AT&T is considering steps to filter the Internet traffic it provides in order to stop illegal file-sharing, the AP reports. CEO Randall Stephenson, speaking to the World Economic Forum today, likened the company's role as passive participant in copyright infringement to witnessing a crime: "It's like being in... More »

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Comcast • censorship • AT and T • ISP • Internet filtering

Comcast, TiVo Team Up
in Boston

National service will roll out later

Jan 22, 08 10:24 AM CST
(Newser) - TiVo and Comcast have rolled out their promised joint service in the Boston area, with national distribution to follow. The service sends TiVo software to Comcast-provided digital video recorders in a first that TiVo hopes to repeat with other cable providers, USA Today reports. TiVo lost hundreds of thousands... More »

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DirecTV • Comcast • Boston • DVR • digital video • TiVo

Investor Says Oust Comcast CEO; Reaction Mixed

Stock down 43%, but problems are industry-wide

Jan 19, 08 9:43 AM CST
(Newser) - With Comcast's stock price down 43% this year, a major shareholder has called for the  cable operator to give CEO Brian Roberts the boot. The proposal has met a tepid response, the Wall Street Journal reports. The call for Roberts' head is premature, say analysts and investors, especially given the... More »

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Comcast • cable operators • Brian Roberts • cable industry • Chieftain Capital Management

Cable Companies to Apple: OK, Let's Rumble

Jobs plans video push, but Hollywood doesn't plan to give him any special deals

Jan 11, 08 3:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Steve Jobs wants to take the world of video entertainment by storm, but Hollywood and the cable companies aren’t scared, reports BusinessWeek. Apple is planning an iTunes movie rental service and is well on its way to sealed deals with four major movie studios, but it’s not... More »

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Steve Jobs • Comcast • Apple • video • AppleTV

FCC to Test 'Net Neutrality' in Comcast Case

Service provider faces investigation over claims of traffic-blocking

Jan 9, 08 12:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The Federal Communications Commission will investigate allegations Comcast hinders file sharing by blocking internet traffic for some users, the AP reports. Reports last year showed Comcast interfered with popular BitTorrent file-transfer protocol. Comcast has denied blocking data, rather claiming it delays such transfers to maximize network efficiency for all users.... More »

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Internet • investigation • Comcast • FCC • file sharing • BitTorrent • ISP • probe

Comcast Launches Web Film, TV Trove

Hub called Fancast will offer 3,000 hours of media, plus listings and data bases

Jan 8, 08 7:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Comcast will offer more than 3,000 hours of film and television titles on a new online venture called Fancast. Users will also be able to use the hub to tap into the vast IMDB database, seek TV listings, and find their way to TV shows and theatrical releases available... More »

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Comcast • cable TV • database • IMDB • movies

Forecast Sunny Indeed
for Weather Channel Sale

Private cable channel could attract $5B from big industry name

Jan 3, 08 12:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Some big companies are taking an interest in the newly for-sale Weather Channel, one of the last privately owned cable channels. NBC, News Corporation and Comcast are rumored to be eying the popular source of meteorology one prospective buyer dubbed "beachfront property" on the basic-cable landscape. The channel could... More »

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Comcast • NBC • Weather Channel • Batten Family • Landmark Communications • News Corp

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