Wireline news from across the web:
@FierceTelecom RT @ Telecom Reseller: The President's call to preempt state broadband laws will harm local residents, broadband deployment and Internet. Article | Follow @FierceTelecom
> Security experts identify top five network security threats that companies and consumers need to be aware of in 2015. Article
> Cincinnati Bell will host a conference call for its fourth-quarter 2014 and full-year 2014 financial results on Feb. 19 at 10 a.m. ET; financial results will be issued before the market opens that day. Release
> Verizon has implemented new video-focused web start pages leveraging Synacor for FiOS TV subscribers to provide simplified looks and a set of new video search and discovery features. Article
Cable News
> Atlanta technology company Clearleap says it's struck a deal with A+E Networks to power set-top-based VOD programming across all of the conglomerate's channels. Article
> Cable One has promoted Julie Laulis, who has spent the last 15 years at the Phoenix-based MSO, to president and chief operating officer. Article
Online Video News
> The Kudelski Group and Netflix announced that they've entered a long-term, "comprehensive" product relationship, dismissed all U.S. patent litigation over Kudelski-owned Nagra and OpenTV products, and put a stay on related litigation in the Netherlands. Article
Wireless News
> According to a new Reuters report, Samsung recently approached BlackBerry to buy the company for up to $7.5 billion, a figure that represented a 60 percent premium on BlackBerry's shares. Article
> The Supreme Court handed T-Mobile US and the wider wireless industry a victory via a ruling in a case centering on how local governments must inform wireless carriers, tower companies and others about why they reject tower-construction requests. Article
And finally… @365datacenters: 2015 is a "year of momentum for #onlinevideo." Article