MDA fines StarHub for cable disruption
The Media Development Authority (MDA) in Sinagpore has fined StarHub Cable Vision (SCV) S$50,000 for a cable television disruption on September 28th 2013. The incident, which started at around 12.40...
View ArticleVidiPath in 70% of US cable homes by 2020
The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) has released results from an ABI Research study on the anticipated impact of VidiPath Certified devices for subscription TV service delivery to interoperable...
View ArticleWeak Q1 for US pay-TV adds
Findings from broadband, media and entertainment industries analysis firm Leichtman Research Group (LRG) indicate that the thirteen largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent...
View ArticleBT competitors to gain ‘dark fibre’ access?
Ofcom has published a consultation on the Business Connectivity Market Review (BCMR), which examines competition in the market for leased lines – high speed data links that support UK businesses,...
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 ArticleFrance: TDF to test DVB-T2
The CSA, the French TV regulator, has given the green light to TDF to proceed with technical broadcasting changes regarding the current trial of DTT service B2M (Broadcast Mobile Multimedia). It is...
View ArticleNBCU gets Comcast STB data for ads
NBCUniversal unit is to get access to viewer data from parent Comcast’s set-top boxes. NBCU, made the revelation at an upfront presentation ad sales event for its cable entertainment networks. Until...
View ArticleUS cable adds 1.2m broadband subs in Q1
Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that the seventeen largest cable and telephone providers in the US – representing about 94 per cent of the market – acquired nearly 1.2 million net additional...
View ArticleKabel Deutschland profit €239m
Kabel Deutschland, Germany’s largest cable operator, has reported net profit of €239 million for the fiscal year ended March 31st 2015, compared to a net loss of €68 million in the previous fiscal...
View ArticleADB: solutions, software, services
Advanced Television travels to Geneva to talk to Peter Balchin, the CEO of ADB about its development as a Solutions, Software and Services provider for broadcasters, ISPs, service providers and a range...
View ArticleMobile data equivalent to 10bn Blu-rays by 2019
Research has forecast that mobile data traffic, generated by Smartphones, Featurephones and Tablets, will approach almost 197,000 PB (Petabytes) by 2019, equivalent to over 10 billion Blu-ray movies,...
View ArticleRecord DDoS attacks in Q1 2015
Akamai Technologies, a specialist in content delivery network (CDN) services, has released its Q1 2015 State of the Internet – Security Report. “In the Q1 2015 report, we’ve analysed thousands of...
View ArticleBT challenges Ofcom ‘margin squeeze’ test
BT says it will take Ofcom to a court over the watchdog’s decision to introduce restrictions on the wholesale price of superfast broadband. The telco has lodged an appeal with the Competition Appeals...
View ArticleAltice acquires Suddenlink
Following reports late on May 19th that it was in talks to make a US acquisition, multinational cable and telecommunications company Altice has confirmed that it has signed a definitive agreement to...
View ArticleTVbeat launches TV analytics in Croatia
TVbeat, the next generation TV analytics company delivering real-time TV audience measurement solutions has launched their Croatian dataset to broadcasters and agencies in Croatia. The launch means...
View ArticleTelekom Slovenije develops LTE/4G network solution
Telekom Slovenije, Slovenia’s integrated service provider of mobile and fixed communication services, has developed a solution to provide its users with internet, fixed telephone services, and...
View ArticleCanada: IPTV revenues $6.5bn in 2014
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has released statistical and financial information on Canadian terrestrial and satellite broadcast distribution companies for the year...
View ArticleSpain: Euskaltel merger with R and Telecable?
More concentration is set to take place in the Spanish cable market. The Basque Country-based company Euskaltel is seeking to merge with other big regional cable companies in the North of Spain, R in...
View ArticleUPC Poland Selects CoralTree’s CRM
CoralTree, a provider of convergent business support systems (BSS), has announced that UPC Poland, the largest cable television operator in Poland with 2.7 million service subscribers, selected...
View ArticleMediaCorp uses Actus Digital
Actus Digital, a developer of Cloud based broadcast monitoring platforms for recording and cross platform content repurposing, has revealed that MediaCorp has implemented the Actus Platform monitoring...
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