May 05, 2016
US: FCC backs Charter purchase of Time Warner Cable, Bright...
A majority of the five-member US Federal Communications Commission has voted to approve Charter Communications Inc’s acquisitions of Time Warner Cable Inc and Bright House Networks, two sources briefed on...
April 28, 2016
AT&T Betting Big On IoT
In an age of streaming content and alternate media sources galore, traditional telecom companies are at risk of bleeding customers and their precious disposable income to upstart competitors. However, the...
April 25, 2016
US: Feds approve $78b Charter-TWC merger
Charter Communications Inc. won US antitrust approval for its $55 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable, which would create the No. 2 US cable provider, after agreeing to measures intended...
April 22, 2016
New Canadian Digital-Only Bank Banking On User Experience
Digital banking is do or die in the age of the digital consumer, but how banks get there is all but clear. Should banks go it alone with a stand-alone...
April 22, 2016
Amazon Doubles Walmart’s Web Traffic In March
According to the latest figure from comScore, Amazon had a very, very good March. The newly released figures indicated that Amazon received 180.97 million unique visitors – making it the...
April 21, 2016
Macy’s Bumps Kohl’s As Department Store Of The Year
One of the biggest stories of the holiday season was the hit that legacy department stores took when warm winter weather and continued consumer moves toward online retailers disrupted everything...
April 18, 2016
Amazon Breaks Out Prime Streaming As A Separate Service
The war for video streaming dominance heated up this morning with Amazon’s announcement that their Prime Streaming service — formerly only available to Prime customers — can now be purchased...
April 13, 2016
Study: Millennials Really Like It When Stores Stay In Touch
As both retailers and consumers continue to mature alongside the technology they both use to stay in touch with each other, it’s only to be expected that a good deal...
April 11, 2016
US: Charter Chief meets FCC Chair
Charter Chief Executive Officer Tom Rutledge met with top U.S. regulators a second time in the past month to discuss terms for his company’s proposed merger with Time Warner Cable...
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