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- Verizon sues Time Warner Cable over advertising
- Verizon sues Time Warner Cable over advertisingTelco monopolies aren't used to having competitionCome on now Time Warner. Verizon and other companies that have been granted monopoly status are exempt from having any type of competition. What happens when two monopolies decide to go at it? I see alot of comcast...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, advertisement, Verizon Communications Inc., Time Warner Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-10
- WiMax saved? Comcast, Time Warner Cable eye Sprint, Clearwire pact
- WiMax saved? Comcast, Time Warner Cable eye Sprint, Clearwire pactMore funding?"Toss in funding from Intel and Google and WiMax could be saved–or at least given enough funding to get to the starting line."Intel made their single largest outside investment ever with Clearwire, to the tune of almost $400 million. ...
- Tags: Clearwire Corp., WiMAX, Sprint Communications, Time Warner Inc., Comcast Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-26
- WiMax saved? Comcast, Time Warner Cable eye Sprint, Clearwire pact
- WiMax could be saved as a technology by a handful of cable companies. It has been clear for months that Sprint and Clearwire aren't strong enough to make WiMax a mainstream technology and Verizon Wireless and AT&T aren't interested. Intel and other hardware makers are pushing WiMax...
- Tags: Time Warner Inc., Comcast Corp., Clearwire Corp., Sprint Communications, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Cable, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Yahoo's Hail Mary tour stops at Time Warner
- Yahoo's Hail Mary tour stops at Time WarnerYahoo needs a MAJOR miracleAnd I don't see one in the making. But I am beginning to think Microsoft's best move at this point is to simply wait until Yahoo stock tanks and Yahoo comes to them asking to be bought.
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Hail Mary, Time Warner Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-05
- Yahoo's Hail Mary tour stops at Time Warner
- If Yahoo were a quarterback it would be trying to engineer a touchdown from the 20 yard line with 30 seconds to go. In other words, Yahoo needs a minor miracle to beat Microsoft's bid. The clock is ticking and Yahoo is heaving Hail Mary passes in hopes that Time...
- Tags: Time Warner Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- Reader: AT&T tells me Time Warner Cable is blocking his VoIP
- Reader: AT&T tells me Time Warner Cable is blocking his VoIPNot just TimeWarnerWhile I never had an issue with my old SunRocket account, the move to a new service has been less than pain-free. I am using VOIP.com now, which I chose based on price and features. I've...
- Tags: Telephony, Internet service providers (ISPs), TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Time Warner Inc., VoIP, AT&T Corp., Teleblend
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- Reader: AT&T tells me Time Warner Cable is blocking his VoIP
- A reader and information technology professional in the New York area sent me an email this morning that raises the possibility that his high-speed Internet service provider Time Warner Cable may be blocking his AT&T CallVantage VoIP service. Not only does the reader wish to describe...
- Tags: Time Warner Inc., VoIP, Phone, AT&T Corp., AT&T CallVantage, ATT, Telecom & Utilities, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Networking, Telecommunications, Internet, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- News to know: Cosmos, a new OS; Google Apps; Cisco worries; Patches galore
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Cosmos: An open-source .Net-based microkernel OS is born Microsoft runs its datacenters on 'Autopilot' Dan Farber: Google launches free Team Edition of Apps. Larry Dignan: Cisco's second quarter in line; Sees slower growth ahead ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Time Warner Inc., Larry Dignan, America Online Inc., Operating System, Patch Management, Cisco Systems Inc., SugarCRM, Virtualization, Cable, Network Technology, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Storage
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- Microsoft's bid for Yahoo--it's a Tom Cruise story
- Microsoft's bid for Yahoo--it's a Tom Cruise storyproblem with fameSometimes fame thinks it's fame from is it's own doing. You're assuming Thomas Microsoft Cruise sees something is amiss with himself. Isn't there some Ballmer commandment: Thou shalt not let feelings get in the way for the pursuit of greed and...
- Tags: Time Warner Inc., Tom Cruise, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-06
- AOL revenue continues to slide; Who are these 9.3 million AOL access subscribers?
- AOL's revenue and operating income continued to slide as the parent Time Warner focuses on advertising. For the fourth quarter, AOL reported operating income of $274 million on revenue of $1.25 billion. That's down from operating income of $910 million on revenue of $1.84 billion. AOL's results...
- Tags: Revenue, Time Warner Inc., Advertisement, America Online Inc., IP Democracy, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- Verizon: Want our Triple Play? Sorry, can't have it
- As I wrote about last week, I just made the decision to switch our phone (from Verizon to Time Warner Cable) and TV services (from Time Warner Cable to DIRECTV). My ideal solution would have been to sign up for Verizon's FIOS service for everything, but alas, FIOS TV service...
- Tags: Time Warner Inc., Phone, Verizon Communications Inc., DirecTV, Service, Telecom & Utilities, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Josh Taylor
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- Top display ad carriers: Yahoo!, Fox Interactive, Microsoft, Time Warner
- Yahoo! Sites ranked as the top display ad publisher property in November 2007, with 18.8% of display ad views, followed by Fox Interactive (16.3%), Microsoft Sites (6.7%), Time Warner Network (5.8%) and Facebook.com (1.5%), according ro comScore. 49.1% of all display ads seen by US Internet users originate on only...
- Tags: Time Warner Inc., Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., NB
- Blog posts 2008-02-03
- Tornado destroyed woman's house: then she gets this $2,025.45 bill from Time Warner Cable
- Tornado destroyed woman's house: then she gets this $2,025.45 bill from Time Warner CableHow's this possible?What kind of equipment does she have the would cost that kind of cash? As well why is she responsible for it? After the demarcation point that is the cable companies problem. If weather cause...
- Tags: Cable, Time Warner Inc., tornado
- Discussion threads 2008-01-31
- Tornado destroyed woman's house: then she gets this $2,025.45 bill from Time Warner Cable
- From Wisconsin's Kenosha News comes this story that after a January 7 tornado demolished her home, and ensuing rain and snow made it a bear to fix, a woman from the area has received a $2,025.45 bill from her (now former, well duh) cable television service....
- Tags: Time Warner Inc., Cable, Insurance, TVs, Network Technology, Tv & Home Theater, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Home Entertainment, Networking, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-01-31
- Top 5 Superbowl advertisers
- The top five Super Bowl advertisers of the past 20 years have spent $659 mln on advertising during the game, accounting for 36% of total advertising dollars spent in the game, according to TNS Media Intelligence. Anheuser Busch and Pepsico, which have appeared in every game during this period, lead...
- Tags: Time Warner Inc., Anheuser-Busch, Advertiser, Games, Personal Technology, NB
- Blog posts 2008-01-30
- So long Time Warner Cable, hello DIRECTTV
- So long Time Warner Cable, hello DIRECTTVCorrection[i]I couldn’t imagine life without NY1, a local all-news station that’s exclusively on Time Warner Cable[/u]Cablevision also carries NY1, and you are right, it blows all other news networks out of the water, if you ask me.RE: So long Time Warner Cable, hello DIRECTTVcommentaryVerizon...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Corporate communications, INTERNET, Network technology, Cable, Time Warner Inc., DirecTV, DirectTV, GolTV, video
- Discussion threads 2008-01-29
- So long Time Warner Cable, hello DIRECTV
- With a move pending in two weeks, my wife and I had to confront a bunch of issues - renovating the new apartment, finding movers, and of course the most important one of all - deciding whether or not to stick with Time Warner Cable, or make the jump to...
- Tags: Time Warner Inc., Phone, DirecTV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Josh Taylor
- Blog posts 2008-01-29
- Hey Time Warner: Left hand, meet right hand
- Hey Time Warner: Left hand, meet right handI didn't make the connectionWell, stupid me didn't see it, but thanks Josh, this now makes a lot of sense. I see great opportunity for a new google to arise out of the ashes of american ISPs once they burn all their long...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Left Hand, Time Warner Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-24
- Hey Time Warner: Left hand, meet right hand
- So just days after the news broke that Time Warner was getting ready to test a pay-for-pipe rate plan for Road Runner customers, HBO announced that it would start making some of its shows available to subscribers via the Web for free. (Henry Blodgett, for one, is convinced the new...
- Tags: Time Warner Inc., Road Runner, Subscriber, Advertising & Promotion, Channel Management, Marketing, Josh Taylor
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
- To fight Time Warner Cable's download pricing plans, we need a bit of "Nanny State"
- To fight Time Warner Cable's download pricing plans, we need a bit of "Nanny State"i'm with you 100% on this one.Time Warner is pissing me off. I was considering changing services. Now I am doing it for sure.RE: To fight Time Warner Cable's download pricing plans, we need a bit...
- Tags: Pricing, Vertical industries, Nanny State, Time Warner Inc., download pricing plan, pricing plan, pricing strategy
- Discussion threads 2008-01-17
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