SpeedCast expands Pan-African coverage with Ghana JV
SpeedCast International, a global satellite communications and network service provider, has finalised a joint venture in Ghana, strengthening the company’s commitment to provide high quality...
View ArticleASA bans Ryan Reynolds BT ad
The tit for tat war of word between UK’s various broadband providers goes on. A BT ad campaign fronted by Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds has been banned following a complaint from rival Virgin Media....
View ArticleBeenius: Kick start OTT from the Cloud
Filip Remskar, CEO, talks about the latest trends in OTT and introduces Nuboly, Beenius’s new cloud provided complete platform that allows broadcasters to go OTT and bring VoD and multiscreen services...
View ArticleVerizon: live streaming made easy
Jason Friedlander, Director of Solutions Engineering for Verizon Digital Media Services, introduces their latest major enhancement; Live Events Manager. This application means any content provider –...
View ArticleEs’hailSat: More capacity for a growing market
Es’hailSat CEO Ali Ahmed Al-Kuwari looks to the future and a second satellite in 2017 as demand for TV and business services grows in the MENA region. The company is determined to be a major provider...
View ArticleCharter, ARRIS in WorldBox 2.0 collaboration
Entertainment and communications technology specialist ARRIS International and broadband communications company Charter Communications have revealed plans for ARRIS to be a key participant in the...
View ArticleTDG: Google Wifi well positioned
Last week Google announced a slate of new hardware solutions, among them Google Wifi, a modular home networking solution designed to meet the expanding needs of today’s broadband home. The idea is to...
View ArticleBT: ‘No room for 3rd broadband provider’
A third ultrafast network for the UK to compete with BT Openreach and Virgin Media, is “highly unlikely”, says a report commissioned by BT for the regulator Ofcom “A good long-term outcome would be to...
View ArticleTalkTalk feels impact of hacks one year on
The latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech on the home services market – covering broadband, fixed landline and paid television – reveals a slowing decline for TalkTalk following its cyber...
View ArticleAltice ups SFR stake
Multinational cable, fibre, telecommunications, content and media company Altice has agreed to acquire an aggregate number of 23,072,805 SFR Group shares in private off-market transactions...
View ArticleMediaset wants to seize 3.5% of Vivendi
Italian broadcaster Mediaset is seeking an Italian court order for the seizure of 3.5 per cent of France’s Vivendi, in the latest chapter of the dispute between the two media groups. This comes after...
View ArticleKurth welcomes focus of BEREC’s stakeholder forum
As BEREC’s 4th Stakeholder Forum opened in Brussels, Cable Europe Executive Chairman Matthias Kurth welcomed the issues under discussion: providing connectivity to every European citizen and...
View ArticleG.fast set for 30m homes by 2021
An Ovum report jointly commissioned by nbn and BT has predicted that new ultra-fast copper technology G.fast will be serving nearly 30 million subscriber homes and businesses around the world by 2021....
View ArticleFrance: 15% broadband users have SVoD
Fifteen per cent of French broadband users are also SVoD subscribers according to figures released by Médiamétrie. This is an increase of 25 per cent from eight months ago. Mediamétrie’s data also...
View ArticleSpain: 5.6 m pay-TV subs
The number of pay-TV subscribers in Spain continues to grow with 5.6 million at the end of 2015, almost half a million more than the previous year, according to the latest annual report from CNMC. Most...
View ArticleCom Hem Q3 up 4.3%
Swedish telco Com Hem has reported Q3 revenues of SEK 1,309 million (€134.9m), up 4.3 per cent. The net result for the period more than doubled and amounted to SEK 106 million. The acquistion of pay-TV...
View ArticleNokia, nbn complete XG-FAST trials
Nokia and nbn have announced the successful completion of an XG-FAST trial that achieved throughput speeds of 8 Gigabits per second (Gbps) in lab conditions. The lab trial demonstrated the capability...
View ArticleNokia: “Fixed networks key for 5G, IoT”
Fixed networks will play a key role in achieving network transformation and true convergence with mobile as the world moves relentlessly into the seamless communications era of 5G and the Internet of...
View ArticleLiberty Global to acquire Multimedia Polska
In a move that it says expands the reach of its platform, with investments and innovation benefiting Polish consumers and businesses, international TV and broadband company Liberty Global has confirmed...
View ArticleLondon calls for subsidised broadband
The Local Government Association is calling on the government to include a social tariff in its universal service obligation for broadband. The subsidy would give low-income families a basic service...
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