SWISSCOM carriage for TRACE
International brand and media group TRACE has signed its first carriage deal with Swisscom. The distribution agreement will include TRACE Urban SD & HD, an international Hip-Hop and R&B music...
View ArticleTelecom Italia denies Brazil move
Telecom Italia put out a stock exchange statement Sept 17 firmly denying reports that its Brazilian subsidiary was interested in buying Oi, a Brazilian telco and satellite broadcaster. The filing...
View ArticleCSA extends TDF’s B2M trial
French TV regulator CSA has extended until March 2015 the authorisation for TDF to trial DTT broadcasts of service B2M (Broadcast Mobile Multimedia) using DVB-T. TDF broadcasts the service from the...
View ArticleINTX replaces Cable Show
To bring together the world of entertainment, communications and the Internet, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) announced that INTX: the Internet and Television Expo will...
View ArticleTelefonica and Cisco partner for advanced network
Telefonica and Cisco have joined forces to set up an advanced testing platform to jointly explore and capitalise on the benefits of converged IP and optical networks. Both companies aim at improving...
View ArticleTelefónica finalises €4.7bn GVT acquisition
Telefónica and Vivendi have signed the final agreement for the sale of Global Village Telecom, GVT, to Telefónica, a move that reinforces the Spanish telco’s leadership in Brazil, and is expected to...
View ArticleBT Sport Extra red button
BT Sport viewers are set to benefit from more top flight TV programming following the launch of its BT Sport Extra ‘red button’ service in the UK and Ireland, this weekend. BT Sport Extra will be on...
View ArticleTelefónica to launch 1 Gbps symmetrical service
Responding to Vodafone and Orange’s respective acquisitions of ONO and Jazztel, Telefónica is putting more pressure on the Spanish market with the forthcoming launch of 200 Mbps symmetrical services...
View ArticleHalf the world online by 2017
Over 50 per cent of the global population will have Internet access within three years’ time, with mobile broadband over smartphones and tablets now the fastest growing technology in human history,...
View ArticleChile’s VTR selects ARRIS
VTR GlobalCom has chosen ARRIS Group’s E6000 Converged Edge Router (CER) to grow its network and offer enhanced high-speed broadband services. The E6000 CER also enables VTR concurrently to reduce its...
View ArticleAurora boosts cablecos’ RoI
Aurora Networks, a Pace company, and developer and manufacturer of advanced, next-generation Optical Transport and Access Network solutions for broadband networks that support the convergence of video,...
View ArticleSpain: Telcos to pay for 4G interference
Spanish telcos will have to pay the bill for any 4G interference in the transmission of DTT from January 1st when the DTT migration to another frequencies band is completed. The Government has made...
View ArticleMENA anti-piracy operation grows
The Middle East’s Broadcast Satellite Anti-Piracy Coalition, meeting in Cairo, say that their organisation has grown by six new members, including Rotana, ART, IAA, the Egyptian Chamber of Commerce,...
View ArticlePCCW’s Berriman: Broadband at core of quad-play success
According to Paul Berriman, Chief Technology Officer at Hong Kong’s PCCW, the telco’s 12-year broadband strategy with fibre broadband at its core has enabled it to achieve Number One status across its...
View ArticleClouds gather. Shift Happens.
SCTE Denver. Shifts Happen was the pithy up sum on how cable has to keep on keeping up with every new innovation that tries to eat its lunch. It was provided by retiring Time Warner Cable CTO Mike...
View ArticleBT: Fibre fundamental to TV launch
Clive Selley, Chief Executive Officer BT Technology, Service and Operations, has admitted that the telco’s “bold bet” on investing in a large-scale fibre roll-out was fundamental to its launch of TV...
View ArticleFries: Netflix a great lesson
Mike Fries, CEO of Liberty Global, says he and Reed Hastings are far from enemies, no, “Netflix has taught us all a great lesson; all we were missing was a great app, that gives a great experience...
View ArticleSES eyes German broadband market
SES Broadband Services is expanding its relationship with Orbitcom to boost sales of its Astra Connect for German potential Internet and broadband communities. SES says that the new deal follows...
View Articleupc cablecom acquires Komtech Group
The owners of Komtech Group, parent company of Telekabel Arbon, Schefer and Grischa Vision, have confirmed they are selling 100 per cent of their shares to upc cablecom. The three cable networks have...
View ArticleNetwork upgrades improve ISP, TV performance and reliability
The number of performance quality, reliability and connection speed problems has declined from last year as TV and Internet service providers (ISP) continue to upgrade their networks to newer...
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