Senator urges close scrutiny of AT&T/DirecTV deal
US Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) has urged key federal regulators to take a close look at AT&T’s proposed acquisition of DirecTV and determine if the deal is in consumers’ best interests. In a...
View ArticleTaj TV issues ‘cease & desist’ on Hathway Cable
By Chris Forrester Subhash Chandra-backed Taj TV has told India’s giant MSO Hathway Cable & Datacom to stop retransmission of channels it is distributing. The notice applies to all ZEEL channels,...
View ArticleWorld Cup causes streaming delays
Inevitably when a few million people attempt to hook up to a single programme there will be hiccups. The recent semi-finals and final of the FIFA World Cup have won massive ratings for ESPN, Hispanic...
View ArticleCom Hem Q2 boosted by TiVo
Swedish cable television operator Com Hem has posted a 3.5 per cent rise in Q2 core profit and predicted mid-single digit sales growth in 2014. Com Hem said profit before interest, tax, depreciation,...
View ArticleComcast: ‘For a free and open Internet’
As the initial consultation period for the FCC’s proposed net neutrality rules comes to a close, major players are making their voices heard, with Comcast filing its comments in the proceeding. David...
View ArticleNet giants weigh in on neutrality debate
The Internet Association – which represents the interests of a number of leading Internet companies – has submitted its comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging Commissioners to...
View ArticleLiquid Telecom, Eutelsat extend relationship
Liquid Telecom, a data, voice and IP provider in Africa, is stepping up resources leased from Eutelsat Communications to meet increasing demand for IP connectivity from a broad portfolio of clients...
View ArticleJamaica: Digicel acquires Telstar network
Digicel has reached an agreement with Telstar Cable Limited to acquire its cable and fibre network in Jamaica. On completion, which is subject to approval by the Broadcasting Commission, Digicel will...
View ArticleMajor UK copyright awareness initiative
Representatives from the UK’s creative industries and major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have joined forces with the support of government to launch Creative Content UK, a new partnership that...
View ArticleVerizon speed boost for content sharing
Recognising that people are sharing content on the Internet more than ever, with the trend expected to continue, US telco Verizon has confirmed that its FiOS residential customers will receive upload...
View ArticleWurl, ARRIS launch ARRIS Market platform
ARRIS and Wurl have announced the launch of ARRIS Market – a new open platform for cable operators combining OTT content with traditional programming services on ARRIS set-tops. The platform is...
View ArticleMobile and Internet ‘essential’ to UK consumers
UK consumers believe that they can’t do without the Internet and mobile phones, Ofcom research reveals. The media regulator examined which communications services UK consumers consider ‘essential’ in...
View ArticleComcast Q2 income up 15%
Comcast Q2 income rose 15 per cent to nearly $2 billion as it added high-speed Internet customers at a faster pace than a year ago and video subscriber losses moderated. High-speed Internet customers...
View ArticleDeutsche Glasfaser selects Genexis’ Hybrid
Deutsche Glasfaser, the largest independent open access fibre network operator active in Germany, has selected FTTH home gateway supplier Genexis for the delivery of Gigabit fibre gateways. Deutsche...
View ArticleArquiva wins EIB infrastructure funding
Europe’s long-term lending institution, the European Investment Bank, has agreed to provide £190 million (€240m) to support investment by Arqiva in a range of new critical national infrastructure...
View ArticleTalkTalk hits 1.1m pay-TV subs
TalkTalk has reported 1.1 million customers for its budget pay-TV service, adding 185,000 in the most recent quarter. The telco, which relaunched its TV offering with a YouView box last year is now the...
View ArticleBBC explains iPlayer outage
Richard Cooper, the BBC’s Controller of Digital Distribution for BBC Future Media, has posted a blog explaining the background to the serious incident over the weekend which impacted BBC iPlayer, BBC...
View Articleupc fibre available to 2m homes
Following the completion of the glass fibre optic cable network in Ticino, Switzerland, more than 2 million connected households can now benefit from upc cablecom’s modern information superhighway....
View ArticleNetflix on international charge
Analysis of Netflix subscriber data by pay-TV analysis firm Digital TV Research backs up comments made by CEO Reed Hastings on Netflix’s Q2 Earnings Call that there is a growing demand for control and...
View ArticleAltice raises Numericable stake to 74.6%
Investment fund Altice has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Altice France is acquiring a 34.6 per cent stake in French cable telco Numericable Group from Carlyle Cable Investments and CCI...
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