Virgin Media strong Q2
Virgin Media, the UK cable operator has published preliminary unaudited operating and financial information for the three months ended June 30th 2014. Highlights include - Rebased revenue increased 3...
View ArticleObama: Beware of Internet fast lane
US President Barack Obama has warned about “big, wealthy media companies” providing differentiated Internet service depending on the ability to pay, suggesting that could stifle innovation. The...
View ArticleDeutsche Telekom “reaps the rewards”
Deutsche Telekom has reported that earnings rose sharply in Q2, driven by the strong performance of its US subsidiary. “It’s harvest time for Deutsche Telekom on both sides of the Atlantic,” the group...
View ArticleAMC Networks Q2 up 37%
US cable TV network AMC Networks has reported a 37 per cent rise in quarterly revenue as its international business got a boost from its purchase of Chellomedia. Net income from continuing operations...
View ArticleSuperfast broadband reaches 1m UK homes and businesses
The UK government’s rollout of superfast broadband has now reached more than 1 million homes and businesses across the UK. The £1.7 billion nationwide rollout is firmly on track to extend superfast...
View ArticleCablevision takes on Viacom
Cablevision, the 8th-largest cable TV company in the USA, is again locked into a bitter dispute with Viacom in the latest of a long line of carriage disputes the company has had with content providers....
View ArticleUS pay-TV subs remain resilient
Pay-TV subscriber numbers in the US remain relatively resilient despite rising costs to customers and the growth of alternative online video subscription services, according to the latest findings from...
View ArticleNetgear powers cable gateway for Telstra
Netgear, a global networking company, and Telstra, Australia’s largest telco, have deployed the Netgear DOCSIS 3.0 AC1900 Cable Data Gateway (C6300BD) for the new Telstra Gateway Max. The companies say...
View ArticleLiberty might settle for 80% of Ziggo
Liberty Global has filed an updated prospectus on its takeover bid for Dutch cable operator Ziggo. It includes the company’s Q2 results, certain financial information relating to Liberty Global and...
View ArticleUS lags Europe in Netflix Speed Index
Netflix has added July data to its ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. Among the countries tracked in...
View ArticleOnline supplements traditional pay-TV
Recent findings from Hub Entertainment Research suggest that pay-TV customers pick and choose online sources to supplement- rather than replace – the content they get from their cable, satellite, or...
View ArticleViaSat blasts high-demand downloads
Broadband satellite operator ViaSat is removing all limits to its top-of-the-range ‘Exede’ high-speed Internet service. ViaSat’s ‘Freedom’ scheme allows users up to 150 GBs of data per month without...
View ArticleSmart home systems spend to double by 2019
Spending on smart home systems and services in the US will hit $18 billion in 2014 and more than double to $39 billion by 2019 according to Strategy Analytics’ Smart Home Strategies forecast. Apple,...
View ArticleOlympusat launches 7 networks with Liberty Cablevision
Olympusat, the owner and distributor of independent Spanish-language TV networks, including 35+ HD networks, announces its distribution deal with Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico. The cable company...
View ArticleUS: 385,000 add broadband in Q2
Leichtman Research Group has found that the seventeen largest cable and telephone providers in the US — representing about 93 per cent of the market — acquired nearly 385,000 net additional high-speed...
View ArticleTelevisa takes 100% of Cablecom
Mexico’s dominant broadcaster Televisa, has confirmed that it has now acquired 100% of the equity interest of Grupo Cable TV (Cablecom). The move follows its August 2013 acquisition of a 51 per cent...
View ArticleBroadband equipment passes $2bn in Q2
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released vendor market share and preliminary analysis from its Q2 2014 for PON, FTTH, and DSL Aggregation Equipment and Subscribers report. “Operators...
View ArticleNetflix confirms TWC payment
Netflix has confirmed it is paying another US cable provider to guarantee better bandwidth for its subscribers. Netflix said: “We reached an agreement with Time Warner Cable in June and began the...
View ArticleItaly passes 0.5m fibre in H1
Italy exceeded 500,000 optical fibre subscribers (FTTH and FTTC) at the end of June 2014, representing nearly a 50 per cent growth on the end of 2013, based on data published by the operators. In its...
View ArticleDISH warns of Comcast/TWC merger ‘harms’
Citing irreparable harm to competition and consumers, DISH Network has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deny the merger of Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable. The petition to...
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