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Verizon Communications Inc plans to launch a standalone service allowing customers to stream movies and television shows over the Web, in a fresh challenge to Netflix Inc and the traditional cable TV business, according to several people briefed on the plan.

Charter Communications CEO Michael Lovett said the St. Louis-based cable company may be interested in forging an agreement with Verizon Wireless, according to Bloomberg. No other details were released regarding the plan.

Comcast Corp , the largest U.S. cable operator, will start selling Verizon Wireless products in four markets early next year, its top cable executive said on Monday.

The interface will be available on Tuesday.

Verizon Wireless plans to acquire wireless spectrum from SpectrumCo LLC, a joint venture between Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House, for $3.6 billion.

NBC can't get enough people to watch its network. No one can really get anyone to buy paper. So, the solution between network and Staples? Getting their Scrant on.

AT&T is the leading Internet Service Provider among businesses in the United States, handily beating out rival Verizon.

The Emergency Alert System will sound off at 2 p.m. EST on Nov. 9, interrupting programming in local, cable, and satellite television for thirty seconds.

Cable companies will offer high-speed Internet service to low-income families at around a fifth of the national average price, the top U.S. communications regulator will announce on Wednesday.

Dish Network posted strong earnings Monday, but a loss of subscribers could foreshadow problems in the future.

The harsh words Universal President Ron Meyer used to describe box-office bombs like Land of the Lost, The Wolfman and Cowboys & Aliens at Georgia's Savannah Film Festival Wednesday might've gotten a few laughs from Golden Raspberry Awards founder John Wilson, but the creator of the Razzies told IBTimes Thursday that grumbling about all those sh-ty movies that cost the company millions wasn't a good career move.

Comcast Corp and Time Warner Inc reported stronger quarterly results on Wednesday, confirming that it pays to have a solid lineup of cable networks -- at least while advertisers keep spending.

Comcast Corp., the nation's biggest cable television company, reported Wednesday a 5 percent profit increase in the third quarter, but fell short of Wall Street's earnings estimate by 6 cents per diluted share, its first miss since July 2008.

Comcast Corp's profit rose 5 percent thanks to healthy results from its cable business, calming recent worries that the industry was succumbing to pressures from a weak economy and poor housing market.

Time Warner Cable Inc missed Wall Street forecasts, sending the cable company's shares down as much 10 percent, as it lost more video customers than expected and lost phone customers for the first time.

Hollywood actor Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith have become a part-owner of his hometown basketball team, the Philadelphia 76ers.

Internet entertainment site Hulu is no longer for sale, keeping it for now under the umbrellas of media giants Walt Disney, News Corp. and Comcast UniversalNBC.

Microsoft is rumored to bring a pay television service through Xbox Live as early as next week.

Xbox Live on the Xbox 360 will soon feature Web pay-TV service.

Netflix Inc. shares slumped 11 percent on Thursday as competitors made moves to attract more customers with alternative options for movie and television content.

The FCC has filed its net neutrality rules with the Federal Register, and the controversial rules will go into effect Nov. 20. Don't expect Internet service providers to go down without a fight.