Multichannel.com provides comprehensive news and analysis on the delivery of TV, communication and entertainment services over telephone networks.
Verizon Stitches Mobile Phone Into Bundles By Todd Spangler - 06/17/2008
Verizon Communications—responding to consumers who are giving up their landlines and using wireless as their primary voice service—rolled out a new double-play offer that combines broadband Internet and wireless on one bill. More
Verizon Looks To Grow DSL By Giving It Away By Todd Spangler - 08/28/2008
Verizon Communications, which posted a net loss of 133,000 DSL lines in the second quarter, is looking to fire up interest in the copper-based broadband service with a promotion offering six months free to customers who also subscribe to its voice service.
More
Another Washington Community Approves FiOS Franchise 08/27/2008 The Snohomish County Council Wednesday became the 10th local government in the Evergreen State to approve a video franchise for Verizon’s FiOS, joining the likes of Lynwood, Wash. and Everett, Wash. in greenlighting the fiber-optic TV service.More
FiOS TV Takes On Cox In Virginia By Todd Spangler - 08/26/2008
Verizon is pitching a triple play with FiOS TV to 4,200 households in the Hampton, Va., area, where Cox Communications is the incumbent cable provider.
More
Verizon To Pull Analog TV Signals In Texas By Todd Spangler - 08/25/2008
Verizon, as part of fulfilling its regulatory commitment to move to all-digital TV transmission by February 2009, will stop transmitting local analog broadcast signals to FiOS TV customers in its Texas markets. starting Sept. 22.
More
AT&T Takes U-verse to Hometown of Fighting Irish By Todd Spangler - 08/25/2008
AT&T is lining up against Comcast in the Midwestern town that Notre Dame calls home, as the telco launches its U-verse triple play in South Bend, Ind., and three surrounding communities.
More
Sí TV Makes Hi-Def VOD Pitch By George Winslow - 08/24/2008
After going all-HD last year with its original productions, Sí TV is now seeking additional carriage for the first Hispanic-targeted HD VOD offering.
More
Verizon Rewards Customer Referrals By Linda Haugsted - 08/24/2008
This month, Verizon Communications added voice products to its long-term “Refer-a-Friend” program, which will now allow current customers to earn $50 per product for successfully touting the company's services.
More
BIT RATE Todd Spangler, Technology Editor, Multichannel News August 8, 2008 FiOS: History Lesson
Verizon used to tout its use of cable technology. Remember the ad with the FiOS&nbs... More
USA Network's Sandy 'Burn Notice' USA Network transplanted ‘Burn Notice’s’ Miami beach setting to Times Square for a promotional event in support of the second-season premiere of the original series.
Comcast's New Video Wall The 83-by-25-foot, 10-million-pixel high-definition video wall located in the lobby of Comcast's new corporate headquarters has become quite a tourist attraction in downtown Philadelphia.
National Educational Computing Conference Operators, programmers, Cable in the Classroom and CTAM shared their resources with more than 18,000 school leaders, educational technology purchasers and decision-makers this week at the National Educational Computing Conference in San Antonio.
Starz' Web Play
Starz Entertainment president and COO Bill Myers discusses next month’s shut down of the company's stand-alone, web-based movie download service Vongo as well as its push to get operators to distribute a similar online service dubbed Starz Play.
