Archive for the 'Cable TV' Category

Comcast To Offer Catch UP TV On Demand Service

Comcast are the first cable company to offer catch up on demand tv to existing subscribers. Users will be able to watch premium hit shows online like Entourage and Mad Men by the years end for no extra cost, just make sure you are an existing subscriber.
Allowing viewers to watch tv online means they can [...]

Cablecom Launch Catch Up TV Online Service

Cablecom the biggest cable company in Switzerland have introduced a catch up tv service. The service has been launched in partnership with public broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen. The new service for Cablecom’s digital TV customers based within the Zurich metropolitan area.
The new catch-up TV service will allow homes that have a digital cable connection watch all [...]

Is Comcast Buying NBC For $35 Billion?

Whilst everyone waits to see the outcome of the Comcast buying NBC possibility, what would that mean for online tv viewers especially Hulu?
Comcast have ststed its just a rumor and said in a statement:- “While we do not normally comment on M&A rumors, the report that Comcast has a deal to purchase NBC Universal is [...]

Comcast Launch Mobile Phone TV

Comcast, the leading US cable company has revealed that it will offer existing subscribers tv and movie streams straight to their mobile phones.
Comcast Corp unveiled the plans on Wednesday and revealed users can watch their favorite TV shows on mobile devices using its new wireless Internet service. This follows on from Comcast launching its OnDemand [...]

Hulu More Popular Than Time Warner

Hulu, the nations most popular online tv service is used to breaking online viewing records. But now its topped even those by beating the viewing figures of Time Warner Cable television for the month of July. This comes on the back of internet tv viewer figures recketing news
These figures are presented by Silicon Alley Insider [...]

Time Warner and Verizon To Start Internet TV Trials

Time Warner and Verizon have announced that they are going to start issuing trials of Internet TV for existing subscribers as part of the ‘TV Everywhere’ project. This will allow subscribers to view television shows streamed from the internet where ever they are. Most TV shows will be shown online around the time of originally [...]

Are You Willing To Pay For Quality? Disney Thinks So

Those cute and cuddly characters at Disney are turning all mean and nasty. Wanting to start charging for online TV.
The CEO of Walt Disney, Robert Iger revealed last week that it is developing a subscription website providing TV episodes and movies with a sweetner of games and other parathenalia to temp you to part with [...]

Cable TV Cannot Compete With Internet TV. So Its Joining It Instead.

With the huge popularity and prolifiration of Internet TV. The cable television industry has found a reposte to this increasing threat to revenue. Allow cable subscribers to watch cable on any internet enabled device.
Cable television giants, Time Warner and Comcast declared in June that they will launch a new service known as ‘TV Everywhere’. Trials [...]