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Tribune Stations Reach Carriage Deals With Verizon FiOS, Google Fiber And Atlantic Broadband
As Tribune Media continues to plot a new course after the meltdown of its long-anticipated merger with Sinclair Broadcast Group, it has announced three new carriage deals.
Verizon Fios TV, Atlantic Broadband and Google Fiber have all reached agreements for retransmission and carriage with Tribune’s stations as well as…
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Google Fiber On “Pause” As Company Cuts Staff And Unit CEO Steps Aside
Google Fiber was a great idea while it lasted. But the search giant now is laying off staff as it says, in a blog post, that it will “pause” its effort to add 10 cities to the eight that have the super-fast broadband service and four where it’s committed to proceed.
Craig Barratt, who’s CEO of Access — the unit that…
Deadline Big Media 73: The WhatsApp Zuck Podcast
In this week's podcast, Deadline’s Executive Editor David Lieberman and host David Bloom examine whether Facebook paid too much with its $19 billion purchase of messaging service WhatsApp, ponder whether anyone should pay for the maker of blockbuster mobile game Candy Crush Saga now that it's filed for an IPO…
Google Fiber Invites Cities In 9 Metro Areas To Pitch For TV-Internet-Phone Service
There are 34 cities in the areas that Google is eyeing to build speedy fiber optic services like the ones it now offers in Kansas City, Austin, and Provo the company today says in a blog post. The potential expansion territories include Portland, OR; San Jose, CA; Salt Lake City; Phoenix; San Antonio; Nashville…
Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 32
Listen to (and share) Episode 32 of our audio podcast Deadline Big Media, as Deadline executive editor David Lieberman and host David Bloom discuss whether Netflix is about to take off or already has soared as high as it can; what to make of Apple's massive stock buyback and dividend announcements; and disputes over…
Time Warner Cable Says It Sees Little Impact From Google Fiber
“They have a glow about them,” Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt told analysts this morning. But he sees the search company’s effort to expand its speedy fiber-optic broadband system to Austin — intensifying the competition with Time Warner Cable that began in Kansas City — as “no different” than other overbuilders…
Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 30
Listen to (and share) our audio podcast Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman as our executive editor and host David Bloom talk about broadcaster threats to abandon the airwaves for pay cable if Aereo wins; a gloomy Fitch's report on the exhibition business just ahead of next week's CinemaCon gathering in Las Vegas…
Should Time Warner Cable Worry About Google Fiber In Austin, TX?
UPDATE, 2:38 PM: AT&T says today that it, too, “is prepared to build” a speedy 1 gigabit per second broadband system in Austin. It expects the city to grant “the same terms and conditions as Google on issues such as geographic scope of offerings, rights of way, permitting, state licenses and any investment incentives.”…
Time Warner Cable Says It Makes The Best Of A Bad Situation With Sports, And Google
The No. 2 cable operator took it on the chin this morning after telling analysts in a conference call that rising programming costs and the lack of political ads will ding profits more than many expected. The stock is down 10% at mid-day. The disclosures inevitably led some to wonder whether Time Warner Cable…
Google CEO Apologizes For Earnings SNAFU As Company Talks Up Android
“I'm sorry for the scramble earlier today,” Google CEO Larry Page told analysts on a conference call. And that was that regarding the uproar today after the company’s earnings were prematurely released — resulting in a temporary halt in trading. Execs continued to cheer-lead, especially as they talked up progress in…
Google Warns It Faces “Difficulty” Landing Sports Channels In Kansas Pay TV System
Welcome to the pay TV world, Google. The mighty search company startled a lot of people in cable when it announced its Google Fiber TV and Internet service in Kansas City. The fiber optic service, launched in July, offers consumers broadband speeds of 1 Gb per second, far faster than cable’s typical 5 Mb per second…
Business Briefs: Bloomberg TV Vs. Comcast, Apple Vs. Samsung, Google Fiber
Bloomberg TV Asks FCC To Force Comcast Channel Placement
Bloomberg TV petitioned the FCC on Friday to force Comcast to immediately place the independent business news channel in the close numerical proximity to similar news services in 59 additional markets. The FCC back in May agreed with Bloomberg that Comcast…
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