Survey: UK broadband giants failing on service
The latest broadband customer satisfaction survey from consumer body Which? reveals that the UK’s biggest Internet Service Providers are still failing on basic customer service, speed and reliability....
View ArticleOfcom consults on opening up BT’s infrastructure
UK comms regulator Ofcom has set out detailed plans for improving access to BT’s network arm Openreach’s infrastructure, making it cheaper and easier for competing providers to connect their own fibre...
View ArticleNielsen adopts Gracenote IDs
Nielsen is formally adopting Gracenote IDs as standard content identifiers across its audience measurement solutions. Standardisation of Gracenote IDs within Nielsen’s measurement products will tie...
View ArticleT-Mobile ‘not violating neutrality’
T-Mobile Netherlands’ zero-rated music offer isn’t violating net neutrality a court in Rotterdam has ruled. Regulator ACM challenged the offer, but the court found that while the zero rating did...
View ArticleCanada strengthens net neutrality commitment
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has strengthened its commitment to net neutrality by declaring that Internet Service Providers should treat data traffic equally...
View ArticleIntelsat, OneWeb merger facing challenges
Intelsat is reportedly extending the timetable deadline for bondholders to accept the proposals of a proposed merger with giant satellite constellation OneWeb. Reuters reports that the merger –...
View ArticleFrench Guiana strike ends
The European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, is getting back to work. The industrial action which had caused a near-complete month-long closedown of the region ended on April 21 when the French...
View ArticleIntelsat ready with ‘Plans B and C’
Global satellite operator Intelsat’s planned merger with Jersey-based OneWeb has suffered its first hiccup. Intelsat’s bondholders are not signing up to the proposed financial restructuring engineered...
View ArticleSES, Vivicast UHD bouquet for US cable
SES has been supplying test Ultra-HD transmissions over the US for some months. Vivicast Media is its partner, and Vivicast used the NAB show in Las Vegas to announce its first contracts, with a pair...
View ArticleApple ramping up ‘super constellation’ plans?
Apple has reportedly hired a pair of highly experienced satellite experts. Bloomberg Business News says the pair are John Fenwick, who led Google’s spacecraft operations, and Michael Trela, who headed...
View ArticleResearch: TV Everywhere shifting from occasional to frequent use
CTAM and Hub Entertainment Research have released results of a recent tracking study on TV Everywhere (TVE) viewing, based on reported consumer data collected continuously across a six-month span,...
View ArticleIBM unveils M&E video service with Watson
At NAB 2017, IBM has revealed plans to roll out a Watson-enabled cloud service designed to help companies extract new insights from video with a level of analysis not previously possible. The service...
View ArticleCom Hem Q1 revenue up 38%
Swedish multi-play operator Com Hem’s Q1 revenue saw a strong increase of 37.7 per cent to SEK 1,757 million (€183.2m) while organic revenue rose by 3.5 per cent to SEK 1,321 million. Digital-TV RGUs...
View ArticlecomScore free Viewability measurement
comScore has announced that it will offer free viewability measurement to clients across global markets. comScore Viewability is a baseline offering that allows digital media buyers and sellers to...
View ArticleSpaceX demands FCC put OneWeb on hold
Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company, which also has plans afoot to build and launch its own ‘super-constellation of more than 7500 V-band satellites, is objecting to Jersey-based OneWeb and its potential...
View ArticleFCC’s Pai proposes ‘Open Internet’ policy reversal
Having signalled his preference for such a move in a keynote speech at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona at the end of February, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has confirmed his intention to reverse...
View ArticleComcast: “2017 fastest start in five years”
Comcast, the US telco and largest broadcasting and cable television company in the world by revenue, has reported results for the quarter ended March 31st 2017. Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and Chief...
View ArticleKinnevik takes 18.5% Com Hem stake
Investment company Kinnevik has agreed to acquire 33.9 million shares, corresponding to an approximate 18.5 per cent interest, in Swedish multi-play operator Com Hem Holding from NorCell S.à r.l., the...
View ArticleSES ups profits 11.5%
SES is beginning to reap the rewards of extra capacity being utilised, and in reporting its Q1 numbers, says it has seen “substantial” growth in its contracted backlog (from €7.6 billion y-o-y to €7.8...
View ArticleDish sheds 143,000 TV customers
US satellite pay-TV broadcaster Dish Network has reported revenue totaling $3.68 billion (€3.37bn) for the quarter ending March 31st 2017, compared to $3.83 billion for the corresponding period in...
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