Post Tech Archive: Online Video

Consumer electronics group calls for broad FCC set top box review

It’s been more than six years since federal regulators looked at competition in the market for video set-top boxes. And in that time, the video landscape has dramatically changed. Telecom companies AT&T and Verizon have joined cable companies in bringing...

By Cecilia Kang  |  November 24, 2009; 9:26 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (1)
Categories:  Comcast , Consumers , FCC , Online Video Share This:  E-Mail | Technorati | Del.icio.us | Digg | Stumble

Analyst: Comcast-NBC merger review could extend through 2010

Rebecca Arbogast, managing director of research at Stifel Nicholaus, says the regulatory review of a merger between Comcast and NBC Universal could stretch out to the fourth quarter of next year. Much of the scrutiny is expected to revolve around...

By Cecilia Kang  |  November 23, 2009; 2:40 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
Categories:  Antitrust , Comcast , Online Video Share This:  E-Mail | Technorati | Del.icio.us | Digg | Stumble

AP: Liberty Media's John Malone warns Comcast-NBC marriage could lead to more mega mergers

Liberty Media Chairman John Malone says Comcast's plan to buy NBC Universalcould prompt competitors to explore their own tie-ups. In an interview with the Associated Press, Malone said a combined Comcast and NBC Universal would have too much market power...

By Cecilia Kang  |  November 19, 2009; 12:10 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
Categories:  Comcast , DOJ , FCC , Online Video Share This:  E-Mail | Technorati | Del.icio.us | Digg | Stumble

Television last frontier of innovation?

In just one year, the hottest cell phones went from the flip Motorola Razor to mobile computers like the iPhone. Lightening-fast innovations are taking place throughout technology, except for one area: the television. That was a concern voiced by officials...

By Cecilia Kang  |  November 19, 2009; 9:30 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
Categories:  Broadband , Comcast , FCC , Online Video Share This:  E-Mail | Technorati | Del.icio.us | Digg | Stumble

Small cable, online video companies warn of anticompetition in Comcast, NBC merger

What worries cable and online video companies most about the expected merger between Comcast and NBC Universal? They say the combined entertainment giant would have too much control over a wide body of content. And it could make it difficult...

By Cecilia Kang  |  November 19, 2009; 8:30 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
Categories:  Comcast , DOJ , Online Video , comcast Share This:  E-Mail | Technorati | Del.icio.us | Digg | Stumble

Comcast's online video bet clearer, benefits for users unclear

Here's what we now know about Comcast's bet on the future: Its online video program On Demand Online (also known as TV Everywhere) has been tested in 5,000 homes and will launch for real in December. It will offer free...

By Cecilia Kang  |  November 13, 2009; 9:30 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (2)
Categories:  Comcast , Online Video  | Tags: comcast, newteevee, online video, time warner, tv everywhere Share This:  E-Mail | Technorati | Del.icio.us | Digg | Stumble

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