ONO profits and subs climb
ONO, Spain’s largest cable company, is performing well despite the economic crisis – reporting a profit of €52 million, up 3.9 per cent in comparison with the previous year. Total revenues amounted to...
View ArticleFibre optic test equipment in demand
The increasing number of fibre cable network deployments has spurred demand for fibre optic test equipment (FOTE) globally. fibre optic communication is quickly becoming the future of network and...
View ArticleFiOS forcing rethink on cable bundle fees?
There could be a major restructuring of cable carriage fees in store. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Verizon is already in discussions with some channel owners about adjusting their fees to...
View ArticleIt’s just TV, now make it pay
It’s that time of year again and the industry is gathering in London for the TV Connect event. This is the latest iteration of what was founded as the IPTV World Forum, and the more generic name...
View ArticleMagyar Telekom deploys Appear TV head ends
Appear TV, a global provider of next-generation head-ends for broadcast and IP television, has announced that Magyar Telekom, whose major owner is Deutsche Telekom, has selected Appear TV head ends to...
View ArticleUS multi-channel video providers add 170,000 subs
Research from broadband, media and entertainment industries analysis firm Leichtman Research Group indicates that the thirteen largest multi-channel video providers in the US – representing about 94...
View ArticleLiberty confirms Charter investment
Continuing Liberty Media Chairman John Malone’s recent spree of broadband cable investment, Charter Communications, the fourth-largest US cable MSO, and Liberty Media Corporation have confirmed that...
View ArticleUtah Scientific 4K routing switcher
Utah Scientific, a specilaist in routing and master control switchers, has unveiled a major extension of the Utah-100/UDS routing switcher family with a new range of routing switchers offering 6 Gbps...
View ArticleBroadpeak, AirTies tie in
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) technologies and VoD servers for cable, IPTV, OTT, and hybrid TV operators worldwide, has announced a new collaboration with AirTies Wireless...
View ArticleSunrise Telecom adds OAM and MPLS-TP capabilities to
Sunrise Telecom Incorporated, a provider of test, monitoring and workflow management solutions for cable, telecom, wireless operators, and equipment manufacturers, today announced the addition of OAM...
View ArticleWasu Media selects Envivio
Wasu Media Group, a cable and new media service provider in Huangzhou province, China, has selected Envivio Muse transcoders on the 4Caster appliance for its cable and multi-screen services. Today, the...
View ArticleIndia gets tough on encryption
India’s Information & Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) says cable MSOs, now beginning to make progress with digitisation of its signals, must also fully embrace the obligatory encryption of signals...
View ArticleGenachowski quits FCC
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski has revealed he will be stepping down from his post in the coming weeks. Genachowski has led the FCC since 2009 during a time of rapid...
View ArticleHyperoptic offers 1Gb in UK
New ISP Hyperoptic is throwing down the gauntlet to the UK’s other broadband providers by offering home connections at one gigabit per second. The start-up claims its top-speed service is 10 times...
View ArticleHighspeed broadband for Highlands and Islands
Scottish communities across the Highlands and Islands are set to get access to high speed fibre broadband for the first time as part of £145.8 million (€180m) initiative. The project is being led by...
View ArticleEU proposes cheaper broadband rules
The European Commission has proposed new rules to cut by 30 per cent the cost of rolling out high-speed Internet. Civil engineering, such as the digging up of roads to lay fibre, accounts for up to 80...
View ArticleFTTH Council welcomes cost reduction measures
The FTTH Council Europe has welcomed the proposed cost reduction regulation to reduce the roll out of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) in Europe. The FTTH Council Europe has pledged to review the proposed text...
View ArticleVirgin ordered to drop “unlimited broadband” claims
BSkyB and BT have teamed up to force rival Virgin Media to drop an advert that claimed that its broadband is “unlimited”, after the advertising watchdog found that heavy users could find their download...
View ArticleNetgem profits stumble
Netgem’s current operating profit for 2012 amounted to €12.3 million (-3 per cent compared to 2011) or 15 per cent of full-year revenue of €81.2 million (-4 per cent compared to 2011). Gross margin for...
View ArticleCBS Acquires 50% of TVGuide channel
CBS and Lionsgate have entered into a 50/50 partnership for the US entertainment cable network TVGN and the website TVGuide.com. The basic cable network, available in more than 80 million homes, will...
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