Media Decoder Blog: Time Warner Cable Campaign Focuses on Brand More Than Services
Cable companies often run a mix of ads, some promoting their own features and deals, and others seeking to improve the brand images. Time Warner Cable's new $80 million campaign leans toward brand burnishing.
130,000 Time Warner Cable Subscribers Go Missing. To Find Them, You Might Ask Verizon and AT&T.
It's possible most of Time Warner Cable's video losses stem from savvy folks like yourself, who cut the cord and get their TV over the Web. But it's not that likely.
Media Decoder Blog: Time Warner Cable’s Net Profit Increases by 44%
The company, trying to move beyond television to attract high-speed Internet customers, also reported that revenue increased 4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Time Warner Cable building an app for Panasonic TVs
Time Warner Cable is developing an app for Panasonic's Viera Cast Smart TV platform to access its on demand video library. This makes the company the first cable operator to develop an app for Panasonic's platform. The app is supposed to launch some time this year.
Comcast’s AnyPlay brings live TV to the iPad
Comcast is finally making live TV available on the iPad. But unlike other operators, it's not just making those streams available directly through an app: Customers who wish to take advantage of the live offering will need an extra set of equipment to make it work.
Reminder: It’s Really Easy to Pirate TV. Even Live Sports.
Today's reminder, courtesy of the NBA, the cable guys and Union Square's Fred Wilson.
Can Tom Rutledge bring innovation back to Charter?
Charter Communications picked up one of the hardest-working men in the cable business when it named Tom Rutledge as its CEO. And it couldn't have come at a more critical time, as Charter faces consumer demand for TV Everywhere and increasing competition from streaming services.
Finally! HBO Go will be available pretty much everywhere
Almost two years after HBO launched its on-demand streaming service HBO Go, the premium cable network has finally gotten the last two major holdouts to agree to offer it to their subscribers. The service will soon be available to 98 percent of all HBO subscribers.
HBO Go Is Finally Going to Be on Time Warner Cable
Time Warner and its former cable company figure it out. Finally.
Time to Say Goodbye to the Cable Guy: Why You’ll Buy TV on the Web in 2012
"Not if, just when in 2012", says analyst Rich Greenfield. OK. But who? Amazon? Verizon? Wal-Mart?
Comcast: No plans for usage-based broadband pricing
Many cable operators are considering new pricing for broadband services that would link the amount of data their subscribers consume with the amount they pay. But Comcast isn't one of them, as it doesn't want to "nickel-and-dime" customers of its highest-growth service.
Cox is latest to bring live TV to the iPad
Cox Communications is making live TV available on the iPad, with the release of a new app that lets subscribers watch shows in their homes. The Cox TV Connect app makes it the latest pay TV operator to extend its service to new devices.
