Are Comcast and Time Warner ‘authenticating’ themselves right into another failure?

Like others in old media cable companies and media content producers are in a race – a race for survival in a world that they show just about every day that they don’t understand. ... continue

Broadband lies and increased profits

Broadband providers are always crying the blues and how they need to institute things like caps in order to provide fair service to all along with how expensive all this stuff takes. Every time ... continue

Time Warner announces AOL split as revenue plunges

Time Warner has announced that it will spin off AOL, on the same day as reporting a big plunge in revenue in the troubled division. Time Warner has made an initial filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission ... continue

Broadband – a public utility or a profit margin?

Our current crop of broadband providers, companies like Time Warner, Verizon and AT&T, have it pretty good. Their lobbyists often out number local government representatives they are calling calling upon on behalf of the ... continue

Time Warner Cable to try out some social blackmail

Back on April 14th I wrote a post about Time Warner implementing metered broadband in certain test area and how I thought it was a bad idea. I wasn’t the only one to write ... continue

Lies, Damn Lies, and Twilight Download Statistics

Stacey Higginbotham at GigaOm yesterday received a lot of attention for a post she wrote arguing that that metered broadband suffers a "Twilight Problem" based on a series of calculations based around downloading the movie Twilight. Our ... continue

Time Warner Cable Customers: Say Good Bye to Nick, MTV and Comedy Central

A break down in negotiations between Viacom and Time Warner Cable will mean customers on Time Warner's cable network, the second largest in the United States, will no longer be able to view Viacom channels from January ... continue

Yahoo Talks to Time Warner; Microsoft Meets with Icahn

Yahoo's starting up direct talks with Time Warner, while Microsoft is meeting with Carl Icahn to plan for the future. Yahoo spent time with Time Warner over the holiday weekend, according to London's Times Online. The paper ... continue

Cable Company Looking At Web-TV Technology

Time Warner Cable is developing new technology to get into the television-based web game. CEO Glenn Britt tells Reuters his company is building a new wireless cable modem that'll let customers hook their whole homes up to the ... continue

A New Future For Time Warner

Time Warner may be looking to take over new companies following its split from its cable unit. The media giant announced it's separating from Time Warner Cable this morning, a move that will bring in $9.25 billion in ... continue