 |  | | | Top Stories - May 29, 2015 | ISPs Say Title II Decision Is Ripe for Stay Cable and telco ISPs have outlined the ABC's (and D's and E's) of why a federal court should uphold their requests and stay the June 12 enforcement date of the FCC's Title II reclassification of Internet access service. more
Moonves 'Broadcaster' Remark Draws ATVA Fire Pay-TV providers in a pitched battle with broadcasters over retrans fees latched on to a comment attributed to CBS CEO Les Moonves at the Code Conference. "We're programmers," Moonves said, according to reports. "The term 'broadcasting' doesn't mean anything anymore." The American Television Alliance used the remark to hammer CBS. more
Google Getting HBO Now Apple's exclusive on HBO Now, HBO's new standalone OTT service, won't last long. Google Play will also offer HBO Now for Android, and extend support to the Google Chromecast adapter, it was announced Thursday at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco. more
Sling TV Traffic Creeps Onto the Scene Sling TV, the OTT TV service tailored for cord-cutters that launched nationally on Feb. 9, accounted for less than 1% of peak downstream traffic during its early days on the market, bandwidth-management firm Sandvine found in its latest Global Internet Phenomena Report. more
Avago to Buy Broadcom for $37B In a deal that puts it squarely in the cable tech sector, Avago Technologies said it will acquire Broadcom for $37 billion, including $17 billion in cash and the economic equivalent of 140 million Avago ordinary shares valued at $20 million. more
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