Tag: TIMEWARNER

Time Warner Cable has pulled a handful of TV channels from its iPad app after receiving complaints from three media companies. The app, released earlier this month, allows users to choose from over 30 channels streamed directly to their iPads. Yesterday, however, Time Warner suddenly removed several of the channels (including MTV and FX), after Viacom, Discovery Communications and the News ...

Daniel DeVirgilio of Beavercreek, Ohio was understandably shocked last week when he received a letter from Time Warner Cable. DeVirgilio, a 26-year-old engineer, had apparently failed to pay his cable bill, and owed the provider a chunk of cash -- $16.4 million, to be exact. Turns out, the company made what it's calling a "human error" in calculating DeVirgilio's bill. An employee reportedly ...

Despite a weak economy and more online options for viewers, satellite and cable operators will, once again, increase their prices in 2011. According to The Hollywood Reporter, analyst Craig Moffett predicts that most of the average price increases will be in the mid-to-low single-digit percentages. If you're a glass-half-full kind of person, these increases will, for the most part, be smaller ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... After 12 suicide attempts, an undercover expose and a public statement from Apple, Foxconn factory officials finally vowed to take meaningful steps in addressing the tragic and surreal phenomenon. The Chinese gadget factory will reportedly implement 20-percent pay raises for its employees, who start out earning $130-per-month to ...

No, folks -- this is no prank. Time Warner Cable really is throwing caution (and public opinion) to the wind and moving forward with its evil consumption-based internet billing. If you'll recall, we heard that the operator was trialing the method -- which imposes premium rates on big broadband users -- back in early 2008, but now it seems it's quietly hoping to roll it out into more major markets. ...

As of now, there are tons of ways to enjoy online TV for free, or at least incredibly cheaply. YouTube, Joost, TV.com and of course the perennial favorite Hulu all offer full-length TV shows and clips for free. The networks made the move to these sites in hopes of stemming the growing popularity of pirated videos. Cable channels, however, have been less eager to share their property online. ...

Sprint, Time Warner and Verizon have worked out an agreement with the New York State Attorney General to block access to Web sites and bulletin boards that host images of child pornography. This is a new tactic by law enforcement to stop the dissemination of these images and brings these companies into the effort by making them responsible, to a degree, for the content relayed across their ...

Like one of the undead characters from the '90s hit TV show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," the WB Network is rising from the grave. Yet this time its incarnation will be solely online and targeted to the 16-to-34 year girls and women with a penchant for the 'Slayer' and other former WB Network broadcast shows. The shows, including the likes of 'Gilmore Girls,' 'Smallville,' 'The O.C.' and ...

We've certainly seen companies use the well-trafficked floors of Wal-Mart to springboard certain products and / or services before, but this one has us scratching our noggins, for sure. Apparently Time Warner Cable has secured a deal that will allow it to market its cable, broadband internet access and digital phone service in nearly 700 Wal-Mart locations. Reportedly, customers can sign up for ...

Yahoo's done its best to fend off Microsoft's aggressive advances until now, but it suddenly looks like the struggling company might be getting some help -- both the Wall Street Journal and Reuters are reporting that the Yahoo is "closing in" on a deal to merge with Time Warner's AOL division and partner up with Google on search advertising. Yeah, that's pretty major, and it would probably do ...

If you have a Wi-Fi-enabled laptop or device, chances are you occasionally get online through hotspots at airports and hotels. Chances are also good that you've seen some pretty high prices. A company called FON hopes to change that by bringing cheap public Wi-Fi to everyone. Thanks to a new deal with Time Warner, it just may succeed. With FON, the idea is simple: Basically, you buy a FON wireless ...