Comcast/NBC Merger Facts
A little infographic to help you deal with the Comcast/NBC merger. This sounds like it’ll be just fine, even a good thing. Hopefully Comcast will own everything one day, and we can all just die.
View ArticleComcast Starts Killing All-You-Can-Eat Internet Access
Just because Internet video is the future, doesn’t mean it’s going to be cheap. Read More On businessinsider.com ›
View ArticleKeith Olbermann Abruptly Leaves MSNBC
Without warning to his audience or colleagues, Keith Olbermann aired his last episode of Countdown on MSNBC tonight. Here’s video of his farewell. No official reason was given other than his contract...
View ArticleScrew You, Comcast
You have to admit, this is pretty outrageous. Self-Service Fee? View Entire List › Via reddit.com
View ArticleThe Sunday Night DVR Dilemma Is Stupid
Why are we still trapped by the limits of our TiVos? There’s no reason anymore that we can’t watch whatever, whenever. A very good thing: A ton of good television broadcast on Sunday nights. A kind of...
View ArticleWhat A Non-Neutral Internet Looks Like
It’s starting to take shape, right now. Shutterstock.com / Jakub Pavlinec Every now and again, the internet (and government) erupts over the issue of net neutrality — which is complicated, but roughly...
View ArticleThe New File-Sharing Police
Third-party vendors will troll peer-to-peer networks looking for copyrighted material, then notify the downloader’s Internet Service Provider to issue penalties. Actor Will Smith speaks at the start...
View ArticleYahoo's Marissa Mayer, Hulu And The Art Of CEO Deal Doublespeak
Yahoo has entered the bidding for online video site Hulu. But Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer seemed to suggest the company was done with big deals for this year after the Tumblr purchase. Or did she? Via...
View ArticleReport: Comcast To Acquire Time Warner Cable For $159 A Share
The $42.5 billion deal would make the country’s largest cable provider even bigger. And already people are unhappy. View Entire List ›
View ArticleA Whole Lot Of People Aren't Happy About Comcast Buying Time Warner
The consolidation of anti-cable company rage…and jokes. View Entire List ›
View ArticleWhat 18 Of The Biggest Technology And Media Companies Earn Per Employee
Apple makes nearly half a million dollars for each of its 80,300 employees, by far the most of any company on the list. Chris Ritter/BuzzFeed A company's revenue is not unlike a movie's box office...
View ArticleNetflix Says It Will Raise Prices, Opposes Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger
The streaming video service’s CEO, Reed Hastings, made the comments in his first-quarter letter to shareholders. Netflix also said it added 4 million global subscribers for a total of 48.35 million....
View ArticleNBC's New Olympics Deal Means A Windfall For The NBA
The NBA’s current TV contract expires in two years, and as the only major sports league or property whose rights become available before 2020, the league is about to score a big-time payday. Miami...
View ArticleWhy I Tuned Out Brian Williams
The NBC Nightly News anchor’s relentless desire to be funny has reached the point of diminishing returns. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon / Via youtube.com There was a point, not too long ago,...
View ArticleSeth Meyers Is Unhappy With His Cable Company, Which Will Soon Be Part Of His...
Of being a Time Warner Cable subscriber, Seth Meyers said, “It’s not great, I don’t love it.” His comments came during an interview with BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti as part of BuzzFeed Brews with CBS...
View Article5 Charts That Show Why The Pay-TV Industry Should Be Very Nervous
A new report shows that twentysomethings are perfectly willing to subscribe to a streaming video service that gives them what they want, when they want, across devices ad-free. And increasingly they...
View ArticleWhat Television Executives Think About The Future Of The Bundle
It isn’t broke yet, but it is clearly breaking. Taken from comments made by network owners and pay-TV distributors during their third quarter earnings calls. wordpress.com / Via theberry.com Comcast...
View ArticleComcast Changes Guy’s Name To “Asshole” After Wife Tries To Cancel Service
How sweet. A woman named Lisa Brown wrote to consumer advocate and journalist Chris Elliot this week for help after the name on her husband's Comcast account was changed from Ricardo Brown to...
View ArticleNeil From Time Warner Cable Customer Service Thinks The Merger Is Dead
With reports that the Comcast merger is dead, we went straight to the source for comment: customer service. We’re still waiting on a straight answer, and might have to be put through to a different...
View ArticleWhat's Your Cable Company Horror Story?
Like a good summer camp, everybody has a different horror story, and yet they all end the same: nothing happens. If you've ever set up internet or cable at a new home, you've had to deal with the...
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