Reuters Summit - Sling Media to let users boost net speed

Best 2007 Satellite TV for PC: New York (Reuters) - Gadget maker Sling Media, whose device relays home television programs to laptops and cell phones, plans to resell fast Internet service and may start showing ads later this year. The company's Slingbox connects cable and satellite TV set-top boxes to the Internet. As a result, cell phones and other Web-connect devices can show what's on a customer's living room TV.But viewing quality depends on Internet connection strength, and so later this year Sling Media will add a virtual button to its PC and cell phone software that will boost home broadband service speed.

Tivo Co-Founder Fast-Forwards

Best 2007 Satellite TV for PC: As co-founder of Tivo, Mr. Ramsay was building the original digital-video recorder that would become an object of TV watchers' adoration and advertisers' detestation, since it set TV viewers free from commercial breaks. Now Mr. Ramsay, who on Monday became a venture partner at New Enterprise Associates, hopes to find the next disruptive thing. But that may be harder in the frenzied media landscape of 2007 than it was 1997, when he started Tivo. “Ten years ago, it was only cable and satellite," he said. “Now you've got YouTube and all this user-generated content. Networks are seemingly comfortable making their content available on a PC. Companies 10 years ago were freaking out because of this. It isn't going to be about 500 channels anymore. It's going to be about an infinite number." .

Verizon Reports Strong 1Q 2007 Results, Driven by Top-Line Growth ...

Best 2007 Satellite TV for PC: New York - Verizon Communications Inc. today reported strong, profitable first-quarter 2007 revenue growth, supported by industry-leading retail customer growth at Verizon Wireless and strong sales of broadband services, including video. Verizon reported first-quarter 2007 earnings of $1.5 billion, or 51 cents in fully diluted earnings per share (EPS). This compares with EPS of 56 cents in the first quarter 2006 -- which includes operations that Verizon has since divested.Verizons first-quarter 2007 diluted EPS before discontinued operations was 51 cents, or 54 cents per share on an adjusted basis (before special items, non-GAAP), a 17.4 percent increase from 46 cents per share in the first quarter 2006.