Sentences with phrase «of cable service»

It also recently began offering various levels of cable service rather than one big cable package, which has been the norm.

Comcast, the USA's largest provider of cable services and one of the world's leading communications companies, is the first cable company to join FOSI and an important addition to the Institute.

Directly responsible for the installation of cable services and equipment at client sites in both commercial and residential areas.

Not exact matches

AT&T's new Internet - delivered cable TV service, DirecTV Now, has had its share of technical glitches in the early going.

New technology like Dish's $ 20 / month Sling service and Microsoft's Xbox TV tuner make it easier than ever for consumers to ditch the cable company while still getting a decent fix of television.

«As an entrepreneur, I have had products and services shut out of closed cable networks, and as a venture capitalist, I've invested in companies that would not have been able to innovate if these network were not open.»

In an interview with the Canadian Press, Canaccord Genuity analyst Dvai Ghose noted a number of challenges that will face Laurence once he begins his new role at Rogers, including the improvement of customer service and the efficiency of the company's cable division, which competes directly with Bell's Internet protocol TV service.

«People are deciding just to do without cable or going with an OTT (over-the-top) option,» says Mario Mota, head of research and consulting firm Boon Dog Professional Services.

The new home - oriented service would be a so - called triple play, offering gigabit - speed Internet, a cable TV - like channel bundle, and voice telephone service at a «competitive» but «premium» price, head of wireless John Stratton said according to analysts who attended the meeting.

And in 2007, Netflix launched its streaming service, allowing viewers to watch movies via the internet instead of renting a DVD or waiting for the show to appear on a cable channel.

Increasingly, their network and cable channel partners are refusing to license their shows to the independent streaming services — historically the active licensers of that content and now their chief competition for subscribers.

Comparable services were previously only available to cable subscribers, but Rogers is looking to get ahead of the unbundling wave

Consider Comcast, which developed its own network and had a base of 23 million customers for its cable and broadband services before it even entered the wireless industry.

After YouTube TV's debut last year, Fortune noted that the service was incomplete compared to most cable offerings because of its lack of cable channels from the likes of Turner and Viacom.

As of today, Dish Networks is opening up Sling TV, its new live cable streaming TV service, to everyone in the United States.

Quebecor is also expected to invest in its Videotron networks and the introduction of a new generation of home cable technology based on Comcast's X1 platform, which is being rolled out by most of Canada's major cable services to compete with their telephone - based market rivals.

The free 5 Mbps service must also have cable and phone companies worried, since many of their own customers are paying dearly for these relatively archaic and outdated speeds.

The internet, of course, offers all kinds of video and phone services that compete with the bread and butter of telecom and cable companies.

Disney and other media companies have been hit by the trend of «cord - cutting» as younger viewers increasingly opt for streaming services over cable and satellite TV channels.

Without net neutrality, the large cable companies and other ISPs would be free to provide multiple levels of service, and there is a concern that new ventures and up and coming entrepreneurs would be faced with a barrier to entry that they simply couldn't afford to clear.

5G networks must feature 10 GE transmission capability to the site and 50 GE / 100 GE transmission capability from fiber optic cables to access rings, fulfilling the ultra-large capacity requirements of multiple 5G eMBB services.

Other services have made that pitch, of course, but too often they've felt like handicapped versions of cable at a lower price point.

He noted that Rogers has a cable business, but has also benefited from the rise of Netflix and launching its own video - on - demand service.

While the HBO service won't be immediately available in Canada, it demonstrates that the U.S. company is prepared to follow a growing number of viewers who are cancelling their cable in favour of services like Netflix.

TORONTO — HBO's plans to launch a stand - alone streaming service in the United States that will let viewers sidestep their cable company to watch popular shows like «Game of Thrones» and «True Detective» could be just a few years away from posing a similar threat to Canadian telecoms.

In defending its merger plan, Comcast is saying its real competition is no longer other cable companies, but rather so - called over-the-top Internet service providers such as Netflix, which is the same rationale Bell used in Canada with its acquisition of broadcaster Astral last year.

The cable companies are almost gleeful in pointing out the advantages their service will have, with the press release asking viewers if they're tired «of endless scrolling» or «outdated series» — clear digs at Netflix.

While there still isn't an online video service that can truly replace cable, the streaming alternatives are spending big bucks to beef up their selection of programs.

Since its cable network also provides Internet access, the company benefits from the adoption of streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, because they require a lot of bandwidth.

Charter's pursuit of Time Warner Cable shows how cable television is trying to protect itself against Internet services like Hulu and Netflix.

Still, the growth of the Internet services won't make up for all of the revenue lost from the cable and satellite cuts.

For example, 79 % of households paid for traditional cable or satellite service in last year's annual survey by the Leichtman Research Group, down from 84 % three years earlier and the all - time peak of 88 % in 2010.

That creates a scenario where you could pay a monthly fee for Verizon's mobile internet; pay another fee for its FiOS home internet and / or cable service; pay another fee for its live - TV service; watch a bunch of ad - supported videos on AOL or Yahoo or Oath (or, in a different life, go90); and implicitly pay the company through its beefed - up, deregulated ad network.

Other major Internet services such as Amazon Prime Video or Hulu could be partners, or perhaps one of the online cable bundle clones like Dish Network's (dish) Sling TV or Sony's (sne) Playstation Vue.

Recent reports of a new streaming, cable - style TV service from Hulu are only the latest sign of this ongoing turbulence.

«We're hugely unexcited about that,» Ray says, recalling the long litany of failed startups over the past two decades that have tried to make a go at offering similar high - speed Internet or cable TV - like services wirelessly.

Despite fears of cord cutting, cable TV service revenue rose 4 %, sales at Comcast's cable networks increased 8 %, and broadcast TV revenue climbed 6 %.

But with services like Hulu, Netflix and Amazon Prime, you can now watch your favorite TV shows and movies for a fraction of the cost of cable TV.

But that point of view neglects the reality that many cable subscribers pay for those streaming services already.

Even though the two services are very alike, Hunt doesn't see the HBO house of cards — my pun, please excuse it — toppling any time soon since it still makes billions from its traditional cable deals.

Viacom, parent of networks including MTV and Nickelodeon, launched TV ads this week urging its viewers to call customer service at cable company Spectrum ahead of a deadline that may result in a costly blackout for 16.6 million customers.

The idea of many of these new services is to offer a lower - cost cable alternative, but that means something has to give in terms of programming.

Some of those cable - only companies will get chopped off Hulu's upcoming service as well.

And while many startups and tech companies that depend on open access to the Internet have cheered those rules, which reclassify Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as public utilities under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, cable and telecommunications industry representatives have already filed several lawsuits that challenge the regulations.

And in addition to the usual service fees, T - Mobile sees the possibility of selling TV ads using targeting technology that is more precise than what is possible through cable networks.

Netflix sells a service that competes with the TV shows and movies offered by cable Internet providers, and who can forget the warm welcome it got in Canada, in the form of certain Internet providers instantly lowering customers» monthly download limits when the company announced its northward expansion.

The Google - owned (GOOGL) online video service is reportedly working on a service that will offer a bundle of cable television channels streamed online, according to a report from Bloomberg citing anonymous sources.

As people flee the high prices of cable, there are a slew of services stepping into the gap to offer more flexible streaming TV services tailored toward younger people.

Some «cord cutters» are getting rid of cable altogether, and younger millennial consumers aren't even signing up for those services when they move into their own homes.

«I think part of that is the customers are buying other things, whether the electronics, cable services, Netflix, whatever,» Hoguet said.