Thursday, October 23, 2014

Out of Pocket Costs for Over The Top Applications Like Standalone HBO

›
            When one accesses HBO via cable television and other multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs”), the subscription p...
Thursday, October 16, 2014

Presentation on Sports Telecommunications Issues

›
      In the last few days there have been several significant developments in the IPTV and sports/entertainment marketplace.   The FCC may...
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

HBO and Extreme Disintermediation

›
      HBO announced today its intention to offer access to its content via the Internet without proof of a cable or satellite television su...
Monday, August 25, 2014

2.5 Blunders in an Otherwise Flawless Comcast Charm Offensive

›
        Comcast has executed a near perfect strategy to convince the Justice Department, FCC and public that the merger with Time Warner ha...
4 comments:
Thursday, June 26, 2014

Impact of the Aereo Supreme Court Decision on Broadcasters, Cloud Content Storage

›
                 Broadcast stocks rose as much as double digits on the day the Supreme Court released its Aereo decision.   The decision...
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Summary of the Supreme Court Aereo Decision

›
            The Supreme Court has ruled that the Aereo operates much like a cable television service whose retransmission of copyrighted...
4 comments:
Friday, June 6, 2014

Leo Google

›
           Of late it appears that the FCC must be running a sale on merger authorizations given the glut of questionable attempts.   With ...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

The Costs and Benefits of Bundled Information, Communications and Entertainment (“ICE”) Services

›
            Companies such as Comcast and AT&T use the benefits of bundling as one of the rationales supporting their proposed megamerg...
Monday, May 19, 2014

Incumbents Closing Ranks and the Urge to Merge

›
            Another day, another $50+ billion dollar merger announcement.             AT&T must have billions of dollars burning a h...
Friday, May 16, 2014

Can the FCC Turn a Network Neutrality Triple Play?

›
        Despite the remarkably large amount of coverage and analysis of the network neutrality debate, not everyone appreciates the wants,...
2 comments:
Thursday, May 15, 2014

Reclassifying Internet Access as a Title II Regulated Telecommunications Service

›
           Today’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Internet access reportedly contains a section inviting comments whether the FCC should...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Deconstructing the “If Only” Rationale for Megamergers in Telecommunications

›
            Year after year telecom ventures aspire to get bigger though mergers and acquisitions.   Buying market share serves to increase...
Monday, May 12, 2014

Unintended and Intended Disinformation in Telecom Policy Discussions

›
           On too many occasions, I have tried to set the record straight in the face of untruths in telecom policy debates that become al...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Revenge of the Cord Nevers

›
            More and more young users of the Internet will access the cloud without ever having used a corded device--what older folks kno...