Verizon in talks over TV content
Verizon Communications is in talks with content providers to deliver web-based TV services to mobile platforms, chief executive Lowell McAdam told investors yesterday. A day earlier, Dish Network and Walt Disney announced a landmark deal that will allow the no2 satellite TV provider to deliver Disney-owned network content online, outside of a traditional TV subscription. Shares in Verizon closed up 1.25 per cent last night.