TWC $99 Fan TV box
Last year Fanhattan unveiled its Fan TV box that vowed to put cable TV on the same level as Internet streaming services, but with the twist that cable TV providers would be the ones to sell it....
View ArticleAkamai: Peak connection speeds up 38%
Akamai Technologies, a provider of cloud services for delivering, optimising and securing online content and business applications, has released its Fourth Quarter, 2013 State of the Internet Report....
View Article7.6m US homes considered cord-cutters
With the explosion of smartphones and digital tablets and the steady rise of Internet-connected televisions, gaming consoles, etc, consumers are increasingly watching streaming or downloaded video when...
View ArticleVirginia Lee to head Cable Europe comms
Cable Europe, the trade association representing all leading broadband cable TV operators and their national associations throughout Europe, has appointed seasoned broadcast public affairs executive...
View ArticleFCC: ISPs can charge for speed
The Federal Communications Commission has said it will propose new rules to allow content companies such as Disney, Google or Netflix to pay ISPs like Comcast and Verizon for faster lanes to send video...
View ArticleTWC “pleasing Q1” as Comcast merger looms
Time Warner Cable has reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2014. Cable Chief Executive Officer Rob Marcus said: “Our residential subscriber growth was the best in five years...
View ArticleNetflix for US cable via TiVo
Following Netflix’s suggestion earlier this week that it planned to build on its successful integrations with European cable operators by launching its first US cable tie-ins, details have emerged of...
View ArticleComcast, Charter agree cable sell-offs
Further to reports that a range of divestitures would take place between US cable MSOs to lessen regulatory concerns over the planned Comcast/Time Warner cable merger, Comcast and Charter...
View ArticleTelefonica’s fibre optic free for ADSL subs
Telefonica’s assault on the broadband market continues with a new move that allows all current Movistar ADSL 10 Mbps customers to migrate to the Movistar Fibre 10 Mbps offering free of charge where...
View ArticleLiberty bid for Ziggo facing lengthy review
Liberty Global’s bid for Dutch cable group Ziggo is likely to face a lengthy inspection from European Union antitrust regulators due to the complex issues involved, according to reports. The extensive...
View ArticleANGA COM 2014: Countdown to the Broadband and Media Summit
The countdown is on: From 20 to 22 May the ANGA COM Exhibition and Congress for Broadband, Cable & Satellite will take place in Cologne / Germany. There will be 450 exhibitors and the event, now in...
View ArticleFormosa Plastics buys Taiwan Cable Network
Formosa Plastics Group has agreed to acquire a medium-size cable-television network in Taiwan from Swedish private-equity fund EQT Partners, in what will be the latest exit of foreign investors from an...
View ArticleConfusion over ‘banned’ satellite launches
On April 28 we reported that certain commercial satellite launches were under threat of being cancelled because of the growing crisis with Russia in regard to the political situation in the Ukraine. In...
View ArticleNetflix peering deal with Verizon
Netflix may not like its peering deal with Comcast, but now it is entering a similar partnership with Verizon. Netflix said: ‘We have reached an interconnect arrangement with Verizon that we hope will...
View ArticleVyve Broadband announces channel changes
Vyve Broadband is implementing the first step in its TV Revolution campaign to shake up the way TV content is delivered to its customers. Vyve has announced sweeping changes to its programming choices,...
View ArticleUnitymedia KabelBW upgrades with Ciena
Unitymedia KabelBW is deploying Ciena’s CIEN coherent optical transport platform to upgrade its backbone network. This will allow Unitymedia KabelBW to reduce operating costs and latency and also...
View ArticleHuawei continues mobile modem dominance
Mobile broadband modems and hotspot router shipments fell 21 per cent year-over-year to nearly 73 million units, as the impact of the declining PC market finally began to bite. USB modem sticks and...
View ArticleComcast enhances X1 platform
Comcast has revealed that customers of its X1 triple-play service will soon be able to live stream personal video from their mobile devices, over the Internet, directly to the television. The new...
View ArticleTiVo tops 4.5m subs
TiVo has revealed it has more than 4.5 million subs (including TiVo’s retail TiVo-Owned and pay-TV subscriptions) who are now enjoying the TiVo experience, surpassing the previous record number of 4.45...
View ArticleBT Sport free for another season
Millions of UK homes will be able to watch BT Sport for free for another season following BT’s decision to continue offering the channels for free to new and re-contracting BT Broadband customers. BT...
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