Yesterday, Starz announced it would not be renewing its contract with Netflix that’s set to expire on February 28, 2012. From that date forward, Starz content in addition to movies from Disney and Sony will no longer be offered for instant streaming. In a statement, Starz said in so many words that it feels its content is valuable enough to be more profitable elsewhere. Today, a report has surfaced that points to one of the main reason why Starz pulled out.

Netflix subscribers have about a half year left to consume as much Starz programming as possible. Starz has decided to remove all of its content from Netflix as of February 28, 2012. This is the date where the contract with Starz and Netflix expires. Starz is no longer interested in using Netflix to distribute its library of content.

On September 15, T-Mobile will be adding a pay-per-use mobile web option to 11.4 million smartphones that don’t have data plans. This addition will not be optional to customers and it can’t be removed online or from the smartphone.

It has been no secret that Verizon was planning to scrap unlimited data plans. Verizon previously confirmed this would be the case, but did not confirm the pricing or other specific details that were leaked a while ago. Any hope of a last minute change of plans by Verizon has been dashed. The wireless carrier has gone on the record with FierceWireless stating the new tiered data plans will begin on July 7.

Back in May, Verizon’s CFO Fran Shammo hinted at Verizon’s plan to stop providing unlimited data for its customers. In its place would be a new pricing structure that would be separated by how much data someone expects to use. Today, Droid-Life has what it believes are prices for the new data plans.

T-Mobile USA released its first quarter 2011 results today. T-Mobile is still in fourth place behind Verizon, Sprint and AT&T, but could shoot straight to the top if its merger with AT&T is approved. Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene’ Obermann said in a press release that until that deal is complete, T-Mobile USA will continue to “compete aggressively” in the United States. It’s going to need that fire because T-Mobile USA is losing its contract customers.

An internal document leaked to Gadget University states that Verizon will no longer offer 1-year contracts for most of its customers. This change is expected to go into effect on April 17, 2011. The rules governing 2-year and month-to-month contracts will remain unchanged.

As a result of an expiring contract between RadioShack and Wal-Mart, RadioShack will have to shut down over 400 kiosks in various Sam’s Club retail stores. The contract is set to expire on June 30 and at the time Sam’s Club will take over the kiosk and replace it with something else. RadioShack has made more »

It looks like TiVo is trying something new, they are currently offering a free DVR with a two year service agreement. This latest promotion, which is said to be coming only as a “limited test” and is expected to be available for only about a week. In other words, if you are going to take more »

Sprint likes to tout its Simply Everything Data plan which includes unlimited talk, text, and web for $99 a month. Verizon Wireless offers unlimited talk, text, web for $119 in most markets except for Los Angeles and San Diego where Big Red is testing a cheaper, unlimited plan according to Current Analysis. Currently in L.A. more »