Comcast lobbyist David Cohen said the company could roll out controversial “usage-based billing” to all customers in five years.
The huge wireless operator is discussing an offer in the low- to mid-$90s per share for DirecTV, Reuters reports.
New rules will reportedly prohibit Internet slow lanes but still allow companies to pay a toll for faster service.
The deals will allow subscribers to use Comcast's WiFi hot spots when traveling to the U.S., reducing international roaming charges.
NBC sealed the exclusive deal to broadcast three winter games and three summer games from 2022 to 2032.
A middleman service asserts that ISPs are using their market share to make it hard for content providers to reach customers.
Comcast and EA are reportedly in talks to bring streaming games to the Xfinity X1 cable box, potentially competing with Sony and Microsoft.
The competition between cable and content providers is creating new markets with an enormous customer base. (See graphic.)
In light of merger rumors, some DirecTV customers are making it clear that they have no desire to become AT&T customers.
A deal would likely be worth at least $40 billion, DirecTV's current market capitalization.
A deal would likely be worth at least $40 billion, DirecTV's current market capitalization.
Univision's CEO said a Comcast-TWC merger would be “bad for Hispanics.” He’s not the only broadcaster concerned.
Comcast has offered to sell 1.4 million pay-TV subscribers to Charter Communications for $7.3 billion, to help win regulatory approval.
The FCC is weighing rules that would ban providers from blocking access to sites, but would allow firms to pay for faster speeds if deals are commercially "reasonable."
Comcast, Philadelphia's cable giant, has repeatedly affirmed its commitment to open-Internet principles, but that could change in 2018.
The rules would allow Internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon to charge content providers for a “fast lane” to deliver large amounts of data to consumers.