Bit Rate

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The top 1% heaviest broadband users consume about 20% of total bandwidth on wireline networks, a usage pattern that’s held true for the last several years,
Netflix’s stock climbed 13.4% on Thursday, after CEO Reed Hastings in a pre-Independence Day celebratory post congratulated his company for delivering more than
Samsung Electronics will use Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud-based service infrastructure to manage the delivery of apps and software to its Smart TVs worldwide
Why did Google decide to bring in Marwan Fawaz, former CTO of Charter Communications, to replace longtime Motorolan Dan Moloney? (See Moloney Out At Motorola, Fawaz To
A small Scottish technology firm is about to make finding stuff to watch on TV smarter for some U.S. viewers. Content-recommendation technology provider ThinkAnalytics
If the government mandated that TV channels be sold individually, only five to 10 networks would remain economically viable, according to an analysis by Needham &
What’s the real endgame for Aereo? It’s not completely clear, but the startup is definitely placing a bet on patents. Aereo, the company formerly known
The Justice Department is investigating whether usage-capped broadband plans — as well as TV Everywhere services and most-favored-nation programming contracts
Wi-Fi is not a panacea for the spectrum crunch, according to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson. In an op-ed Monday in the Wall Street Journal, the exec lays out a case
Apparently, Intel’s big idea for a better over-the-top TV mousetrap involves a set-top box with facial-recognition capabilities — so the service can