Verizon officials catch static over cable TV plan
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At a packed Beacon Hill hearing yesterday, top officials from Verizon Communications Inc. faced skeptical questions about a telecommunications bill yesterday from a legislative committee and a crowd that hissed and heckled at times.
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The federal government is challenging an appeals court ruling that, officials fear, would stifle the expansion of cable broadband services by burdening the providers with new regulations.
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While cable thefts and vandalism are a problem for utility companies nationwide, Verizon says the problem is especially bad in West Virginia, where over 17,000 customers, including first responders, have lost service for up to five days.
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Sources say FCC on Tuesday will further exempt Internet calls from state rules and taxes. But is cable a fly in the ointment?
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By Tom Sowa, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Mar. 2--Verizon Wireless subscribers in Spokane can now watch cable TV programming on their cell phones.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr.; Journal Staff Writer  Selectmen oppose a state proposal that would let Verizon compete with Comcast without first negotiating with the town.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators say a proposal to allow cable TV subscribers to pay only for channels they want wouldn&#39;t reduce their cable bills.
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Verizon Communications is stepping further into video as a way to compete against cable companies.
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NEW YORK - In one corner, the Fox television empire. In another, cable executives who once ran the USA network and E! Entertainment Television...
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Cable operators have been fighting bandwidth limits to squeeze in more high definition content. A new system aims to assist in that fight without sacrificing quality.
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By David Brooks, The Telegraph, Nashua, N.H.  Apr. 23--The story slugged NH-VERIZON-TV, moved by McClatchy-Tribune  Business News for Apr. 23, contained an inaccurate byline.   The story was written by David Brooks.
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It's the battle of the bundles. The line between cable and telephone companies has blurred as Comcast Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., and RCN Corp. compete to control the pipe that delivers a dial tone, Internet, and television channels into homes. Now, the turf wars have extended into the wireless world.
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Verizon Wireless challenges the the FCC's proposed open-access rules for the upcoming auction of 700-MHz spectrum. Verizon's petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit calls the FCC regs "arbitrary and capricious."
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Credit Suisse First Boston said Cablevision Systems (nyse: CVC - news - people ) is the multiple services operator (MSO)/cable operator most exposed to the fiber plans of Verizon Communications (nyse: VZ - news - people ).
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Will cable competition destroy the local emergency alert system in Los Angeles County? We're not willing to find out.
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LAUREL, Md., Jan. 31  /PRNewswire/ -- An innovative, reliable and competitive alternative to cable TV is now available to consumers in more than 30 Prince George's County communities as Verizon expands its all-fiber FiOS TV offering in the region.
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Verizon gave its first answers to financial questions about the fiber optic network it is building, in a report that reassured analysts but unnerved investors.