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Cable Companies Join Together to Offer Shared Wi-Fi Hotspots
Mon May 21, 2012 at 11:05 AM ETTags: Comcast, Time Warner (all tags)
The new initiative will give you access to hotspots from cable services you don't subscribe to in addition to the one that you do.
The latest move from some of the biggest cable providers around - Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable – marks a union that will benefit consumers in a very welcome way.
If you subscribe to any of these cable companies, you'll be able to access Wi-Fi hotspots from any of the others. For example, if you're a Comcast subscriber and the only hotspot around is from Time Warner, you'll be able to connect up and access.
The initial rollout is happening in New York City and the surrounding Tri-State area, Los Angeles, Tampa, Orlando, and Philadelphia. Affected hotspots will be branded with the CableWiFi name.
Source: Engadget
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HBO Go Now Available on Devices for Time Warner Customers
Fri May 18, 2012 at 12:00 PM ETTags: HBO Go, Roku, Time Warner, Xbox 360 (all tags)
Xbox 360s, Roku players and Samsung TVs and players can now stream HBO Go.
The implementation of HBO Go has been a surprisingly difficult process. Different cable providers feel differently about allowing customers to watch the programming on their TVs through capable devices and have been blocking the service to prevent it.
Time Warner has finally relented, and is now allowing streaming of HBO's streaming service through Roku players, Samsung TVs, Samsung Blu-ray players and Xbox 360s. There's going to be a period of transition before it's available on all devices, but Roku says it should only be a few hours for their players.
Source: Engadget
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HBO Go Now Available on Devices for Time Warner Customers
Fri May 18, 2012 at 12:00 PM ETTags: HBO Go, Roku, Time Warner, Xbox 360 (all tags)
Xbox 360s, Roku players and Samsung TVs and players can now stream HBO Go.
The implementation of HBO Go has been a surprisingly difficult process. Different cable providers feel differently about allowing customers to watch the programming on their TVs through capable devices and have been blocking the service to prevent it.
Time Warner has finally relented, and is now allowing streaming of HBO's streaming service through Roku players, Samsung TVs, Samsung Blu-ray players and Xbox 360s. There's going to be a period of transition before it's available on all devices, but Roku says it should only be a few hours for their players.
Source: Engadget
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HBO Go Comes to the Xbox 360 on April 1st
Wed Feb 29, 2012 at 02:00 PM ETTags: Xbox 360, HBO, HBO Go, Time Warner, Comcast (all tags)
No need to change the channel to enjoy HBO content on demand - you'll be able to watch it right on your Xbox.
April 1st just seems like a bad day to launch anything, especially if it's something of great interest to the internet, since companies, websites and bloggers all take it upon themselves to be the most hilarious, but hey, you try to explain this stuff to Microsoft! Still, there are going to be some folks out there that will be very happy to see a legitimate new addition to the Xbox 360 in just a few weeks.
The 1st of April marks the availability of the HBO Go app on the Xbox 360 as confirmed by HBO president Eric Kessler. One thing that needs to be addressed before that launch date is whether HBO Go for the Xbox will get the same treatment as it did for Samsung TVs. More specifically, we have yet to find out whether Comcast and Time Warner will end up blocking access to the app for their subscribers.
Source:Joystiq
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HBO Go Available on Samsung Connected TVs Except Through Comcast and Time Warner Cable
Wed Feb 22, 2012 at 12:00 PM ETTags: HBO Go, XFINITY, Samsung, Connected TVs, Comcast, Time Warner (all tags)
The service is also blocked by those providers if accessed through Roku players.
Samsung has announced the availability of the HBO go streaming service on its internet connected TVs, letting HBO subscribers check out all their favorite content streaming whenever they want. Most, but not all Samsung TVs can handle the app, but Samsung was not specific as to which cannot.
Don't get too excited if you're a Comcast or Time Warner subscriber though. You'll find the app blocked. Both companies have disallowed HBO Go on connected TVs and devices like the Roku Player as well. The reasoning behind this decision is unclear, and neither company has had much to say on the issue, but we're gonna go out on a limit and guess it's a matter of $$$$...$!
A representative from Comcast was quick to point out that you can get all the HBO Go content via the Xfinity TV app, though that doesn't do much good for Samsung subscribers without Xfinity.
Source: Multichannel News
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Time Warner Subscriptions Down by 129,000
Fri Jan 27, 2012 at 10:00 AM ETTags: Time Warner, Cable Providers, Industry Trends (all tags)
The numbers for Time Warner Cable are indicative of the cable business as a whole – except for Verizon of course.
Cable providers, in general, aren’t doing too well. Customers are cutting the cord in favor of streaming or over-the-air content and companies like Time Warner are starting to feel it.
Time Warner Cable (TWC) lost 129,000 video subscribers in the final quarter of 2012. Over the course of 2011, 453,000 customers dropped the service. That’s a significant part of their subscriber base, which almost certainly has Time Warner a bit worried.
Though subscribers were down, Time Warner is actually sitting at a happy place in terms of revenue. The company says that revenue stayed about the same in 2011 thanks to raised prices and more customers adding additional tiers of service.
Customers are subscribing to bigger bundles, but, interestingly enough, they’re dropping premium channels like HBO and Showtime.
Source: Home Media Magazine
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Time Warner Offers Free Slingbox to Subscribers
Fri Aug 26, 2011 at 10:00 AM ETTags: Time Warner, Slingbox (all tags)
Well, free after a mail-in rebate, but that's still pretty free!
If you're the kind of person who likes their internet to be fast - and we're talking crazy fast here - Time Warner has a pretty sweet deal for you. For $99 a month, you'll get their Wideband Internet with download speeds of up to 50 mbps and uploads of around five.
As a special promotion, you'll also qualify for a free Slingbox that allows you to watch your content anywhere you have internet access. You'll have to shell out the $300 up front, but you'll get a mail-in rebate for the same amount, making the Slingbox essentially free.
Not only is that a pretty sweet deal for customers, it's a good setup for Time Warner, since the Slingbox bypasses the whole issue of licensing content for different mediums. If folks are using a Slingbox, Time Warner doesn't have to pay a dime to content owners. Pretty slick Time Warner.
Source: Engadget
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Time Warner Will Acquire Insight Communications
Wed Aug 17, 2011 at 10:00 AM ETTags: Time Warner (all tags)
Another small cable provider is gobbled up by the big fish in the pond.
The once diverse selection of cable providers keeps getting smaller, and yet another regional provider has been bought up. Time Warner will be picking up Insight Communications at a price of $3 billion in a deal that's expected to close by the end of this year.
With cable subscribers on the decline recently, increasing a customer base is more important than ever. This new acquisition will be bringing Time Warner 679,000 new subscribers and about $100 million in cost savings.
"We believe in our business and its long-term prospects and have long thought that Insight's well-run, technologically advanced systems would fit well with our Midwest operations," says Time Warner CEO Glenn Brit. "With the deal announced today, we are able to acquire those systems at an attractive price that is consistent with both our disciplined approach to M&A and our capital allocation strategy."
Source: Reuters
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Fox Wants Time Warner To Stop Streaming to iPads
Fri Apr 01, 2011 at 10:00 AM ETTags: Fox, iPad, Time Warner (all tags)
An official cease-and-desist has been sent, but Time Warner isn't stopping.
Just a few weeks ago, Time Warner launched an iPad app that allowed customers to stream their content directly to the iPad. There were a few issues at first where channels got taken down, but they went back up shortly after. Time Warner said that the removal of the channels was an issue of functionality, but there's a new problem on the horizon.
The folks at Fox don't want their shows streaming to iPads, especially without consent. A cease-and-desist letter has been sent, and the next logical step would be a lawsuit, since Time Warner isn't budging. "The app continues to be available and continues to function the same as the day we launched it," says Time Warner spokesman Alex Dudley.
Entertainment lawyer Jonathan Handel says that the issue is really one of advancing technology. "These cases occur under a cloud where contracts were signed in a pre-existing world when new technologies weren’t around yet," he says. "If they had anticipated the new technology and talked about it specifically, you wouldn’t have the problem."
Source: Bloomberg (via Engadget
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Time Warner Debuts iPad Streaming - Then Cuts Available Titles in Half
Thu Mar 17, 2011 at 12:00 PM ETTags: Time Warner, iPad (all tags)
Time Warner says the new app is running into problems with authentication and a surge in users.
Time Warner was much celebrated for the release of a new iPad app that allowed iPad owners to stream content directly to their device, but things have quickly turned around. The cable company has cut the available channels from 32 to 15.
The folks at Time Warner say that this is due to server authentication issues. A massive surge of users all trying to get to the same content at once can certainly take its toll on a network infrastructure. Analyst Richard Greenfield has his own idea.
"We believe several cable network groups are seriously considering filing lawsuits against Time Warner Cable," writes Greenfield, "and sending cease and desist letters to TWC to stop them from in-home live streaming to iPads without a new contract."
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MORE HIGH-DEF DISC NEWS TAGGED "TIME WARNER":
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