On the Go? Watch TV Everywhere
With summer in full swing and millions of consumers heading off to their favorite vacation spot, watching your favorite TV shows is one routine that can now travel with you. That is if you are taking advantage of the TV Everywhere services that many popular networks and cable providers offer. TV Everywhere, for the uninitiated, is the ability to watch television on a web-connected device like a smartphone or a tablet outside of the home. No more being tied to the living room couch in order to watch your favorite TV show. Best of all, TV Everywhere is a complementary service as part of your
Wi-Fi and Mobile TV: A RomCom with a Happy Ending?
It’s predicted that in less than two years, the average person will own five Wi-Fi enabled devices and that 86 percent of all in-home broadband usage will be via a Wi-Fi connection. Many of us already have many more than five devices and live in homes where 100 percent of broadband usage is dependent on Wi-Fi. So it’s no surprise that the just-released 2015 ARRIS Consumer Entertainment Index offers some revealing data on not only changes in TV watching trends via Wi-Fi devices, but how consumers perceive how their home Wi-Fi is holding up under the added pressure of streaming video. The ARRIS
Drone Technology is Changing the Way We Watch Sports
It’s been a notable year for drones in professional sports as TV networks continue to expand the use of the technology. From golf tournaments to motorcycle races, these unmanned aircrafts are populating the skies of distinguished athletic competitions, giving sports coverage wings it didn’t have before. Back in January of this year, ESPN captured video footage from drones at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo. Then in the Spring, Fox Sports took to airborne coverage when the network tested propeller drones in Indianapolis during the Monster Energy AMA Supercross motorcycle series. NBC Sports
Broadband Investment is Making the Internet Infinite
Today’s House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on “Promoting Broadband Infrastructure Investment” is set to shed light on the incredible investment Internet providers have made in building our nationwide broadband network. Cable has put in over $230 billion into infrastructure since 1996 and it’s not just on maintenance and upkeep. That figure reflects the incredible advances we’ve made over the last twenty years in speed, access, and innovation. Take a look at the video below and see how cable is working hard and investing big into making the Internet infinite.
Why Does Cable Programming Do So Well at the Emmys?
As we mentioned last week, the 67th Primetime Emmy nominations were announced and cable shows are running away with the majority of nominations. This week, we take a closer look at what’s behind this dominance, and why some of the best storytelling and actors come from cable. Let’s start with the clear frontrunner, Game of Thrones, which leads the pack with 24 nominations. HBO didn’t have a hard time getting this one to take off. Fans of the book series tuned into their TVs in droves to watch the show, with viewership increasing every year since its television debut in 2011. Last season’s
On the Importance of 'Regulatory Humility'
Originally posted in CNET on July 20th, 2015 as part of its “20 Years of Tech.” In the Broadway musical “Rent,” there’s a song titled “525,600 Minutes” that asks poignantly: How do you measure a year in your life (“in daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee”). It is interesting to consider what serves as the metronome of one’s life. For a good part of my career, technology has been the clock-master, marking time with each striking innovation. When I stepped down as Federal Communications Commission chairman in 2005, I could look back and count out my service with an astonishing
"Digital Enthusiasts" Redefining What It Means to Watch TV
Today’s TV viewers want choices. Just like today’s consumers demand customized experiences when it comes to how they get their news, spend their money, or interact with others, we expect to be able to watch our favorite shows or news programs in the medium that we choose, depending on the time of day, our moods, or current location. The results of a new study on TV viewing by GfK MRI, a global research company that specializes in market and consumer data, speak to a lot of these behaviors. This is the first of four studies in a series called “TV Share of Clock” launched by GfK, which examine
Cable Dominates Emmy Nominations, HBO Tops List
The 67th Primetime Emmy nominations were announced today and cable programming sits atop the podium with over half of all nominations – 315 of the available 567. Leading the way for cable was (not surprisingly) HBO with 126 noms. The always competitive drama categories were lead by cable hits, taking a large share of the slots. Cable also has a good number of nods in the comedy categories, including shows from HBO, Comedy Central, and FX. This year’s nominations reinforce the trend of the world’s top writers, directors and actors moving to cable and producing cinema-quality programing that
Cable Supports President’s New Broadband Adoption Program
In Oklahoma today President Obama along with The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will announce ConnectHome, a new initiative with communities, the private sector, and federal government to expand high speed broadband to more families across the country. ConnectHome is designed to shrink the oft-referred to digital divide –the gap between those who experience the social and economic benefits from Internet use, and those who do not. According to the White House, the pilot program is launching in twenty-seven cities and one tribal nation and will initially reach over 275,000 low
Comcast's New Screen-Sharing Feature Can Solve Customer TV Questions
In our third installment in a new series on the changing cable customer service experience, we ask you to imagine this scenario: It’s late Monday afternoon. You get home from a long day at work. You can’t wait to sit back, de-stress and watch the latest episode of True Detective that you missed the night before, but smartly saved to your DVR. But as you scroll through your list of recordings, you start to panic … it’s not there. All you want to do is watch Colin Farrell’s latest escapade and poof, it’s as if you never recorded it. But just before anxiety sets in, you remember that Comcast is