Digital TV News: Verizon Wireless
Twitter announces more than a dozen content deals
May 1, 2017 – Twitter has unveiled a slate of live streaming content deals across sports, news and entertainment. A dozen new collaborations have been announced, bringing hundreds of hours of exclusive live content to the platform.
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Twitter, Jack Dorsey, Anthony Noto, Leslie Berland, Matthew Derella, Digital TV, Streaming, USA, Worldwide
Verizon introduces pre-pay triple play option
Mar 6, 2017 – With Fios Prepaid, customers can experience Verizon's 100% fiber optic network, with outstanding entertainment options plus more flexibility and control. The new option enables customers to better plan their expenses.
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Verizon, Susan Retta, IPTV, USA
Strategy Analytics recommends more aggressive adoption of LTE Broadcast
Jan 9, 2017 – Strategy Analytics has recommended that mobile operators, especially those with multi-screen assets and ambitions to provide superior mobile video and data experiences to customers, adopt eMBMS, or LTE Broadcast, more aggressively.
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Strategy Analytics, Wei Shi, Nitesh Patel, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mobile, Worldwide
Verizon FIOS video subscribers up 36,000 in 3Q 2016
Oct 20, 2016 – Verizon Communications (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) has released third-quarter 2016 earnings. Rebounding from net connection declines in second-quarter 2016 due to a work stoppage, Verizon added a net 36,000 Fios Video connections in the quarter.
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Verizon, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA
Verizon FIOS video subscribers down 41,000 in 2Q 2016
Jul 26, 2016 – Verizon (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) has reported reported its second-quarter 2016 results. A work stoppage impacted Fios connection growth, resulting in a net decline of 41,000 Fios video connections over the quarter.
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Verizon, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA
Over 80% of U.S. smartphone users now stream video
Mar 21, 2016 – Eighty-one percent of all U.S. smartphone users now stream video on their devices, according to NPD Group. This usage is being driven primarily by users who are 25 and younger.
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NPD Group, Brad Akyuz, Digital TV, Market Research, Smartphone, Streaming, USA
LTE subscriber base to reach 1.4 billion at end-2015
Jun 12, 2015 – ABI Research estimates that there will be nearly 1.37 billion 4G LTE subscribers worldwide by year-end 2015, up from nearly 650 million in 2014. ABI Research forecasts that the LTE subscriber base will exceed 3.5 billion by 2020.
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ABI Research, 5G, Market Research, Streaming, Subscribers
Sequans and Expway deliver LTE Broadcast over Wi-Fi solution
Apr 21, 2015 – Sequans Communications (NYSE: SQNS) and Expway have announced the availability of a new platform for the delivery of LTE broadcast service to an LTE-Wi-Fi router, enabling all devices in range of the Wi-Fi router to receive the LTE broadcast streams.
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Sequans, Expway, Craig Miller, Claude Seyrat, 5G, Middleware, Router, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Worldwide
Verizon to demonstrate LTE Multicast over 4G LTE at Indy 500
May 21, 2014 – Verizon Wireless has announced that it will demonstrate LTE Multicast for the first time in the United States over its commercial 4G LTE network.
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Verizon Wireless, 5G, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Smartphone, Tablet, USA
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