Bit Rate

Covering cable TV, broadband and Internet video technologies.

If Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has his way, AT&T’s U-verse TV subscribers could suddenly find themselves having to pay usage surcharges if their monthly TV
The mainstream media has been abuzz this week with word that Hulu is exploring authenticated “TV Everywhere” deals with pay-TV operators —
Cox Communications is faking out Virginians with a specially commissioned piece of artwork that makes it look like they’re chillaxing with the MSO’s pint
Time Warner Cable on Thursday released a version of its live TV app for smartphones and tablets running Android 4.0, a.k.a. Ice Cream Sandwich. Unfortunately, not many
The FCC has said that a facilities-based service provider’s own broadband-delivered video is probably — but not necessarily always — kosher under
There’s been obsessive attention about the extent of “cord cutting” in the pay TV industry. But there is an even bigger segment of the U.S.
Tier 1 telcos like Verizon and AT&T are heavily invested in their pay-TV businesses. But what about everyone else? With TV subscriptions on pace to hit $200 per
An idea has taken root in certain quarters that downloading pirated copies of, say, HBO’s Games of Thrones or Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games from the dark
Hate standing in line at trade shows to collect tchotchkes for the kids back home? Now there’s an app to automate swag distribution. Startup Prize Monkey struck
In the end, Consumerist.com’s poop-minded voters decided they hated Big Video Game more than Big Cable, Big Satellite, Big Telco — or even Big Banking.