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NAB Prez Slams Pay-TV, Wireless Operators

NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith used his annual NAB State of the Industry address to take telecom operators and wireless companies to task, which he characterized as bogeymen adversaries to traditional local affiliate broadcasters. ...More
April 16, 2012 By Tara Seals
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Walmart Brings VUDU Streaming Video to the iPad

Walmart’s streaming VOD service VUDU now works on the Apple iPad, but via the Safari browser rather than a native iOS app in the App Store. ...More
August 10, 2011 By Tara Seals
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Viacom, Cablevision Bury the Hatchet on iPad Live TV Lawsuit

After weeks of legal wrangling over content licensing for Cablevision’s popular Optimum iPad live TV app, the way seems to be cleared for the second screen. ...More
August 10, 2011 By Tara Seals
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Cablevision Brings Live TV App to iPhone, iPod Touch

Even though it’s embroiled in a content-licensing spat with Viacom over its live TV app, Cablevision is extending the TV Everywhere push to include iPhones and iPod Touches. The catch: Like the iPad app, content can only be streamed within the home zone. ...More
August 9, 2011 By Tara Seals
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Time Warner Cable, Viacom Go to Court over iPad TV App

Reaching a stalemate in their carriage negotiations, TWC and Viacom are both asking for a summary judgment over the legality of the TWCableTV streaming TV application. ...More
April 8, 2011 By Tara Seals
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Cablevision: 50,000 Downloads of Live TV iPad App in 4 Days

The Optimum App for iPad climbed to the top of the App Store's Entertainment category beginning Sunday, and has stayed there. ...More
April 6, 2011 By Tara Seals
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FCC Eyeing Reforms in Broadcaster/Pay TV Retransmission Consent Rules

Amid retransmission disputes that threaten programming blackouts, the FCC's chairman said the agency won’t tolerate “foot dragging or any bad-faith conduct." But there is little precedent as to what the FCC would do if it found a broadcaster has acted in bad faith. ...More
April 2, 2011 By Josh Long
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Cablevision Debuts 300-Channel Live TV iPad App

Cablevision has become the second MSO to launch a TV streaming app for iPad. It remains to be seen whether Cablevision will run into the same content rights issues that Time Warner Cable’s iPad entry has. ...More
April 2, 2011 By Tara Seals
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Time Warner Drops FOX, Adds New Channels for iPad App

Time Warner Cable is fighting back against programmer pressure with the addition of more channels and some good old-fashioned trash talk. ...More
April 1, 2011 By Tara Seals
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AT&T Matches Netflix with Streaming Starz Content

AT&T Inc. will soon add some parity to its on-demand portfolio when it comes to Netflix, with the addition of streaming content from Starz Entertainment to the U-verse TV service. ...More
March 15, 2011 By Tara Seals
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