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Deep in the heart of a remote area of the West African nation of Guinea, engineers and officials from China's telecommunications giant Huawei gather to break ground on the nation's very first fiber-optic cable. When the project is completed in 2017, millions of people in Guinea will be able to benefit from high-speed and low-cost access to the Internet.
Streaming television services are extremely convenient for homeowners and business owners who want to have television running in their space. TV services make homes and offices more fun, but the streaming service must provide TV everyone wants to watch. The choice of a streaming service includes old TV shows, old movies, current TV and current movies. Certain streaming services have music included in their prices, and the choice must include only what is most necessary for the entertainment of the group.
With streaming services like Netflix and HBO Now experiencing mainstream success, Comcast, a leading cable and broadband provider, is hoping to try its luck with its own service. Comcast has dubbed its new streaming service as 'Stream'. After HBO's announcement that they would offer HBO Now as a standalone service, Comcast and other cable providers began to worry that they would lose business. Stream is Comcast's response to the challenge presented by HBO Now, Amazon Fire TV, and Netflix.
It seems that every single day there is a new product on the market that has been designed to take a bite into cable TV customers. There are many online streaming services, some of them legal and some of them not so legal, that are attempting to lure cable television’s customers away by offering things like the ability to stream an entire season of a person's favorite television show or the ability to watch whatever show is wanted when it is wanted. Some of the streaming services have even gone as far as creating their own programming.
The cost of cable television is already high, and avid viewers are being warned that more price increases are on the way. Cable industry advocates are placing the blame squarely on local television stations.
As the battle between cable television and cord cutters continues, Hulu and Showtime have teamed up to offer a new service. This streaming bundle offers the content from Hulu's entire library (including what used to be reserved for "Hulu Plus," a label that was dropped as part of the new service). It also offers all of the content from Showtime, offered in a commercial-free streaming format. What's not to love? It all comes down to how cord cutters receive the news.
Netflix became prominent when the physical DVD and video rental industry went kaput. Blockbuster, once the unquestioned champion of the video rental game, suddenly lost its customer base and filed for bankruptcy in 2010. Netflix played a major part in Blockbuster's demise, when it began sending DVDs by mail to clients in the United States. Customers no longer had to pay late fees for failing to make it to the video store on time. Then came online streaming, which sealed Blockbuster’s fate, seemingly overnight. Netflix went on to acquire an extensive library of television shows and movies.
This year's E3 expo has turned out to be an exciting event for gamers around the world. The video game event has given fans of every console and video game company something exciting to look forward to in the upcoming year. Sony's E3 event was especially noteworthy this year. Not only did the entertainment juggernaut announce exciting new games and a remake of a beloved classic, but they also announced Playstation Vue.
Broadband internet access may seem like a staple of life to the average person today, but it could still be an out-of-reach luxury to some low-income families. On June 18, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote whether to broaden an existing subsidy program to include broadband access. The Lifeline program, which began in 1985, provides low or no-cost telephone service to qualified customers. In 2005, the program was expanded to include discounts on pre-paid wireless telephone plans.
European media conglomerate Altice announced at the end of May 2015 that it was buying Suddenlink, the seventh-largest cable company in the United States. What does this mean for the already-changing US cable market? Does it signal a wholesale wave of foreign investment, or is it an isolated incident? What can media consumers expect to see in the coming months, and how will Altice change the American cable landscape?
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