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Not only are American consumers not canceling TV (or broadband) because of the recession, people are watching more television than ever, according to new data (pdf) released today by Nielsen. According to the people who watch the watchers, the average American watches 151 hours of television per month, three hours of Internet video a month [...]

Apple actually approached Verizon with exclusive distribution rights to the iPhone first, though Verizon balked at the money Apple was asking for. AT&T was less shy, cutting a deal with Apple that was recently reworked to give AT&T iPhone exclusivity until 2010, though AT&T pays Apple about 0-0 for each HSDPA-enabled iPhone sold. There were [...]

Acme widgets is a leading manufacturer of widgets. Acme got to the top of the widget world with their nimble nature and great internal communications. This allowed them to make quicker decisions then larger counterparts – a huge deal when making cutting edge widgets. With all of the success came growth for Acme. With growth [...]

Last week Charter Communications announced they’d be filing for bankruptcy protection, as part of a restructuring effort aimed at eliminating billion of Charter’s billion debt load. A lot of Charter’s problems came from growing too quickly, at least according to this report in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Former executive Jerry Kent (now with Suddenlink) [...]

The US currently ranks fifteenth in penetration, thirteenth in average price per connection, and nineteenth in average advertised download speed, according to OECD data. Still, the New York Times says we’re actually “number one in broadband,” assuming you look at the Nokia-funded Connectivity Scorecard, which measures technology use and skills by consumers, and not necessarily [...]

Despite the tough economy, the idea that consumers are cutting the TV cord remains somewhat of a myth, at least according to Comcast and telecom stock jock Craig Moffett. While overall subscription numbers are down due to a slow housing market (no new homes, no new subs), competition from TelcoTV, and a saturated market — [...]

Users in our forums notice that Verizon is slowly making good on their promise to more closely integrate Verizon FiOS TV service with mobile phones, launching a beta portal that should allow users to remotely flag and schedule home DVR recordings while on the go. Dave Zatz of Zatz Not Funny has a few more [...]

The new T-Mobile plans for loyal customers (customers who’ve been with the carrier for 22 months) we mentioned last week have gone live in San Francisco. Qualifying customers will be able to pay .99 monthly for unlimited nationwide minutes, or pay .99 for an “unlimited” (T-Mobile has a 10GB monthly 3G cap) voice/SMS/data plan. Rumors [...]

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