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Academics urge FTC net neutrality action

A group of US academics, under the auspices of the International Center for Law and Economics, has urged the nation’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to warn the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...

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ITU approves G.fast standard

ITU members have confirmed final approval of G.fast, the new ITU broadband standard designed to deliver access speeds of up to 1Gbit/s over existing telephone wires. The ITU suggests the standard...

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Broadband CPE shipments to reach 151.9m

Worldwide broadband customer premise equipment (CPE) shipments are expected to reach 151.9 million by the end of 2014, according to findings from ABI Research. “The residential gateway segment...

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Ubee selects Ikanos for next-gen multi-mode gateway products

Ikanos Communications, a provider of advanced broadband semiconductor and software products for the connected home, has extended its partnership with Ubee Interactive, a global provider of broadband...

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Envivio upgrades head-end Guru

Software-based video processing and delivery solutions specialist Envivio has introduced a new option for its Guru head-end monitoring solution  – a new ‘service-oriented’ approach to monitoring that...

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Vodafone Spain-Ono to axe 1,000 jobs

Vodafone Spain is reportedly set to dismiss 1,000 workers over the coming months as a result of its acquisition of Spanish cable provider Ono earlier this year. Combined the two companies currently...

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Bewkes “OTT HBO will open a new audience”

Time Warner chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes says HBO’s OTT channel will open up the premium channel not only to the 10 million broadband-only homes in the country, but will attract many of the 70 million...

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Liberty, Searchlight acquire Choice Cable TV

Liberty Global has announced that, together with investment funds affiliated with Searchlight Capital Partners, it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100 per cent of the parent of Puerto Rico...

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Ofcom: ‘UK has strong Internet economy’

The UK’s Internet economy is one of the strongest in the world, driven by record online advertising, spending and entertainment consumption, new figures from Ofcom reveal. The country also leads the...

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UK pay-TV customer satisfaction highest

Levels of satisfaction with the customer service of landline, broadband, mobile and pay TV providers have been reported in new Ofcom research. Over 6,000 consumers were interviewed as part of the...

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Taipei hosts Broadband Forum as Taiwan broadband penetration marches on

Meeting for the first time in Taipei, the Broadband Forum’s last quarterly meeting of 2014 this week turned into one of the highlights of the year as both the country and the region embraced the work...

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US subs avoiding costly bundling

New data from Marchex, a mobile advertising technology company, reinforces the perception that Americans are increasingly tending to ‘shave’ or ‘cut the cord’ with cable providers in order to stream...

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Australian NBN boosts roll-out via pay-TV

The roll-out of Australia’s National Broadband Network is set to accelerate following the acquisition of elements of pay-TV operator Optus’s hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) cable network. The agreement will...

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Tech majors urge no to Title II for broadband

With Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler on the verge of releasing new open Internet rules, 60 of America’s top technology companies have sent a letter to FCC Commissioners and...

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BT confirms exclusive EE negotiations

UK telco BT has announced that, further to its statement on 24 November 2014, it has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Deutsche Telekom and Orange in relation to BT’s possible acquisition of...

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Roku confirms Comcast HBO GO and Showtime Anytime

Streaming media platform Roku has confirmed that just in time for the holidays, Comcast has been added to the list of participating television providers that support HBO GO and Showtime Anytime on Roku...

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NBCUniversal launches TV Everywhere awareness campaign

NBCUniversal is launching an overarching cross-portfolio consumer marketing campaign spanning 14 cable networks and brands to bring awareness and engagement to the media and entertainment company’s TV...

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Homes set for Multi-Gigabit cable broadband

A successful first interoperability test for new cable DOCSIS 3.1 equipment means that the industry is on schedule to deliver multi-Gbps connections to the home. CableLabs – the non-profit research and...

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Ofcom: ‘UK has strong Internet economy’

The UK’s Internet economy is one of the strongest in the world, driven by record online advertising, spending and entertainment consumption, new figures from Ofcom reveal. The country also leads the...

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Taipei hosts Broadband Forum as Taiwan broadband penetration marches on

Meeting for the first time in Taipei, the Broadband Forum’s last quarterly meeting of 2014 this week turned into one of the highlights of the year as both the country and the region embraced the work...

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