Virginia is first in line to sign on to the national framework for the FirstNet interoperable emergency communications network.

Quickplay Media will now fall under the AT&T banner as the company has announced it plans to acquire the OTT video and TV Everywhere services provider from Madison Dearborn Partners.

Verizon has plans to build its own core public safety communications network similar to the FirstNet network being managed by AT&T.

The proposed AT&T-Time Warner merger has a new obstacle to face before it can be approved, as the Department of Justice has officially filed suit to block AT&T’s $85 billion bid for Time Warner.

Approval comes with set of conditions.

AT&T has announced that starting Tuesday, Jan. 12, new and existing AT&T consumer wireless customers who have or add AT&T DirecTV or AT&T U-Verse TV may sign up for the new AT&T Unlimited Plan.

AT&T is launching beta tests of a new software-forward “next-generation” video platform that delivers many of the features a virtualized distribution architecture—4K, cloud DVR, several live channels and 30,000 titles on demand in this case—across “satellite, mobile or your own wired internet connection.”

Ericsson signed a pair of contracts with Australian public service broadcasters ABC and SBS for multi-year captioning services.