Com Hem: 30% of subs have TiVo
Swedish cable television firm Com Hem has posted first-quarter core profit in line with market expectations. The firm reported Q1 revenue of SEK 1.228 billion, an increase of 9.2 per cent over the...
View ArticleSwisscom Q1 revenue up, profit down
In the first quarter of 2015, Swisscom’s net revenue increased by CHF 72 million (€69.4m) or 2.6 per cent year-on-year to CHF 2,893 million. Adjusted for company acquisitions and on the basis of...
View ArticleTelecom Argentina entering pay-TV market?
Telecom Argentina has issued notice to the county’s Stock Exchange and the National Securities Commission that it is considering entering the local pay-TV and audiovisual sector. It says it will hold...
View ArticlePlusnet adds Youview service
UK ISP Plusnet has revealed details for its connected TV service. The broadband provider has been trialing TV services for several months, and now has followed BT and TalkTalk’s lead by offering a...
View ArticleBT Sport to launch “FTA version”
John Petter, head of BT’s consumer division, has revealed that the company plans to launch a FTA version of BT Sport. Since its launch in August 2013 BT Sport has been free for its broadband...
View ArticleBT lifted by broadband, football rights
BT has reported a 14 per cent rise in annual profits, claiming it is outpacing its rivals in winning new broadband customers. Pre-tax profit rose to £2.645 billion for the year to the end of March but...
View ArticleBelgacom Q1 better-than-expected
Belgacom reported better-than-expected core profit for the first quarter, as profit margins in its fixed and mobile businesses expanded. The Belgian telco, which offers services consumers under the...
View ArticleVirgin Media trebles Q1 income
Virgin Media’s broadband subscriber numbers have increased from 4,625,800 in the previous quarter, to 4,969,700 in the first quarter of this year (40,200 of which are still on ADSL rather than cable0 –...
View ArticleTata and China Telecom team up
Tata Communications has unveiled its new video network partnership with China Telecom Global to enable and manage media content for customers in China and globally. The partnership, which began with...
View Article1 in 3 would rather “lose a finger than broadband”
One in three say they would rather lose a finger than go without a connection to the internet, according to a survey of 2,500 UK residents by broadband, TV and mobile comparison site Cable.co.uk. When...
View ArticleNetflix absorbs 21% of traffic in Argentina
The impact of OTT content provider Netflix is having a dramatic affect on cable MSOs in Argentina. Fibertel, the broadband division of Cablevisión Argentina, says that 21 per cent of its online video...
View ArticleDish reports $3.7bn Q1 revenue
Dish Network reported revenue totaling $3.7 billion for the quarter ending March 31st, compared to $3.6 billion (€3.3bn) for the corresponding period in 2014. Net income attributable to DISH Network...
View ArticleAnalyst: Retail OTT STBs to overtake Telco IPTV
Global shipments of of OTT STBs sold at retail – including Apple TV, Chromecast and Roku boxes – will overtake shipments of IPTV STBs used for pay-TV services in 2015, according to a new report from...
View ArticleAltice reports strong Q1
Altice, the Luxembourg-based telco, has reported a 3.3 per cent drop in pro forma revenues for its first quarter to March 31st, to €3.26 billion. Although turnover from international operations rose...
View ArticleTele Columbus: “IPO a success”
Tele Columbus Group, the third largest German cable network operator, started the financial year 2015 with gains in all relevant key figures. Revenues grew by 2.2 per cent year on year to €53.6 million...
View ArticleBT TV complaints down, still 5x average
Ofcom has pubished data on the volumes of consumer complaints made against major providers of telecoms and pay-TV services. The reports cover the nine months from April to December 2014. Over this...
View ArticleTime spent online doubles in a decade
People are spending twice as much time online compared to 10 years ago, fuelled by increasing use of tablets and smartphones, according to Ofcom research. Ofcom’s Media Use and Attitudes 2015 report...
View ArticleDeutsche Telekom “investments paying off”
Deutsche Telekom has reported a quarterly profit helped by its US operations and the weak euro. EBITDA excluding special items rose to €4.57 billion. Profit was helped by €175 million from an...
View ArticleSatellite TV revenues to overtake cable
Satellite TV [DTH or DBS] revenues will overtake total cable TV revenues in 2015, according to Digital TV Research. Covering 138 countries, the Digital TV World Revenue Forecasts report estimates that...
View ArticleQuad-play demand drives TalkTalk growth
UK comms provider TalkTalk has reported a strong year of growth driven by more customers choosing bundled ‘quad–play’ phone, broadband, TV and mobile packages. In the last 12 months, over a million TV,...
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