MCN Newswire: Comcast Boots Up 2-Gig Residential Broadband 04.03.15

Top Stories - April 3, 2015 Comcast Boots Up 2-Gig Residential Broadband Comcast has entered the Gigabit era. Aiming to one-up 1-Gig residential broadband offerings from the likes of AT&T and Google Fiber, the MSO next month will introduce Gigabit Pro, an uncapped, fiber-based, symmetrical 2-Gbps service that will initially be offered to more than 1.5 million customers in Atlanta and then expand into more Comcast markets throughout 2015. more Moody's: Broadband Buys Cable Time in OTT Battle Credit ratings agency Moody's Investor's Service says high-yield cable companies remain strongly positioned against the over-the-the top threat, at least for the next few years, mainly because of the expected continued strength of their broadband businesses. more Amazon to FCC: Most OTTs Don't Want Program-Access Rights Amazon does not want the Federal Communications Commission to classify some over-the-top providers as Multichannel Video Programming Distributors covered by program-access protections, saying there is no pressing need to do so. more RELATED: NCTA: FCC Can't Redefine OVDs as MVPDs The National Cable & Telecommunications Association says that in the wake of Title II reclassification of broadband service, the FCC is following up with another free-market disruptor. Cable operators continue to argue that the FCC does not have the authority to define some online video providers as MVPDs. more Mayweather-Pacquiao to Cost $99 HBO and Showtime's May 2 Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight will cost boxing fans $99 to watch in high-definition on pay-per-view, published reports confirmed. more Video/Blogs MCN One on One One Question for NeNe Leakes, 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' MCN Hot Spot Starz's Blunt Talk My Turn, Kent Gibbons 'Red Road' Returns: Is a Casino Inevitable? Community, Leslie Jaye Goff Q&A: SNY Brings It Home News Century Link Promotes John Jones to SVP Netflix Renews 'House of Cards' Upfronts 2015: CMT Slates Late-Night Talk Show Rentrak Signs Measurement Data Deal For Discovery Nets RDK J.V. Launches App Emulator Virgin Media Extends TiVo Agreement TV Land Awards to Honor Joan Rivers, 'Parenthood' BBC Pitches $12 'Doctor Who' BitTorrent Bundle The 5th Annual Women of New York Broadband Installer - Vestavia Hills, AL Vestavia Hills, AL - Charter Manager, Local Sales II Thibodaux, LA - Charter Account Executive Quincy, IL - Charter Technician, Field Auditor -- Roxana Roxana, IL - Charter See all career listings here.   ©2015 NewBay Media, LLC

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