4 posts and columns on service provider

Silicon Valley Backs YouTube in Viacom Case

in News on May 28, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

Google and YouTube have some powerful new allies in their pitched battle with Viacom: Yahoo, Facebook and eBay. Earlier this week, the three companies filed amicus briefs in support of Google and YouTube, which are defending themselves against a $1 billion copyright lawsuit by Viacom.

Spotify Promises a TV Service (in Sweden, of Course)

in Media on October 8, 2009 at 5:15 am PT

Spotify, the streaming music service Americans love talking about but can’t actually use, has given us even more to chat about: The company now promises to roll out some sort of TV service…some day. Where? In Sweden, of course, which is where Spotify started, and which acts as a sort of test lab/best-case-scenario provider for the service.
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Google to WSJ: I Got Yer Dumb Pipes Right Here…

in News on December 15, 2008 at 8:02 am PT

Ironic, isn’t it, that Google, one of Net neutrality’s staunchest advocates, has been approaching major cable and phone companies with a proposal that appears to violate the very tenets of that principle? How could a company that has argued tirelessly that all Internet traffic should be treated equally, suddenly reverse course and seek preferential treatment for its own traffic? Short answer: it didn’t.

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Netgear Q3 Revenues Whiff Badly; Stock Sags

in News on October 8, 2008 at 5:52 am PT

Netgear (NTGR) this morning said revenue for its third quarter ended Sept. 28 was $173 million to $183 million–well short of its previous guidance range of $208 million to $212 million.