Comcast Sticks To Its Knitting; AT&T's U-Verse Universe Expands To 10.7M Subs; President Announces New School Broadband Effort
Top Stories - January 29, 2014
Comcast Sticks To Its Knitting Comcast executives declined to talk about the growing speculation that the nation's largest cable operator would be peripherally involved in Charter Communications' much hyped pursuit of Time Warner Cable in its much anticipated earnings conference call Tuesday morning, instead focusing on its own internal results.more
Comcast, Cox In X1 Licensing Talks Comcast Cable president and CEO Neil Smit confirmed on the MSO's fourth quarter earnings Tuesday that the operator is in talks with Cox Communications about licensing X1, Comcast's next-gen, cloud-based video platform.more
AT&T's U-Verse Universe Expands To 10.7M Subs Comcast pulled off a rare feat when it added 46,000 video subs in the fourth quarter of 2013, but that total was dwarfed by the video numbers posted by rival AT&T. more
President Announces New School Broadband Effort In the State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama announced that with the backing of the FCC, some major telecoms and edge providers were getting together to help connect 15,000 schools to high-speed broadband.more
Cablevision Opens Up WiFi At 11 NJ Transit Stations The service is free for Optimum subscribers, while other riders can purchase day passes. more