SpaceX lift-off today
Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets have been given a clean bill of health by the FCC following a catastrophic explosion on September 1st, and the first launch takes place today (January 9) at 10.22 am (Pacific...
View ArticleVirgin Media, BT agree new mobile deal
Virgin Media and BT have announced a new five year Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement. Under the new deal, EE, a BT Group company, will provide wholesale mobile network services to Virgin...
View ArticleComcast tops Netflix Speed Index in US
Netflix has released December data from its Netflix ISP Speed Index – its monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience. In the US,...
View ArticleGSMA celebrates 4G launch in Egypt
The GSMA has welcomed the successful launch of 4G services by mobile operators in Egypt, and believes that Egypt’s leadership in 4G will serve as catalyst for economic growth and deliver broad societal...
View ArticleEU to toughen up ‘cookie’ laws
The European Commission is working on much stricter rules covering the use of computer data code in the form of ‘cookies’. The scheme has been around for some times but French business newspaper Les...
View ArticleHathway spins off cable TV
Hathway Cable & Datacom says it is spinning off its cable TV business into a separate wholly-owned subsidiary. The parent company will retain the profitable broadband business, and this is a...
View ArticleSub-Saharan Africa pay-TV thrives
Most of the main pay-TV operators in Sub-Saharan Africa lowered their prices during 2016 to ward off competitors. The knock-on effect was that other platforms lowered their fees, according to findings...
View ArticleSpain: FTTH up 50%
Installed fibre to the home (FTTH) connections in Spain have increased by more than 50 per cent during 2016 to 22.6 million according to the latest statistical data from the Comisión Nacional de los...
View ArticleUK ISPs issue copyright warning letters
UK Internet users who download TV and films illegally may shortly receive letters or e-mails from their Internet Service Provider (ISP) regarding the use of their broadband connection ‘to share...
View ArticleCanada: STB energy efficiency agreement
Canadian pay-TV service providers (specifically, cable, direct-to-home satellite and IPTV providers) along with set-top box manufacturers have finalised a voluntary agreement, committing themselves to...
View Article15% US broadband homes antenna-only TV
Cord-cutter consumer research from Parks Associates shows the percentage of US broadband households that use only antennas to receive TV has steadily increased since 2013 to reach 15 per cent. The...
View Article1 in 5 Americans won’t watch pay-TV in 2017
One in five US adults will not watch traditional pay-TV programming in 2017, according to eMarketer’s estimates. The total number of households subscribing to cable, satellite, or telco TV packages...
View ArticleViaccess-Orca selects Media Motive
Viaccess-Orca, a global player in the protection and enhancement of content services, has chosen Media Motive’s M3µ test automation platform to automate testing for its mobile and web applications....
View ArticleReport: Australians happy to pay for content
With Australia’s Internet Service Providers (ISPs) now blocking their customers from a number of websites used to download copyrighted movies and TV shows for free, Roy Morgan Research has studied...
View ArticleVivendi denies TIM stake sale
Vivendi has denied reports that it is willing to sell its 24 per cent stake in Telecom Italia (TIM) to facilitate its plan to form a European media conglomerate that would include Italy’s Mediaset....
View ArticleService providers favouring OTT video
Service providers are decreasing marketing on their cable, satellite, and IPTV products that offer managed quality of service in favour of new products that use OTT technologies to compete with Amazon...
View ArticleIndia asked to reduce TVA on TV subscriptions
India’s Broadcasting Foundation has asked the country’s finance ministry to only levy a 5 per cent goods and services (TVA) tax on TV and cable subscriptions. This would be about half of the rate to be...
View ArticleJuniper: IoT botnets present huge cybersecurity risk
Data from Juniper Research has found that the consumer IoT (Internet of Things) installed base will reach over 15 billion units by 2021, an increase of 120 per cent over 2016. As evidenced at the CES...
View ArticleBT Sport not free for BT subs from Aug 1
BT TV customers will have to pay an additional £3.50 (€4) a month for BT Sport from August 1st. The BT Sport channel has been free for all BT TV and broadband subscribers since launching in August...
View ArticleSpaceX broadband plans “too optimistic”
A surgical dissection of SpaceX’s recent suggestions that it could be generating $30 billion (€27.9bn) in annual revenues flowing from its projected constellation of 4400 satellites are “too optimistic...
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