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  • NewsClips - March 30, 2010
    Verizon Communications Inc. will no longer seek new cities to roll out its FiOS TV service as the company nears the end of its $23 billion network upgrade project. The New York-based telecommunications provider has wagered heavily that its bundle of faster Internet service and television would give it an edge over its cable rivals, and has spent the last six years replacing much of its older, slower copper lines with faster fiber-optic ones.
    Posted: Mar 30, 2010
  • NewsClips - March 29, 2010
    If Verizon Communications Inc. hasn't already started wiring your city or town with its FiOS fiber-optic TV and broadband service, chances are you won't get it. FiOS is not available in Berks County. Where it's available, FiOS usually provides the only competition for cable TV apart from satellite service. Studies have shown that its entry into an area leads to lower cable prices.
    Posted: Mar 29, 2010
  • NewsClips - March 26, 2010
    General Electric Co. said Thursday that its NBC Universal Inc. subsidiary has reached agreements that will provide the financing needed to form NBC’s planned joint venture with Comcast. GE said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that NBC entered into definitive agreements to receive $9.1 billion of financing and a $750 million credit facility.
    Posted: Mar 26, 2010
  • NewsClips - March 25, 2010
    State lawmakers, prosecutors and even MTV have joined the chorus of those warning teenagers against sending racy pictures with their cell phones. But it might be falling on deaf ears. Despite the warnings from fellow students, some midstate teens say sexting is as popular as ever, if perhaps a little more covert. Read the entire Harrisburg Patriot-News article and related editorial.
    Posted: Mar 25, 2010
  • NewsClips - March 24, 2010
    Access to the Internet has been improved and expanded dramatically during the past few years - solely through private-sector initiatives. Now the government wants to become the primary driver of broadband Internet expansion. Federal Communications Commission officials have announced plans to become much more involved in providing broadband access to Americans.
    Posted: Mar 24, 2010
  • NewsClips - March 23, 2010
    The Nielsen Three Screen Report said the findings in its study belied early concerns that the growing popularity of the Web would kill off traditional TV. "The initial fear was that Internet and mobile video and entertainment would slowly cannibalize traditional TV viewing, but the steady trend of increased TV viewership alongside expanded simultaneous usage argues something quite different," said Nielsen Co media product leader Matt O'Grady.
    Posted: Mar 23, 2010
  • NewsClips - March 22, 2010
    By the Federal Communications Commission's own account, broadband use in the United States has exploded over the past decade: "Fueled primarily by private sector investment and innovation, the American broadband ecosystem has evolved rapidly. The number of Americans who have broadband at home has grown from eight million in 2000 to nearly 200 million last year."
    Posted: Mar 22, 2010
  • NewsClips - March 19, 2010
    Comcast Corp.'s residential high-speed Internet customers in Western Pennsylvania now can check online to see how much data they've sent, received, downloaded or uploaded. "We see it as a consumer education tool," said Charlie Douglas, a Philadelphia-based Comcast spokesman.
    Posted: Mar 19, 2010
  • NewsClips - March 18, 2010
    Pitcairn council members voted 6-0 last week to consider upgrading Pitcarin Community Cable and Internet systems. Council will have cable consultant Bob Duncan of Duncan Communication of West Virginia look into adding eight standard channels and 10 to 15 high- definition channels to the Pitcairn Community Cable system.
    Posted: Mar 18, 2010
  • NewsClips - March 17, 2010
    The Ohio House Tuesday unanimously approved its own version of a bill that would loosen state regulations on traditional landline phone providers. Consumer advocates say the bill offers a few more benefits for telephone customers than a Senate version passed in December, but they still say it would weaken many state regulations designed to ensure affordable prices and decent phone service.
    Posted: Mar 17, 2010