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It just happened to be Time Warner and Brighthouse that had contracts up for renewal first when Fox decided to start playing hardball. Whatever the terms that were reached in the new agreement today will probably determine what others will pay when their contracts expire. I fully expect that...

Fox and Time Warner have reached an agreement. No details have been announced, but Fox programming will remain on Time Warner systems across the country. Details in this story from the AP: Fox, Time Warner Cable announce broadcast deal

Wow, how times have changed. Last time TWC had a dispute with a broadcaster (Disney/ABC as I recall) they were informing their subscribers how to hook up an antenna to their TV. Either way it opens up their subscribers' eyes to other possibilities. All the other providers will try to...

Where's Hulu?

It now gives both providers more leeway going forward adding HD LIL markets. I imagine it must be getting crowded at 129, even with spotbeams.

You can count on the same thing happening with Dish in the near future. TWC has been known to play hardball with programmers in the past. I seem to recall the ABC o&o stations being turned off by TWC a few years ago and the big uproar that caused.

Although the press release is dated today I noticed this yesterday when I was researching the price in my area. You can get 10/5 internet and FiOS TV Premier for $95.89/mo with one DVR included for a year. That's $2 less per month than what I am currently paying for 768k DSL and Dish Network...

From what I have read, part of what is at issue is the kind of work being done by subcontractors, rather than Verizon personnel. If the strike is only going to affect the old Atlantic Bell territory then it shouldn't affect us in old GTE California areas, assuming they are still under separate...

Verizon and its legion of subcontractors seem to have vanished from the streets of Moreno Valley, just as they were about to start work on my street. They put out the flyers back in May that they would be working on my street sometime in the next three months. They completed laying the conduit...

I was just looking over the online brochure for the Home Media DVR, and I noticed two important things... 1. HD programming is not viewable on remote set top boxes. Just about all I record is in HD, so that could be a big problem. 2. HD set top boxes (model 6200) can not be used as part of...

FiOS will be coming to my neighborhood "soon", and I am thinking about dumping Dish when they get here. I have looked over the FiOS website and want to be sure that I understand the "real world" cost of installation, equipment, and programming. I currently have a Dish 622 that feeds the main...

I accidentally tuned in to the CBS Nightly News the first night they did HD, and saw the final segment where they showed off the new studio. Katie Couric is going to need some help if she is going to make it in HD. She has a lot of very visible skin damage, presumably from years of sunbathing...

In my area they dig up the sidewalks, as well as put in a box right at the edge of the sidewalk in your yard. I imagine when they do the actual install to your house they have to dig a trench through the yard to the side of the house, but I haven't seen one of those done yet. Very slow takeup...

FiOS will be coming to my neighborhood by September, and those asterisk channels are not yet available in my area. No SciFi or USA HD yet!!! So is the PQ really that much better on the SD channels than it is for Dish or DirecTV?

According to a thread at DSLReports.com Verizon is offering up to three DCT700 boxes to each subscriber for free as the analog shutdown approaches in each area. Give them a call and see what they can do for you.

Looks like DirecTV is still ahead in total channel count. As of today, Dish has almost all the channels my family and I watch regularly in HD. The ones they don't have are not available anywhere yet.

Wow, I had no idea that DirecTV carried so many of the Starz channels in HD. That's a pretty impressive lineup they have over there.

The best thing about the FiOS national HD channels is that you don't have to pay extra for them. They are included in the Premier package. If only Dish and DirecTV would do that.

Another issue with production in China around the second week of February this year was Chinese New Year. The whole country basically shuts down for a week. I work in international transportation, and the Chinese New Year hits us on the west coast about 18-20 days after the actual event every...

FiOS should be available on my street right about the time my 18 month Dish'n It Up promo commitment ends in October of next year. As of now I would be more likely to lease another HD box from Dish than to go with FiOS. Don't really need all that data bandwidth and I am happy with the value...

I read in another thread that it is illegal for cable companies to encrypt HD locals - they must be carried in the clear in either QAM or ATSC format. Has anyone else heard of this? By the way, they do subscribe to the basic analog tier and do not want a dish or antenna on their house. All I...

I think I would go with the HD Tivo myself if I were to switch because of all the negative things people have said about the Verizon boxes. The upfront costs are giving me some heartburn though. Since I am not planning on staying at my current address for more than another year or two I will...

I just found out that FiOS is now available in some neighborhoods on the west side of town. I guess I shouldn't complain... my street appears to be in phase 2 which, from what I hear, will be complete by next summer. Those on the south end of town will likely have to wait until the very end of...

I just found out that Verizon is in the process of installing FiOS in my city, to be completed in about 3 years (????). One thing I would like to know about FiOS is do they pass through the entire ATSC broadcast channel with subchannels intact, or do they only pass the primary channel as Dish...

Here is a quote from our city newsletter "City Link": VERIZON INSTALLS FIOS Verizon is building an all-fiber-optic network directly to homes and has started construction in Moreno Valley. The network uses hair-thin strands of fiber and optical electronics to directly link customers to...