Spain Digital Dividend delay cost €9m a month
The Spanish government will reportedly have to pay the telco operators Telefonica, Vodafone and Orange at least €9 million a month (€300,000 a day) if it fails to release the 800 Mhz frequencies by...
View ArticleDTT drives LatAm digital TV
Digital TV is finally taking off in Latin America – from only 18.1 per cent penetration of TV households at end-2010 to just over the halfway mark by end-2014 and onto 94.5 per cent by 2020, according...
View ArticleKroes: ‘Specialised services don’t threaten open Internet’
Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, has written to members of the European Parliament in advance of its vote on the EC’s Connected Continent regulation. If adopted, the European...
View ArticleSpecialist groups urged EU Parliament net neutrality support
The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) and the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) encouraged the European Parliament to support net neutrality in advance if its April 3rd...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament passes telecoms reform package
The European Parliament has voted to adopt the EC’s Connected Continent package, albeit with some fundamental amendments. Although welcomed by European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes, who said...
View ArticleAsianet selects Cisco DOCSIS 3.0
Asianet has selected Cisco to deploy DOCSIS 3.0, a next-generation cable broadband network that is a key component of the Cisco IP NGN architecture. This technology increases upstream and downstream...
View ArticleAmerican Cable Association backs Aereo
The American Cable Association (ACA) has become the the latest trade body to come out in support of Internet TV streaming service Aereo in the forthcoming copyright action to be heard in the US Supreme...
View ArticleZon Optimus launches satellite-based convergent offer
Portuguese operator Zon Optimus has launched Zon4i Satélite, a quadruple-play offer for satellite subscribers, that complements the existing offers on cable and fibre. Pay-TV, Internet, fixed voice and...
View ArticleProfessional video market grows 52%
Culminating a dramatic six-year period of growth, the global market for professional broadcast equipment and services reached $63 billion in 2013, up 52 per cent from $41 billion in 2007, according to...
View ArticleVivendi accepts €17bn Altice/Numericable SFR bid
Vivendi has confirmed that its Supervisory Board has decided unanimously to accept a bid from Altice/Numericable for its SFR mobile unit. The definitive acceptance follows a mutually-agreed exclusive...
View ArticleArgentina: Pay-TV market sees significant growth
LAMAC, the entity that represents 49 pay-TV channels, has published a report showing significant growth in Argentina’s pay-TV market during the past year, and for the penetration percentage in...
View ArticleOrbitcom partners with SES Broadband
SES Broadband Services has signed an agreement with German Internet Service Provider Orbitcom to market its Astra Connect service. Provided via Ka-band capacity on the recently launched SES’s satellite...
View ArticleBroadband in rural areas still inadequate
Nearly 50 per cent of people experience problems with their Internet at least once a day, research has revealed. The figure paints a worrying picture of the UK’s rural broadband provision. In total,...
View ArticleBroker downgrades BT on TV and competition fears
Global investment management firm Sanford C Bernstein has downgraded BT, saying it may over-spend on TV sports rights and face more competition from rival Virgin Media. Bernstein, which reduced BT to...
View ArticleIPTV subs up 21% in 2013
Year-end figures for broadband and IPTV, published by the Broadband Forum, show a slowing but steady growth in broadband subscribers with some significant trends in technology and regional growth in...
View ArticleInmarsat brings Hollywood to the high seas
The latest Hollywood blockbusters will soon be available to commercial shipping companies across the world, delivered directly to vessels at sea via Inmarsat’s global satellite network. Inmarsat and NT...
View ArticleChina: Sumavision partners with Hunan
Beijing-based digital video and IPTV system provider Sumavision has signed an agreement with Hunan Cable TV Network Group, a subsidiary of Hunan TV & Broadcast Intermediary, that will see the two...
View ArticleHome Network penetration to surpass 33%
Worldwide home network penetration is expected to climb from 24.8 per cent in 2013 to 33.2 per cent by 2018. Growth is driven by the continued spread of broadband services and demand for multiscreen...
View ArticleTelecom Italia to offer Sky TV to broadband subs
Sky and Telecom Italia have agreed a deal that will allow Telecom Italia customers to access the entire Sky Italia television offer through its ultra-broadband networks, using a My Sky HD decoder...
View ArticleCASBAA hosts Cable TV seminar in Taiwan
Taiwan’s plans to restructure its regulation of the cable-TV industry were the focus of a day-long seminar in Taipei on April 8th before 100 industry leaders, government officials, academics and...
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