If the company is able to secure licensing for its OnCue service it could mean that FiOS cable services will be available to any household with an Internet connection, ironically, over the same pipelines owned by Comcast, Time Warner, and other competing cable service providers.
Now, Verizon is playing its own game, and there’s no telling where it will lead. But suddenly, in August of last year, Verizon pulled out. And until recently, as reported by Gigaom, Verizon was attempting to benefit from Comcast’s long shadow, teaming up with the company to create a new streaming box that could send video from both companies’ mobile streaming apps to a TV, sort of like a proprietary Chromecast. With over 22 million subscribers, and tentative plans to purchase Time Warner Cable, Comcast rules supreme. And that could change everything.Ī huge facet to Verizon’s new plans for cable domination is the aboutface of its previously all-too-cozy relationship with cable competitors, namely the big daddy of the cable world, Comcast. In essence, that would mean the company could deliver its current content over virtually any wireless network, without the barrier of physical infrastructure. However, Verizon has long been looking into amending its current contracts with content providers to leverage the content for use with the OnCue system. Like its competitors, the only way to get more subscribers would be to expand licensing deals and infrastructure, or acquire competing cable services. As of now, Verizon’s relatively small piece of the cable pie, about 5 million customers, is limited to the service’s physical footprint. The deal could also mean that FiOS is about to get really big, really fast. Verizon’s fiber-optic cable service, FiOS, offers packages that are every bit as bloated as competitors like Comcast and Time Warner, meaning any cable service tied into the Oncue system will likely be less ala carte, and more business as usual.
So what does this mean to you?įirst of all, it likely means that Intel’s original plans for the OnCue service to provide a smaller, more independent selection of TV content over an Internet connection, mixed with a dash of streaming apps and mobile delivery, may never come to fruition. The over-the-top box that promised to provide “the best Internet television service ever” is now in the hands of one of the biggest telecommunications conglomerates in the world.
Fitbit Versa 3Īfter months of deliberation, a host of suitors, and an asking price of a reported $500 million, it’s official: Intel has sold its OnCue streaming device, and all the goodies that come with it, to front runner Verizon for between $200-$500 million. (116th Street North and 129th East Avenue) Take escalators on the right-hand side down to the lower level to find the OCCU branch to your left. Walk south using the crosswalk toward the Williams Center. Walk east and enter the Williams Center main entrance. Take the escalator up to the 2nd floor and turn right walking toward the fountain. There are 3 OCCU parking spaces on the left-hand side as you enter the lot. NOTE: Free parking is offered to members ( SP+ Parking - Lot L at the corner of 1st & Main ). Offers self-service coin counting machine. Oklahoma Central Credit Union Branches Broken Arrow North
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