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[ NNSquad ] Verizon May Ignite Online Pay-TV Rivalry With Web Service
Verizon May Ignite Online Pay-TV Rivalry With Web Service http://j.mp/uzA1va (Bloomberg) "The service from New York-based Verizon could be a milestone because it would mark the first time a cable or other pay-TV provider moved to sell its content outside its regional footprint, ... A move by Verizon into video may prompt cable and telephone companies to charge broadband customers based on the amount of data they use, what's known in the industry as usage-based billing, Wible said. That would allow pay-TV providers to build up new revenue streams even if they lose customers for their television services, he said. It may hurt Netflix since its service would effectively become more expensive, he said. Pay-TV providers that move quickly into each other's territories could benefit, Wible said." - - - Connect the dots, people. Connect the dots. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com