Portugal invention extends cable TV coverage
Portugal Telecom, through its R&D unit PT Inovação, and the University of Aveiro are developing a solution that could substantially reduce the cost of cable TV services and extend their coverage to...
View ArticleEntropic solutions for India pay-TV market
Entropic, an expert in semiconductor solutions for the connected home, announced the availability of its award-winning c.LINK Broadband Access products for the India Pay-TV market. Entropic will have...
View ArticleGSMA joins Alliance for Affordable Internet
The GSMA has announced its membership in the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), a diverse global coalition of over 50 members committed to driving down the cost of Internet access in developing...
View ArticleOno nears IPO
Ono is close to hiring banks for an initial public offering. The Spanish cable operator could pick Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Chase in the coming weeks for the IPO after inviting banks to bid for the...
View ArticleANGA COM: 80% of exhibition space already sold
Four months before its start, ANGA COM, the European Exhibition and Congress for Broadband, Cable & Satellite, reports binding exhibitor registrations have been received for already 80 per cent of...
View ArticleBT/Alcatel fastest ever broadband
The “fastest ever” broadband speeds have been achieved in a test in London. Alcatel-Lucent and BT have reported that speeds of 1.4 terabits per second were achieved during a joint test – enough to send...
View ArticleGlobal pay-TV subs to top 1.1bn
ABI Research’s latest Pay TV ARPU and Revenues Market Data report has found that worldwide pay-TV market reached 903.3 million subscribers in 2013, generating $249.8 billion in service revenue. IPTV...
View ArticleCom Hem looks to IPO?
Com Hem backer BC Partners is looking towards an IPO for the operator, according to reports. Discussions between Com Hem and the London private-equity firm are said to be at an early stage, with BC yet...
View ArticleLiberty Global/Ziggo: €10bn deal
Cable MSO Liberty Global is acquire Dutch cable operator Ziggo in a stock and cash transaction valuing Ziggo at approximately €10 billion. In addition, Liberty Global also announced that its Board of...
View ArticleAll-star consortium to construct new AAE cable system
PCCW Global, an international operating division of HKT, the Hong Kong telco, and 16 other prominent service providers around the world have come together to construct a new and unique high capacity...
View ArticleOfcom to ensure value for money in pay-TV, broadband
Ofcom has outlined its programme of work to ensure that consumers receive value for money and a good quality of service from their communications providers. While customer satisfaction with...
View ArticleComcast halts sub losses
US cable giant Comcast has revealed that profits soared 26 per cent in Q4 2013, and that it had finally put the brakes on a trend of customer losses. For the three months ended December 31st, Comcast...
View ArticleNew patented method for broadband delivery
DTVCast, a developer of wireless broadband technology, has been granted a patent that enhances the use of UHF broadcast TV spectrum for high speed broadband and content delivery services. Through the...
View ArticlePirate Bay ban lifted in Netherlands
A Dutch court has informed local internet service providers that they can restore access to The Pirate Bay after being ordered in 2011 to block Internet addresses linked to the notorious file-sharing...
View ArticleGlobal TV market revenue up 23% by 2018
IDATE has published the latest edition of its “TV and new video services market” report and database, delivering key data on this ever-changing market. At a time when video has become pervasive across...
View ArticleBT boosted by sports channels
BT’s sales and profits have risen, driven by record broadband demand and its new sports channels. The telco reported pre-tax profits of £617 million for the last three months of 2013, on revenues of...
View ArticleOno reaches record numbers
Spanish cable group Ono has revealed that it closed 2013 with a total of 5,234,000 services. In the high-speed segment, Ono added 31.000 new clients in the quarter, reaching a total 811,000. Over 7,000...
View ArticleIndia’s Hathway switches off 200,000 cable subs
Indian cable TV giant Hathway Cable & Datacom were forced to switch off some 200,000 set-top boxes in the Bengaluru region because the home-owners had failed to complete their all-important...
View ArticleTalkTalk adds 175k TV subs, extends Sky deal
UK quad-play operator TalkTalk added 175,000 TV customers in its 2013/14 Q3, according to its Q3 Interim Management Statement. The additional numbers take the viewing base to 732,000. TalkTalk also...
View ArticleOrange and Aethra test FTTdp in Warsaw
Orange Polska is working with Aethra Telecommunications to test the possibilities offered by the Fibre-to-the-Distribution-Point (FTTdp) technology. The FTTdp architecture is based on the concept of...
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