The FCC says it will vote at the July 18 open meeting on rules to reduce video and phone rates for incarcerated people. That vote was made possible when Congress removed the last obstacle to reducing those rates. The remaining…
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Pine Telephone Turns Up New Video Service in Two Weeks
Broken Bow, OK — June 19, 2024 — Located in southeastern Oklahoma, Pine Telephone decided to upgrade its video to the MG-TV solution and transitioned over four thousand video customers to the new platform in just two weeks. Field Operations…
A Sure Bet to Boost ARPU: Bundling Internet and TV Services
Every year, Innovative Systems’ Annual Rural Broadband, Video, and Social Media Report unveils data that can help elevate providers’ bottom lines, and this year is no exception. One of the revelations in the report is relatively simple to put into…
Telcos May Not be Exempt from FCC Video Blackout Reimbursement Proposal
The FCC has released a draft of the video blackout reimbursement proposal that commission chair Jessica Rosenworcel highlighted in a press release on January 17. If adopted, the proposal would require cable and direct broadcast satellite (DBS) providers to give…
Verizon FiosTV+ Provides One-Stop Access to Live TV, Streaming, Apps
Verizon customers can access live TV, streaming content and other services through FiosTV+, which was introduced this week. FiosTV+, which is free for Fios video subscribers, integrates live Fios TV, DVR content, the entire Fios VOD catalog and access to…
Streaming Video is Part of New Iowa Provider’s Triple Play
Webster City, Iowa — November 13, 2023 — Platinum Connect, a new BSP serving the community of Webster City Iowa is delivering MG-TV from Innovative Systems to their customers as part of a triple play offering. According to Ryan Boone…
Research Shows Older Rural Americans Are Non-streamers
Is it really that hard to believe that 55% of rural Americans are non-streamers? When you look at the age demographics from the most recent US Census Bureau on the rural population, one can see that 38% are over the…
Texas Provider GVTC Unveils HD Streaming Service
Texas-focused service provider GVTC Communications said that its new streaming platform provides HD-quality video to a variety of devices. A spokesperson for the company told Telecompetitor that the new service was made possible by a transition from RF to IPTV…
J.D. Power: Customers More Loyal to Streaming than Cable or Satellite
The likelihood of live TV streaming customers switching services in the next year is about 1-in-8, while the likelihood of cable and satellite customers switching is 21%, according to the J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Television Service Provider Satisfaction Study released…
Charter Disney Settlement: Are Content Disputes Tipping in Favor of Pay-TV Providers?
The settlement of contentious content negotiations between Charter and Disney late yesterday could be a watershed moment. Over the years, Telecompetitor readers have become accustomed to blackouts of certain pay-TV channels as content and service providers undergo difficult negotiations, with…
YouTube TV Now Available to WOW! Customers
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Aug. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — WOW! Internet, TV & Phone, a leading broadband services provider, today announced YouTube TV is now available to its entire footprint. Earlier this year, WOW! signed an agreement with Google to offer YouTube TV as its live television offering, allowing…
T-Mobile Offers Video Developers a 5G Network Slice
iOS developers in Seattle and San Francisco are the first to have access to T-Mobile’s 5G network slicing beta, which will focus on video calling. The beta launched today. The beta is expected to expand nationwide and to Android later…
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