HGI, BBF talk device template for smart home
HGI and Broadband Forum (BBF) will discuss, during a Smart Home Task Force meeting of HGI, recommendations for a universal template which will facilitate interworking between home devices and smart...
View ArticleBouygues increases SFR bid
Bouygues has boosted the cash portion of its offer for Vivendi’s SFR to €11.3 billion as it seeks to top a competing bid from cable billionaire Patrick Drahi that’s less likely to run into regulatory...
View ArticleTiVo tops 2.5m subs in Europe
Advanced television entertainment market specialist TiVo has surpassed 2.5 million subscribers across Europe as consumers in the UK, Spain and Sweden quickly embrace the TiVo experience offered by...
View ArticleAnalyst: ‘Bar of gold’ for Central European cable investors
Strong growth in the cable industry will continue in 2014 and beyond, participants at Day 2 of Cable Europe’s 2014 Cable Congress were told. Cable customers have overwhelmingly embraced digital TV...
View ArticleMediaPro hits DEN Networks with 72 channel threat
India’s MediaPro content aggregator has told cable MSO DEN Networks saying that it will close down at least 72 major entertainment channels unless DEN pays up for past subscriptions and properly...
View ArticleVodafone/KDG integration begins April 1
In the midst of reports that it has agreed to acquire Spanish cable MSO ONO for €7.2 billion, Vodafone Group has announced that its indirect German subsidiary, Vodafone Vierte Verwaltungs AG, has...
View ArticleVodafone buys ONO for €7.2bn
Vodafone and ONO are understood have reached an agreement that will see the British company acquire the cable group for €7.2 billion, including €3.4 billion of debt. Both companies are now finalising...
View ArticleMobistar selects Alpha Networks
Alpha Networks, an expert in software for pay-TV, and Mobistar announced that the Belgian telecommunications operator has selected the integrated operational and business support system solution from...
View ArticleLayer3 TV raises $21m in funding
Describing itself as a ‘next generation cable provider’, Boston-based start-up Layer3 TV has raised $21 million in Series A financing. The funding was co-led by North Bridge Venture Partners and...
View ArticleFirst overall subs loss for US pay-TV ops
The latest findings from the Leichtman Research Group (LRG) reveal that the thirteen largest multi-channel video providers in the US – representing about 94 per cent of the market – lost about 105,000...
View ArticleSpain: Consolidation draws new telco map
ONO’s acquisition by Vodafone and other envisaged mergers are set to change the face of the Spanish telco market, with three large groups – Telefonica, Vodafone and Orange dominating the business....
View ArticleONO: ‘Solid 2013′
As news headlines concentrated on its possible IPO or sale to Vodafone, Spanish quad play operator ONO has released its Full Year 2013 results, which it described as ‘solid’. It also confirmed it is...
View ArticleSES tops 290m worldwide reach
Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES says that its global reach, as at the end of 2013, is now 291 million TV homes. Expressed as individuals then SES suggests the total number viewing one of more...
View ArticlePrimacom buys DTK
German operator PrimaCom has bought DTK Deutsche Telekabel, with its 270,000 subscribers. DTK has small networks in Berlin, Hamburg, Essen, and a few smaller cities. With the acquisition, PrimaCom has...
View ArticleSES: “Multiple 4K channels over Europe by 2016”
Satellite operator SES, unveiling its latest viewership numbers in London March 18, also said that it anticipated Ultra-HDTV satellite transmissions would make their debut appearances over Europe by...
View ArticleLatAm: Millicom launches Tigo Star
Millicom has unveiled Tigo Star, its new brand to propel take-up of its broadband, cable and pay-TV services. Tigo Star will launch in Paraguay this week with launches in El Salvador and Costa Rica on...
View ArticleFirst full-year drop for US multichannel subs
The US multichannel segment posted its first full-year decline in subscriptions, according to SNL Kagan estimates for cable, DBS and telco offerings at the end of 2013. While seasonally driven...
View ArticleVM’s Mockridge: ‘Better placed to meet customer demands’
Tom Mockridge, CEO of UK quad play operator Virgin Media, has suggested the company is now better placed to meet the demands of customers who are demanding greater bandwidth to enable consumption of...
View ArticleUK consumer body: ‘Guarantee broadband speed’
UK consumer publication Which? is calling on broadband providers to give customers the speed and service they pay for as new Which? research finds that around three in five (63 per cent) people...
View ArticleNetflix’s Hastings calls for stronger net neutrality
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has urged regulators and consumers to fight for stronger net neutrality rules, confirming that he paid Comcast for a deal to stream Netflix content more quickly and stating...
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