Numericable enhances its service offer with ABR service infrastructure...
Anevia, a player in video streaming and infrastructure solutions for OTT, live TV and VoD, has announced that leading French cable operator Numericable has launched an Adaptative Bit Rate (ABR) service...
View ArticleBouygues Telecom goes OTT with the support of TDF Media Services
Bouygues Telecom goes multiscreen by proposing a complete OTT service in its offer. The French telecom operator announced today that it has selected Cognacq-Jay Image, a TDF Media Services company, to...
View ArticleOTT entrants threaten cabsat players as ‘Input One’
As online platforms such as Netflix and Hulu gain ground among mainstream consumers, some are poised to challenge traditional cable and satellite services as the default source for TV and movies,...
View ArticleTelecom Italia, Espresso Group in DTT multiplex talks
Telecom Italia and media group L’Espresso are in negotiations over creating a DTT alliance to manage five DTT multiplexes – the maximum allowed by current legislation. Despite denials by both parties,...
View ArticleNumericable readies IPO
Dominant French cable operator Numericable is preparing a stock market listing that could value the private equity-backed company at about €5 billion. Numericable’s owners – Cinven, Carlyle and Altice...
View ArticleCord-cutting, cable TV Everywhere awareness low
The number of consumers ‘cutting the cord’ from cable TV for Internet video remains low and live programming is still a huge viewer draw, according to a new annual survey of consumer viewing habits...
View ArticleEuronews becomes member of CCSA
Euronews has signed an agreement with CCSA, the Canadian cable operators association. CCSA comprises more than 100 cable operators and distributes more than 200 channels all around the country. Through...
View ArticleInternet consumption closing gap on TV in NZ, Australia
New Zealanders are spending more time than ever on the Internet, but traditional media still plays an important role in their lives, according to findings in a Digital Universe report from Roy Morgan...
View ArticleVirgin Media to axe 600 management posts
Virgin Media is to axe 600 middle and senior management jobs as part of cost saving actions from its new owner, Liberty Global – who acquired the UK cable operator for $23.3 billion earlier this year....
View ArticleEC OKs Vodafone Kabel Deutschland takeover
Vodafone has confirmed that it has obtained unconditional merger control clearance from the European Commission for the voluntary public takeover offer for Kabel Deutschland. With merger approval from...
View ArticleMediaset senior manager arrested
Italy’s Guardia di Finanza financial police have arrested Andrea Ambrogetti, the director of institutional relations at Mediaset, along with 5 others, in connection with the collapse of Italian telco...
View ArticleVal selling 5% Ono stake?
Val Telecomunicaciones, a Spanish investment holding company, is seeking a buyer for its stake in cable provider Ono SA, according to reports. Val Telecomunicaciones is said to have hired Jefferies...
View ArticleBSkyB readies for ‘Internet of Everything’
BSkyB is investing in a highly sophisticated Network Convergence System (NCS) from Cisco. While it will take 18 months or so to fully install, the intention is to be ready for a slew of ‘next...
View ArticleTWC ready to buy
Time Warner Cable could take on more debt if it came across an attractive enough merger or acquisition, Chief Financial Officer Artie Minson told a conference. The company’s current leverage ratio...
View ArticleKabel Deutschland drops Tele Columbus appeal
Kabel Deutschland has ditched its appeal against the German Federal Cartel Office blocking of its acquisition of smaller cable operator Tele Columbus. Reports say Kabel Deutschland took the decision...
View ArticlethePlatform launches Virtual TV Framework
Suggesting that the support and investment from parent company Comcast had enabled to re-evaluate its support to its content provider and pay-TV operator customers, white-label video publishing company...
View ArticleUK superfast broadband plans “in chaos”
A UK parliamentary report says the country’s plans for the roll-out of superfast broadband to rural and country areas are in chaos. The report, from Parliament’s influential Public Accounts Committee...
View ArticleNetflix on Com Hem TiVo
Subscribers to Sweden’s Com Hem pay-TV service will soon be able to access Netflix through TiVo set-top boxes, the second partnership between a European cable provider and the streaming service. Com...
View ArticleOver 75% of US homes get broadband
Consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that about 78 per cent of US households get a broadband Internet service at home. Broadband now accounts for 94 per cent of all...
View ArticleFixed LTE and DOCSIS 3.0 propel CPE market
Market research firm Infonetics has released its Q2 2013 Broadband CPE and Subscribers: PON, FTTH, Cable, and DSL market share, size and forecasts report, which tracks DSL, cable, and fibre to the home...
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