Verizon Communications

Latest News

1. Verizon's FiOS TV Subscriber Growth Slows in First Quarter

   7:23 am 4/18/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   The telecom giant again signed up fewer pay TV subscribers than in the year-ago period.Read more

   • 1
   • 14
   • 0
2. 

   U.S. Pay-TV Subscriber Numbers Up for 2012, Fourth Quarter

   11:30 am 3/6/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   CEOs have continued to shrug off suggestions of major cord cutting or shaving.Read more

   • 0
   • 0
   • 0
3. 

   Verizon's FiOS TV Subscriber Growth Slows in Fourth Quarter

   4:53 am 1/22/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   The telecom giant signed up 134,000 new pay TV subscribers, down from 194,000 in the year-ago period.Read more

   • 4
   • 54
   • 0
4. 

   Netflix Shares Briefly Top $100 After Warner Bros. TV Deal

   4:03 pm 1/7/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   Time Warner CFO John Martin says Netflix and other subscription VOD services pose no threat to the traditional TV business, which accounts for 85 percent of the conglomerate's profits.Read more

   • 33
   • 74
   • 2
5. 

   Redbox, Verizon Streaming Venture Strikes Epix Deal, Unveils Monthly Pricing

   7:34 am 12/12/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   UPDATED: The service, which will compete with Netflix, will launch in a beta version later this month.Read more

   • 14
   • 57
   • 3
6. 

   AT&T Signs up More Pay TV Subscribers in Third Quarter

   4:22 am 10/24/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   The telecom giant gained 198,000 U-Verse TV customers, while growth momentum slowed at competitor Verizon.Read more

   • 3
   • 30
   • 0
7. 

   Verizon's FiOS TV Subscriber Growth Slows in Third Quarter

   2:28 am 10/18/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   The telecom giant added 119,000 pay TV subscribers, down from 131,000 in the year-ago period.Read more

   • 6
   • 49
   • 0
8. 

   Verizon Settles Patent Disputes For $510 Million

   9:18 am 9/24/2012

   • by Paul Bond

   The operator of FiOS TV will pay TiVo $250 million and ActiveVideo $260 million.Read more

   • 4
   • 56
   • 2
9. 

   TiVo to Get $250 Million-Plus in Verizon Legal Settlement

   5:18 am 9/24/2012

   • by Eriq Gardner

   The DVR pioneer and the telecom giant had been locked into an extended patent case. Read more

   • 1
   • 22
   • 1
10. 

    Sinclair Broadcast Strikes Back at Dish Network Over Retransmission Negotiations

    12:03 pm 8/14/2012

    • by Paul Bond

    A day after Dish accuses Sinclair of "corporate greed," the broadcast group says the satellite TV service operates with a "flawed economic model."Read more

    • 3
    • 24
    • 0