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NYC: Verizon Cable Franchise Agreement

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:42:41 -0400

Verizon Cable Franchise Agreement: $70 Billion Bun That Needs More Time in the Oven
Chris Keeley

New York City’s cable marketplace is currently divided into territories, with some of the city controlled by Time Warner and other portions by Cablevision. New York City and Verizon recently reached a 12-year, first-of-its-kind cable franchise agreement which will allow Verizon to offer the “triple play” of services – cable TV, phone and internet service – throughout all five boroughs of the city. With this agreement, New York City is calling off a long-held, city-imposed truce between the city’s two cable providers, Time Warner and Cablevision, and other competitors.

NY: Public Hearing on proposed Verizon cable TV franchise tomorrow

Thu, 22 May 2008 06:54:58 -0400

from: Civil Defense

Public Hearing on proposed Verizon cable TV franchise tomorrow

The City and Verizon have negotiated a deal that will have a greater impact on our television watching and Internet usage than any other action the City or a company will take in the next 20 years – and you have been shut out of the discussion. The 6-billion-dollar deal (see my earlier post for background) to build a fiber optic network throughout the entire city was negotiated behind closed doors.

NYC: Consumer Groups Want Verizon Franchise Delay

Thu, 22 May 2008 06:45:34 -0400

from: Crain's New York

Consumer Groups Want Verizon Franchise Delay

Crain's New York Business, May 20, 2008
By Amanda Fung

Consumer advocate groups Common Cause New York and People’s Production House, as well as some City Council members, say Verizon's deal with the city merits further scrutiny.

NY: Verizon TV proposal needs tuning

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:44:31 -0400

from: NY Daily News

Verizon TV proposal needs tuning

Friday, April 25th 2008, 4:00 AM

Telecom giant Verizon has finally submitted its long-awaited proposal for a competing cable television franchise for New York City.

If you live in the Bronx, Brooklyn or Queens and you're eager to ditch Time Warner or Cablevision, take a number.

NY: Lobbying Albany: A Recession-Proof Industry

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:54:27 -0400

from: Village Voice

Lobbying Albany: A Recession-Proof Industry
Posted by Duncan Meisel at 4:25 PM, April 17, 2008

Wall Street may be taking a beating recently, but at least one other New York industry seems recession-proof: lobbying. Once again, spending on lobbying broke records, with an all-time high of $171.2 million spent on influencing state lawmakers, according to the Commission on Public Integrity which released its annual report on lobbying of the New York State legislature.

NYC: Verizon files to break cable monopolies

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:37:04 -0400

from: Cranes New York

Verizon files to break cable monopolies

The telecommunications giant submitted a proposal that would make it the first company to offer cable TV service throughout New York City.
April 15. 2008 5:59PMBy: Amanda Fung

Verizon Communications Inc. would be the first company to offer cable TV service throughout all of New York City under a plan filed with city officials Tuesday.

NY: FiOS Internet Takes Manhattan

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:16:29 -0400

from:

FiOS Internet Takes Manhattan
Telco Offers High-Speed To Pair of Apartment Complexes; Sill Lacks Video Franchise

By Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, 3/24/2008 8:31:00 AM

Verizon Communications has inked a deal to Internet service at up to 50 megabits per second, over its FiOS fiber-optic network, to residents in two Manhattan apartment complexes – but for now, the telco's still unable to proffer TV services in New York City.

Eliot Spitzer and the FCC

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:00:52 -0400

from: All Voices

Eliot Spitzer and the FCC
by Matthew Lasar San Francisco
Mar 11, 6:36 PM

The news media is having a great day with the revelation that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer paid for sex with prostitutes. Behind the scenes, corporate criminals are breaking out the champagne. As Attorney General of the Empire State, Eliot Spitzer championed the consumer and feasted on white collar crooks. Not only that, Spitzer's zeal often forced those around him in government to do their jobs better, whether they wanted to or not.

NY: Cablevision fights back

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:02:29 -0500

from: Long Island Business News

Cablevision fights back

By Pete Weiss

Friday, March 7, 2008

When Verizon first cracked the Long Island market with its vaunted FiOS television service, some analysts – and the company itself – predicted subscribers would leave Cablevision in droves for the phone company’s video service.

N.Y. Attorney General Subpoenas Comcast on Broadband

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:05:08 -0500

from: NY Times

N.Y. Attorney General Subpoenas Comcast on Broadband

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: February 26, 2008

Filed at 3:34 p.m. ET

NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York attorney general's office has requested information from Comcast Corp. on the company's handling of Internet traffic.

NY: Where PEG Fits In Squarely

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:24:05 -0500

from: Multichannel News

Where PEG Fits In Squarely

_ At a public hearing in New York City on Jan. 17, a man stood up and told city officials about a category of local programming that is cable-exclusive.

"You're not going to find this on satellite," the man said. "You're going to find it on cable."

NYC Still Waits for FiOS

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:06:54 -0500

from: Light Reading

NYC Still Waits for FiOS
JANUARY 17, 2008

After two years, an agreement that could let Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ - message board) bring FiOS TV to New York City is getting close -- but not that close.

A recent report in the New York Daily News citing unnamed sources said that a cable franchise agreement between the City of New York and Verizon was being hammered out and that a deal was "going down now." That might not be completely accurate, however.

NYC: Verizon deal could finally offer real competition in cable TV service

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:45:17 -0500

from: NY Daily News

Verizon deal could finally offer real competition in cable TV service

Wednesday, January 16th 2008, 4:00 AM

City officials spent Tuesday in secret talks with phone giant Verizon on a new franchise deal that could finally offer New Yorkers real competition in cable TV service.

NY: Expanding Wi-Fi Beyond Manhattan

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:18:17 -0500

from: Gotham Gazette

Expanding Wi-Fi Beyond Manhattan
by Joshua Breitbart
08 Jan 2008

Municipal wireless may be struggling in other cities, but New York City's Wi-Fi cloud is growing steadily. In addition to the fee-based access points in Starbucks, McDonald's and other venues, various civic groups continue to deploy wireless hotspots in parks, apartment buildings and lower-income neighborhoods. Late last year, CBS announced it would start offering an advertising-supported wireless Internet service in a tourist-heavy swath of Midtown. But there are many steps the city could take to promote these efforts, especially as it works to promote Internet access across the five boroughs.

NYC: City to hold hearings for cable watchers

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:16:23 -0500

from: NY Daily News

City to hold hearings for cable watchers

BY FRANK LOMBARDI
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Friday, January 4th 2008, 4:00 AM

The city is giving cable television viewers a rare opportunity to make some static about the service they get from providers.