Microsoft in SA white spaces pilot
Microsoft has launched a pilot project in rural Limpopo that aims to deliver high-speed and affordable broadband to under-served communities using so-called ‘white spaces’ technology. The focus of the...
View ArticleBT splits BT Retail in two
BT Retail is to split into two separate businesses, BT Consumer and BT Business. The move will take effect from September. BT says the split will enable the company to better serve its customers and...
View ArticleVodafone launches KDG public offer
Further to the June 24th announcement of its agreed takeover bid for German cable MSO Kabel Deutschland, Vodafone has launched a voluntary public takeover offer for the entire share capital of Kabel...
View ArticleUK sets out Communications Review priorities
The UK’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport has set out strategic priorities for its review of the media and telecommuncations industries prior to introducing proposals to update existing...
View ArticleSpain: Private TV weathers TV ad storm
Despite the free fall in TV ad revenues, the largest commercial TV companies in Spain, Mediaset and Atresmedia are making profits with an average net benefit of €30 million each to the end of June....
View ArticleBT Sport goes live
August 1st at 18.00 BST marks the launch of BT Sport, the three-channel service from the telco that is taking the game to Sky in terms of premium sports coverage in the UK. On launch day, the service...
View ArticleIHS: Cox’s OTT service model for pay-TV revival
By taking a page from Netflix—and by settling for lower profit margins—Cox Communications’ new flareWatch over-the-top (OTT) TV service could show the entire pay-TV industry how to mitigate the threat...
View ArticleTW Cable disappoints on broadband
Time Warner Cable Inc, the second-largest US cable operator, reported quarterly revenue below expectations as it added less than half the number of subscribers for high-speed data services that...
View ArticleGreen light for Zon-Optimus merger
Portugal’s Competition Authority – Autoridade da Concorrência – has approved a merger between quad-play provider Zon Multimedia and Sonaecom’s mobile unit Optimus. The two companies said that they have...
View ArticleTV viewing habit changes push bandwidth demands
The trend toward obtaining video and audio content via the Internet, and bypassing programming offered by traditional cable and satellite providers, is advancing more quickly than previously believed...
View ArticleKDG Boards recommend Vodafone bid
Following the commencement of Vodafone’s voluntary public takeover offer for the entire share capital of Kabel Deutschland, the Management Board and Supervisory Board of Kabel Deutschland Holding AG...
View ArticleBrits ‘uninterested’ in 4G
Many people in the UK see no reason to upgrade to 4G mobile services. Just under a quarter of UK smartphone users have no intention of signing up to 4G, according to an Ofcom report. Although many...
View ArticleDirecTV backs TWC in CBS retrans row
US pay-TV provider DirecTV has come out in support of Time Warner Cable in its retransmission dispute with CBS, suggesting that the conduct of content companies had “reached a new low” in such battles....
View ArticleMoonves: TWC ‘grandstanding’
Les Moonves, CBS’s CEO, has responded forcefully to the open letter sent by Time Warner Cable Chairman and CEO Glen Britt offering to provide CBS stations to subscribers on an à la carte basis,...
View ArticleUPC upgrades Horizon
upc cablecom says it is making numerous improvements to its Horizon entertainment platform. All Horizon customers will receive a new remote control with extra functions that also features a full...
View ArticlePortuguese regulator OKs Oni-Cabovisão deal
Portugal’s Competition Authority has authorised the purchase of telecommunications operator Oni by Altice, the owner of Portuguese cable TV operator, Cabovisão. In its ruling, the regulator decided...
View ArticleUK broadband speeds continue to rise
The average residential UK broadband speed reached 14.7Mbit/s in May 2013, Ofcom research reveals. The report into fixed-line residential broadband speeds shows that the average actual UK speed has...
View ArticleYOU On Demand sells Jinan interest for $4.7m
YOU On Demand, the Chinese VoD platform in China, has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its interest in Jinan Broadband to Shandong Broadcast Network for total consideration of RMB 29,000,000...
View ArticleSwisscom TV connections up 30%
Swisscom has posted a fall in net revenue of CHF 25 million (0.4 per cent) to CHF 5,596 million in the first half of 2013, while EBITDA was down by CHF 122 million (5.5 per cent) to CHF 2,102 million....
View ArticleBewkes: ‘Game of Thrones piracy better than an Emmy’
Jeff Bewkes, Chairman and CEO of Time Warner, has suggested that global Internet piracy actually benefits original programming such as HBO’s Game of Thrones, leading to more paying subscribers for...
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