Altice Europe Q2 profit down 9.2%
Altice Europe, the multinational telco, has said that it continues to deliver on its three-pillar strategy (to “improve customer experience to drive better KPIs, invest in and own best-in-class...
View ArticleEutelsat CEO “prudent” on C-band windfall
Eutelsat’s CEO Rodolph Belmer told analysts on August 1st that he was staying the view to be “more prudent than most of estimates made at the moment” of the potential revenue gains from the...
View ArticleOfcom: For 72% smartphone most important device
Most people in the UK are dependent on their digital devices, and need a constant connection to the Internet, following a decade of digital transformation, according to findings from Ofcom’s...
View ArticleIntelsat pair set for Sept launch
Intelsat says that its delayed launch of the I-38/Azerspace-2 so-called ‘condominium’ satellite, will now take place in September on an Arianespace rocket. The launch had been delayed since May 2018...
View ArticleFCC facilitates 5G, broadband deployment
The US Federal Communications Commission is continuing its efforts to promote broadband deployment and competition by speeding the process and reducing the costs of attaching new network facilities to...
View ArticleEchoStar Inmarsat bid: ‘Completely unacceptable’
Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce told analysts August 2nd that the recent EchoStar bid for Inmarsat was so unacceptable that any dialogue or engagement would have been seen as weakness. Pearce said that the...
View ArticleOptus wins UEFA rights despite World Cup struggle
Australia’s Optus has won the rights to broadcast the UEFA Champions League not long after it was heavily criticised for its botched coverage of the World Cup. The broadcaster said it would screen all...
View ArticleEutelsat CEO: “No great pressure from OTT”
Rodolph Belmer, CEO at Eutelsat, in an interview with French financial daily Les Echos, says that he does not see the threat from OTT players putting significant pressures on its customer base. He adds...
View ArticleCable Europe: ‘EC must reject anachronistic Dutch market analysis’
Broadband cable trade body Cable Europe is urging the European Commission not to accept Dutch regulator ACM’s draft broadband market analysis, which has concluded that multiplay operator VodafoneZiggo...
View ArticleResearch: US pay-TV subs losses continue
The top 10 service providers in the United States lost over 358,000 television subscribers between them in the second quarter of 2018, as reported by the informitv Multiscreen Index. Satellite...
View ArticleMovistar launches #Vamos
Telefónica’s pay-TV platform Movistar Plus is launching a new in-house TV channel #Vamos specifically dedicated to sports. The new channel will broadcast 24/7 a programming based on live events,...
View ArticleStudy: Smart Home crucial to CSP future
The smart home is vital to communication service providers, a new report from ABI has claimed. It says it is a critical time for operators as they are being outperformed through rivals’ “aggressive”...
View ArticleWowza adds DASH to stream engine
Wowza Media Systems today announced support of Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH) nDVR to its award-winning Wowza Streaming Engine™ software, with a new update to version 4.7.6. The...
View ArticleTelesat: “We will align with US C-band plan”
Ottawa-based Telesat says it will participate in any upcoming C-Band reorganisation of capacity over the USA. CEO Dan Goldberg told analysts: “We’ll participate in the proceeding. We’re not at this...
View ArticleSurvey: Inflight Wi-Fi demand drives airline loyalty
Inflight Wi-Fi is a key driver in forming customer loyalty and satisfaction among today’s airline passengers, according to Inmarsat’s fourth annual global Inflight Connectivity Survey, the industry’s...
View ArticleReport: $10bn cash windfall for SES and Intelsat
A major 37-page report from equity analysts at investment bank Jefferies says the proposed restructuring of scarce satellite C-band frequencies over the US in order to help drive adoption of 5G...
View ArticleHyperoptic raises £250m for gigabit growth
UK gigabit broadband provider Hyperoptic has completed a debt raise of one quarter of a billion pounds (€280m) from eight leading international banks to extend its full fibre optic network to 50 towns...
View ArticleONS: Over half UK uses SVoD
The use of SVoD services has surged ahead in UK, according to official figures. Close to half of all adults said they had watched Netflix, NOW TV, Amazon Prime Video or a similar Internet-based service...
View ArticleARRIS DOCSIS 3.1 for Australia’s NBN
ARRIS has announced that Australia’s National Broadband Network has begun rolling out ARRIS’s technology solutions for its nationwide launch of DOCSIS 3.1. This network expansion builds capacity to...
View ArticleTriple success for SpaceX and Indonesian satellite
Elon Musk’s SpaceX managed a textbook launch of Telkom Indonesia’s Merah Putih (Red & White) satellite in the early hours (01.18 am EDT) of August 7th from Cape Canaveral. The launch was the 15th...
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