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Why Comcast is bidding for Sky

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

27 Feb 2018

Amazon

Comcast

FCC

In a dramatic development Tuesday, US telco giant Comcast announced it is bidding £22.1 billion ($31 billion) for UK pay-TV operator Sky. This is a 16% premium to the existing takeover bid currently undergoing...

Disney, Netflix and the Squeezed Middle: The Real Story Behind Net Neutrality

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

15 Dec 2017

Amazon

apple music

Disney

Unless you have been hiding under a rock this last couple of weeks you’ll have heard at least something about the build up to the decision over turning net neutrality in the US, a decision that was confirmed...

The FCC Repeals Net Neutrality: This Changes Everything

Blog post by Zach Fuller

15 Dec 2017

adit pai

bcc

cable companies

Anticipated for months, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted yesterday to repeal the Obama-era ‘Open Internet Order’ enacted in 2015. Despite public outcry across social media over the...

What The End Of The Net Neutrality Could Mean For Streaming Businesses

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

8 Dec 2017

AT & T

FCC

net neutrality

On December 14th the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote on whether or not to end the regulation around net neutrality. New FCC Chairman Ajit Pai believes that net neutrality issues are...

Why Net Neutrality Is Central To The Streaming Economy

Blog post by Tim Mulligan

13 Jul 2017

Binge One

Comcast

net neutrality

The existential question of the digital era is net neutrality. Since the utopian days of 1989 when World Wide Web pioneer Tim Berners-Lee first connected his colleagues via computers at CERN in Switzerland,...