Three senators have accused AT&T of ignoring net neutrality principles by not counting the use of its new HBO Max streaming service against its customers’ data caps. AT&T data customers who use competing streamers, such as Netflix and Disney+, will have that usage counted against their data caps.
Democratic senators Edward Markey, Richard Blumenthal, and Ron Wyden published a letter to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson regarding the telecom giant’s decision on Thursday. The move favors AT&T customers who use its own streaming service, which would’ve been illegal under the net neutrality rules that the Ajit Pai-led Federal Communications Commission repealed in 2018.
For example, an AT&T customer with a one gigabyte data plan could stream as much HBO Max as they’d like without it contributing to their data cap. But if that customer were to stream content from a rival streaming service, it...
Democratic senators Edward Markey, Richard Blumenthal, and Ron Wyden published a letter to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson regarding the telecom giant’s decision on Thursday. The move favors AT&T customers who use its own streaming service, which would’ve been illegal under the net neutrality rules that the Ajit Pai-led Federal Communications Commission repealed in 2018.
For example, an AT&T customer with a one gigabyte data plan could stream as much HBO Max as they’d like without it contributing to their data cap. But if that customer were to stream content from a rival streaming service, it...
- 6/5/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
Stephanie Ruhle wants to do the type of business-news coverage that’s aimed more at the supermarket, and less at the stock market.
Ruhle, the MSNBC anchor who has seen her profile grow during a 9 a.m. program as well as an hour co-hosted with Ali Velshi, has been named senior business correspondent at NBC News, and says she wants to take coverage of corporations in a different direction than one might see elsewhere on the cable set-top box.
“I think every person out there cares about the money in their wallet, cares about their financial health,” Ruhle says in an interview. “If we can help a general audience get better and smarter as it relates to their own finances – and broader – I think there’s a huge opportunity.” She intends to keep anchoring an hour at MSNBC – at present, she is assigned to still hold forth at 9 a.m.
Ruhle, the MSNBC anchor who has seen her profile grow during a 9 a.m. program as well as an hour co-hosted with Ali Velshi, has been named senior business correspondent at NBC News, and says she wants to take coverage of corporations in a different direction than one might see elsewhere on the cable set-top box.
“I think every person out there cares about the money in their wallet, cares about their financial health,” Ruhle says in an interview. “If we can help a general audience get better and smarter as it relates to their own finances – and broader – I think there’s a huge opportunity.” She intends to keep anchoring an hour at MSNBC – at present, she is assigned to still hold forth at 9 a.m.
- 1/6/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
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