Posts Tagged: ‘Comcast’

Imagine what the United States would be like if just a handful of companies owned the major broadcast TV stations and the major Cable companies and the Internet pipes that bring content to consumers: When the same company owns the content and the pipes that deliver that content, consumers lose. Comcast has already tried to [...]

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It started with this press release: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast’s Actions “On November 19, 2010, Comcast informed Level 3 that, for the first time, it will demand a recurring fee from Level 3 to transmit Internet online movies and other content to Comcast’s customers who request such content. By taking this action, [...]

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Yesterday Al Franken gave a speech on net neutrality that shows just how close we are coming to losing net neutrality and destroying America’s first amendment right to freedom of speech. We will lose this freedom to a handful of corporations that want to destroy the free flow of information in the United States…

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Yesterday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can’t force Internet service providers to treat all traffic on their networks the same. Cable giant Comcast scored the win in its effort to overturn an earlier decision against it, according to Sam Diaz’s article on ZDNet.

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As Jonathan and I discussed in TechStuff Live Tuesday, Comcast has officially purchased a controlling interest in NBC Universal from General Electric. There are many things people have discussed as potential problems, and I’m sure they’ll come up during the FCC’s review of the deal. Comcast will have to reassure everyone that the company won’t promote NBC Universal networks at the expense of other channels.

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If you’re like me, you enjoy using services like Hulu to catch up on shows and watch a movie now and then. It’s convenient — you can tune in whenever you like and watch streaming video. Who needs a television when you can access great content online?

That’s exactly what cable companies like Comcast and Time Warner are worried about. I first heard about this service on CNET’s Buzz Out Loud program. These companies recognize that customers want to access entertainment on their own terms. But that might also mean customers could decide to give up cable subscriptions and switch to the Internet for all their entertainment needs. In order to meet customer needs without giving up too much in the way of profits, Comcast and Time Warner have devised a program called TV Everywhere.

As Wired reports, the program will allow existing cable subscribers to access premium television content online. Only cable subscribers will be able to view the content. In other words, you can’t just dump your cable service and expect to watch the programs under this “premium content” umbrella. Even if you never turn your television on again, you’ll still need to pay the cable fees to watch the shows.

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Brad Stone, blogger for the New York Times reported yesterday that a list of 8,000 Comcast customer user names and passwords was on the Web site Scribd. Scribd is a site that allows users to share documents with others. More than 300 people had viewed the list before it was removed. A representative from Comcast responded to the story and explained that the list contained several duplicate entries, cutting the number of affected customers in half. According to the representative, the list did not originate from within Comcast and was likely the result of a phishing scam.

It’s very important to be aware of phishing tactics. The New York Times story mentions that Kevin Andreyo, the man who discovered the list and reported it to journalists and the authorities, admits to using the same password for multiple accounts. I’m sure many of us are guilty of the same thing…

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