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InternetNews July 7, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Looney Tunes on Verizon TV Verizon has signed a programming and distribution agreement with Turner Broadcasting System that will make CNN, Cartoon Network, TBS, TNT and Turner Classic Movies available through the it's fiber-to-the-home service.
InternetNews July 15, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Bells' TV Bill Gets New Life A bill to help speed TV-over-fiber rollouts has cleared the Texas Senate, but the window is closing on the legislative session.
InternetNews July 7, 2006 Roy Mark	Verizon Sues Over IPTV Telecom giant sues county before it actually applies for a TV franchise; Google caught selling ads to online porno sites; Comcast changes customer data retention standards.
InternetNews October 29, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Mulls Local Line Sales Verizon Communications may divest millions of local phone lines as its fiber-to-the-premises and wireless businesses become more central to its long-term plans.
BusinessWeek May 2, 2005 Lowry & Ante	Verizon's Video Vision Terry Denson, Verizon Communication's 39-year-old v.p. for video programming and content marketing, wants to turn the telecom giant into a media powerhouse. Here's his plan.
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InternetNews June 16, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Verizon, PBS Toast IPTV Bid Verizon Communications announced a multi-year agreement with PBS to broadcast public television stations via its FiOS Internet TV service.
InternetNews October 20, 2005 Roy Mark	IPTV Challenges Regulatory Models Verizon and SBC want to run fiber-optic cable into homes delivering an IP network offering bundled television, telephone and high-speed Internet to consumers without having to meet the same regulatory obligations that cable companies do.
InternetNews October 27, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Wants Motorola Gear Verizon has tapped Motorola for video network infrastructure and customer premises equipment related to the carrier's fiber-to-the-premises push, the companies announced today.
InternetNews July 20, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Verizon's FTTP Plan Takes Shape Emerging details of the carrier's fiber plan could create ripples in the broadband market.
The Motley Fool March 21, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Verizon Vies for Viewers The telecom company plans to pay CBS for content. Deals like this show that the pressure's on in the telecom and cable industries, which are having a serious smackdown in the same playing field. Meanwhile, investors should be on the watch.
BusinessWeek April 17, 2006 Spencer E. Ante	Thinking Globally, Stuck Locally Weary of going town to town to get into the TV biz, the Bells want Washington's help.
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Home Theater April 18, 2008 Mark Fleischmann	Verizon FiOS TV to Hit NYC Long-suffering New York City cable customers will soon have a new option when Verizon offers its FiOS fiber-optic TV delivery technology to all five of the city's boroughs.
InternetNews May 19, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Skeptics Tune in to AT&T's IPTV Plans Can AT&T, now with a single pilot program, expand its IPTV ambitions to up to 20 U.S. markets by the end of the year?
InternetNews October 27, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Comcast: What Fiber Threat? In recent months, regional telecoms Verizon and SBC have taken direct aim at cable giant Comcast, earmarking hundreds of millions of dollars for fiber-to-the-premises rollouts.
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InternetNews April 10, 2008	Verizon Battles Time Warner Cable Over Ads Telephone service provider Verizon Communications brought its battle for video customers to court on Wednesday, with a lawsuit accusing rival Time Warner Cable of false advertising.
InternetNews March 31, 2005 Colin C. Haley	SBC Closes in on Video Strategy The regional carrier awards a $195M contract to Scientific-Atlanta, which will provide equipment, design and build video operation centers for SBC.
InternetNews April 27, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Wireless, DSL Fuel VZ's Revenue Growth Business booms in two key areas, but pension and early retirement costs eat into Verizon's Q1 profits.
InternetNews December 27, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Verizon Hits The Mall Verizon Communications will showcase its high-end services in consumer malls, sharing retail space with standbys such as clothing stores and ice cream shops.
InternetNews April 25, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Qwest For MCI Rewarded Qwest's $9.7B offer is one MCI can't refuse, but Verizon may not be done.
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BusinessWeek March 20, 2006 Mark Morrison	Battling For The Eyes Of Texas Verizon's TV service is winning fans in a Fort Worth suburb. Will it sell nationwide?
InternetNews February 15, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Tunes in IPTV The Baby Bells converge on Capitol Hill today to sell a Senate panel on clearing the regulatory decks for a rollout of IPTV.
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InternetNews May 21, 2004 Colin C. Haley	VZ's FTTP Foray Forces Hard Look at Technology Verizon takes the fiber-to-the-premises from test to rollout, potentially shaking up the broadband business.
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Steve Rosenbush	Verizon: Take That, Cable The nation's largest telecom provider is preparing to seek cable-TV franchises in parts of Texas and eight other states so that it can offer video in head-to-head competition with cable companies.
InternetNews June 7, 2005 Jim Wagner	Verizon Calls For Telecom Reform The rules should to be changed so telecoms can better compete with cable operators, says Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg.
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BusinessWeek November 1, 2004 Catherine Yang	Cable vs. Fiber In the long-running contest for the digital future, cable has been hitting home runs while the telecoms are just coming to bat. Now, the Bells are fighting back by offering video via phone lines.
InternetNews October 25, 2005 Jim Wagner	Cable in Talks With Sprint Nextel? Cox Communications, Comcast and Time Warner are reportedly weeks away from signing a wireless phone agreement with Nextel.
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InternetNews June 27, 2006	AT&T Expands IPTV Footprint San Antonio marked the beginning of AT&T's first IPTV pilot program back in January. Now it's expanding to thousands more households.
InternetNews January 16, 2007 Ed Sutherland	Verizon's $2.7B Wireline Spin Off Verizon Communications said today it will spin off 1.5 million wireline accounts in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, merging the business with rural telecom provider FairPoint Communications.
Home Theater September 27, 2010 Mark Fleischmann	NYC Demands Cable-Guy Punctuality New York City has renegotiated its cable franchise agreements with Time Warner and Cablevision to require a month's credit for customers when service calls are late.
BusinessWeek November 7, 2005	At SBC, It's All About "Scale and Scope" SBC Telecommunications' CEO Edward Whitacre talks about the AT&T Wireless acquisition and how he's moving to keep abreast of cable competitors.
InternetNews November 17, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Microsoft Wins Over SBC for TV Over IP The telecom carrier taps the Redmond platform for 'triple play' (TV, phone, and Internet) service delivery.
The Motley Fool July 2, 2004 Bill Mann	We Don't Count So Good The SEC wants to know if telecom and cable companies have as many customers as they claim to have.
InternetNews January 6, 2006 Roy Mark	Verizon Completes MCI Takeover Verizon completed its $8.4 billion purchase of MCI today, creating the nation's second largest telecom carrier behind the new AT&T, which itself is a newly formed merger between the former long distance carrier and SBC.
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