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Verizon adds wireless to bundle
January 30, 2007
Customers are now able to add wireless to a Verizon service bundle to get even more discounts.
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Verizon adds multiroom DVR
August 14, 2006
Company takes aim at cable with DVR service that lets customers watch recorded content in multiple rooms. Commentary: Verizon's DVR offers a new view of TV
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Verizon's TV dreams
October 13, 2005
Company launches its TV service to better compete with cable operators--what else is up its sleeve?
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Verizon shows off its future tech
November 1, 2007
As it builds out its superfast fiber-optic and wireless networks, the company contemplates which newly developed applications and services it will offer.
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FCC bans exclusive TV deals for cable
October 31, 2007
Commission adopts new rules that ban cable operators from locking apartment buildings into exclusive contracts in exchange for service.
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Verizon's salvo on cable TV
April 20, 2005
Phone giant's deal with NBC Universal is first step toward tackling cable providers head-on in the paid-TV market.
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Will bigger AT&T spur a broadband TV price war?
March 8, 2006
Competition from a larger AT&T could force cable to lower prices, but experts caution not to expect changes overnight.
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CEO: Consumers liking bundled telecom services
May 3, 2006
Time Warner chief credits gains in cable business to selling a "triple play" of TV, broadband and telephony.
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Set-top shakeup is in the cards
July 1, 2007
New FCC-mandated system relocates cable TV security outside the cable box. Don't count on any real benefits.
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Verizon's Fios services build momentum
August 1, 2006
For the first time, the company discusses market details of its fiber-to-the-home network.
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Verizon racks up more TV deals
April 22, 2005
Company will offer A&E programming as part of its digital TV service over high-speed Fios fiber network.
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Laying a new path to your TV
December 28, 2006
As AT&T brings its Internet-based service to more markets, Comcast is souping up a network upgrade of its own.
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Wireless driving profits for big phone carriers
October 30, 2006
Companies like Verizon are reporting quarters buoyed by wireless sales, as they cope with increased competition from cable providers.
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Verizon hits the gas on fiber campaign
May 9, 2005
Fleet of Hummers hits the streets to tout Fios fiber-to-the-premise network, as Verizon looks to beat out cable for customers. Photos: High in high-speed fiber
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Phone, cable companies embracing Web 2.0
November 8, 2006
As cable and telephone companies increasingly offer the same services, some are turning to Internet collaboration to set themselves apart.
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Telcos, cable companies face off over TV franchises
May 27, 2005
The heat is on this weekend in Texas, where lawmakers will debate legislation that could help phone companies entering the TV market.
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Cablevision: We're not afraid of Verizon's fiber
May 5, 2005
Verizon announces further expansion into Cablevision's territory, sparking fightin' words from the cable company's COO.
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Free Net TV threatens telecoms and cable
April 12, 2006
Is spending billions on network upgrades worth it? ABC's free Net TV could undermine paid-TV models.
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Telecoms, cable firms take franchise fight to D.C.
February 16, 2006
Phone and cable executives testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on changing video franchise rules.
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Verizon switches on TV service
September 22, 2005
Launch of paid TV service marks opening of bid to take on cable providers in video. But Verizon has a long road ahead of it, analysts say.
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