2.7bn will have Internet access by year-end
ITU estimates that 2.7 billion people – or 39 per cent of the world’s population – will be using the Internet by end 2013. Internet access, however, will remain limited in the developing world, with...
View ArticleJudge orders UK ISPs to block 3 sites
UK broadband providers including BSkyB, BT and Virgin Media have been ordered by the high court to block access to three music and movie file-sharing. An order was granted to 10 record labels including...
View ArticleSky to buy Telefónica UK’s broadband
Sky has reached an agreement with Telefónica UK for the proposed acquisition of its O2 and BE consumer broadband and fixed-line telephony business. The transaction will make Sky the second-largest...
View ArticleSky joins HGI
HGI, the global organisation representing service providers and manufacturers for the broadband home, has announced that Sky is the latest service provider to join the organisation. HGI’s members...
View ArticleTelenet’s Sickinghe to step down
Belgian triple play operator Telenet has announced that its chief executive Duco Sickinghe is to leave the company, and will be replaced by the former head of Australian pay-TV firm Austar United...
View ArticleCisco Videoscape for GET and Telenet
Norwegian cable operator GET has selected the Cisco Videoscape Unity video services delivery platform to transform its TV service and enable the deployment of next-generation entertainment experiences,...
View ArticleInvestment drives 5.5% top-line Euro cable growth
Trade body Cable Europe has revealed fresh data from analyst firm IHS Screen Digest that shows 5.5 per cent per cent top-line revenue growth across Europe, representing nearly €1 billion in new...
View ArticleOfcom: European broadband rankings
Ofcom has published a report for the UK government on the coverage, take-up, usage, price and choice of fixed and mobile broadband services in the UK, relative to other European countries. The...
View ArticleFries: mobile is next target
Mike Fries, CEO of Liberty Global, told Cable Congress that mobile services were the next landmark on the European expansion road map. Speaking to CNN’s Becky Anderson in the day’s set piece interview,...
View ArticleEuro Cable confident against telco threat
Senior executives in the European broadband cable industry speaking at the Cable Congress 2013 in London have expressed their confidence in its ability to compete effectively against telco players....
View ArticleEspial joins SCTE
Espial, an expert in on-demand TV software and solutions, has joined the SCTE, Society for Broadband Professionals, a non-profit organisation dedicated to improving the standard of broadband...
View ArticleSES Ka-Band for Germany
Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES is to launch a high-throughput broadband service for Germany offering up to 20 Mb/s download, starting later this year. SES Broadband Services will supply the...
View ArticleCable companies winning broadband, losing TV
Europe’s leading cable companies score higher than their rivals in customer satisfaction with broadband service, but trail them in television service, according to research from Strategy Analytics’...
View ArticleIsles of Scilly superfast broadband project
Superfast broadband is to be delivered to the Isles of Scilly in what BT is calling a “pioneering” scheme – costing £3.7 million (€4.5m). Unused fibre optic cables on the Atlantic sea bed will provide...
View ArticleVirgin’s Berkett nets $87m pay-off
Neil Berkett, CEO at Virgin Media, will receive a massive $86.8 million pay-off to leave his job, according to a SEC statement filed by new owners Liberty Global on March 7th. Berkett’s leaving package...
View ArticleVipnet acquires Digi TV Croatia
Vipnet, Telekom Austria’s Croatian subsidiary, has acquired local satellite TV platform Digi TV, owned by Romania’s RCS&RDS, allowing it to expand its multi-play offering in the country. Digi TV...
View ArticleNetflix: UK among slowest broadband
Virgin Media provides the fastest broadband service in Britain according to figures from Netflix – which also ranks the UK third from bottom in its league table of broadband speeds. The Netflix ISP...
View ArticleNielsen: Zero-TV doesn’t mean zero video
Consumer insight firm Nielsen has identified a group that despite not viewing TV content via traditional methods are nevertheless consuming measurable amounts. Nielsen notes that most people watch TV...
View ArticleANGA: 400+ exhibitors
Twelve weeks before its opening, ANGA COM 2013 has received more than 400 binding exhibitor registrations. The exhibition and congress for Broadband, Cable & Satellite will take place from 4th to...
View Articleat800 anti-interference body debuts
at800, the organisation tasked with ensuring UK viewers continue to receive Freeview when 4G mobile services at 800MHz are launched later this year, has gone into operation. Its first pilot begins on...
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