Sentences with phrase «cable companies control»

The FCC wants to destroy net neutrality and give big cable companies control over what we see and do It's no longer just your clicks they want, it's your time and attention.

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If cable companies were once the gods who delivered TV content from their version of Mount Olympus, then the set - top box was their chosen instrument — one to which they alone had access and controlled.

Canada's cable market is significantly less complicated than the U.S., with a handful of companies controlling the vast majority of subscriptions.

Bissonette says competition between the two Shaw - controlled content outfits is a non-issue, noting the company's cable business competes with its satellite offering.

Cable companies would also be able control how DVR recording functionality works within those apps, with the only requirement being that they provide «a similar experience» to what's available through cable boxes.

In the 1990s, he took control of Telmex, the state - owned telephone company, and Grupo Condumex, a manufacturer of wire and fiber - optic cable.

Disney might have to divest a cable channel or two (the company's power over distributors would be even stronger; basically the opposite of the some of the concerns that halted the Comcast acquisition of Time Warner), and potentially be limited in its ability to make operational decisions about Hulu (Disney would have a controlling stake after the merger; Comcast was similarly restricted after acquiring NBC Universal, but there the concern was more about Comcast's conflict of interest with regards to its cable TV business competing with Hulu).

In his statement, Tu, a lawyer with the Los Angeles law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, said that Dauman and Abrams had also been removed as directors of National Amusements Inc., the holding company that owns the controlling shares of cable giant Viacom and CBS.

Detailing his rationale for the proposed merger, which has been opposed by the Department of Justice on antitrust grounds, Stephenson denied allegations that AT&T would use control of Time Warner to disadvantage other cable companies by making itself the exclusive content distributor of Time Warner content.

Ten business and financial corporations control the three major television and radio networks (NBC, CBS, ABC), 34 subsidiary television stations, 201 cable TV systems, 62 radio stations, 20 record companies, 59 magazines including Time and Newsweek, 58 newspapers including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times, 41 book publishers, and various motion picture companies like Columbia Pictures and Twentieth - Century Fox.

«In theory cable companies are a public utility, in theory their prices are supervisable by the state, but they've fallen asleep on the job and let cable prices rise completely out of control.»

«Verizon's plan to acquire spectrum from the cable companies will allow Verizon to further dominate and control the nation's airwaves.»

«Verizon's plan to acquire spectrum from the cable companies will allow Verizon to further dominate and control the nation's airwaves,» Franken wrote in a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

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The Journey takes the form of a series of maps showing various layers of information, including data on shipwrecks, underwater cables, military control on borders and license agreements between electric and oil companies.

There was no questioning in Capital Cities of the fact that the cable television companies had control over content.

Alexa can already control your Fire TV to help you launch Netflix or find your favorite show, among other things, but today Amazon is announcing a new tool for developers that will allow any cable and satellite TV company, streaming service or other content provider to add the same sort of voice control to their apps, as well.

In the age of dwindling cable TV subscriptions companies are clamoring for control of your living room, and Amazon is no exception.

Xiaomi's Mi LED TV also comes with a remote which the company says can be used to control the regular cable set - top - boxes as well.

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