Unfiltered

Verizon and Cablevision have settled a lawsuit about claims made in Verizon FiOS ads, Bloomberg reported yesterday. (more…)

It seems like everyone is pursuing opportunities involving TV broadcast spectrum. White space database administrators like Spectrum Bridge are putting the finishing touches on technology to enable the use of SuperWiFi and other emerging broadband apps in areas where broadcasters aren’t using the spectrum (CP: FCC frees up TV white spaces). Meanwhile, the FCC and now the House of Representatives are looking to free up some of the same spectrum for mobile broadband use through voluntary incentive auctions. (more…)

Verizon seems intent on building an over-the-top video business – interesting timing since it also just signaled that it’s had just about enough of building out its uber-expensive FiOS network, content to let it pass just the most concentrated – and likely most profitable – areas in its serving territories. The latest Verizon OTT rumor: it may be lining up to acquire Netflix in what would be quite a game-changing move. (more…)

Verizon is aggressively defending itself in response to false advertising allegations made last week by Cablevision. The cable company last week filed a lawsuit in a federal court seeking an end to a Verizon campaign critical of Cablevision’s high-speed Internet services. (more…)

In an era of deep political divisions, there is one thing virtually all Americans can agree on: TV commercials are too loud. (more…)

Some readers may have grown weary of seemingly weekly research announcing either that a) over-the-top video is an enormous game changer, paradigm shifter, market disrupter, etc. or that b) the OTT threat is overblown. This week, however, The Diffusion Group offered a new twist. (more…)

When T-Mobile and Nokia share they have “something exciting in the works,” a Nokia Windows Phone on the nation’s fourth-largest network is a pretty good guess. (more…)