Broadcom next-gen chip boosts UHD performance
Semiconductor solutions specialist Broadcom has unveiled its next-generation Ultra High Definition (Ultra HD) home gateway and set-top box (STB) system-on-chip (SoC) solution. The BCM7445S increases 4K...
View ArticleHarmonic, WISI partner for next-gen cable access solutions
Video delivery infrastructure specialist Harmonic, and WISI Communications, a provider of TV and broadband network solutions, are partnering with the aim of providing cable operators with...
View ArticleCable broadband equipment market mixed start in 2015
As MSOs continued major upgrades to their broadband networks, cable DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) channel shipments grew to 1.8 million in the first quarter of 2015, a 14 per...
View ArticlePay-TV households top 1bn
About 455 million digital homes were added around the world between end-2010 and end-2014, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. This took the digital TV household total for the 138...
View ArticleAnalyst: “BT UHD service to impact Sky and Virgin”
According to David Watkins, Strategy Analytics’ Director Connected Home Devices, Sky is set to lose the TV innovation lead to BT for the first time in over 20 years, following the telco’s announcement...
View ArticleVodafone fixed-line broadband for UK
MNO Vodafone is launching a fixed-line broadband service in the UK. Initially the service will be offered in Manchester, Berkshire and parts of Hampshire and Surrey. Over the next few weeks, Essex,...
View ArticleTVbeat Slovenian-wide TV analytics
TVbeat, the next generation TV analytics company, has announced the launch of their Slovenian dataset. This announcement comes shortly after the launch of their Croatian dataset to broadcasters and...
View ArticleFacebook scraps satellite constellation plan
It seems that the non-announced ‘plan’ for Facebook to launch a constellation of mini-satellites, or else one $500 million super-satellite, has been dropped. The scheme, widely talked about some 6...
View ArticleBT/EE merger fast-tracked
The CMA has referred BT Group’s anticipated acquisition of EE Limited for an in-depth phase 2 investigation. BT and EE are, respectively, the largest suppliers of fixed communications services and...
View ArticleAnalyst: UK pay-TV cancels could double
According to Ian Whittaker, lead media analyst at Liberum, findings from the company’s consumer survey suggest that the number of UK consumers planning to cancel their pay-TV subscription has doubled...
View ArticleATIS to advance 5G network evolution
At its 5G Symposium, held in Chicago, ATIS announced its agenda to advance the network’s evolution to 5G. Beyond traditional mobility services, 5G promises higher data rates for content...
View ArticleMultiscreen TV powering WiFi extender market
IHS has reported that unit shipments of WiFi extenders, which are used to improve the range of WiFi networks, will hit 9.6 billion worldwide in 2019, up from 5.3 million in 2014. “We look for shipments...
View ArticleOfcom probes BT broadband prices
Ofcom is proposing cutting what BT charges for leasing its telecoms lines, which could result in drastic price cuts for those who buy them – such as broadband operators, schools and libraries. The UK...
View ArticleBroadband Forum completes Plugfest for G.fast DPU and CPE Equipment
Support for the implementation of the G.fast standard continues to accelerate, as the Broadband Forum has completed the industry’s first G.fast equipment plugfest, part of its ongoing program preparing...
View ArticleSky subs growth comes from NOW TV
According to research by IHS Technology Senior Analysts Maria Rua Aguete and Jonathan Broughton, pay-TV subscribers grew by over 1 million in the past year, an increase of 6.8 per cent. By March 31st...
View ArticleTeletrax monitors 20th Century Fox
Teletrax, a Civolution company and provider of real-time TV analytics and TV synchronised ads, has announced that Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has renewed its contract for...
View ArticleWi-Fi to carry 60% of mobile data traffic by 2019
Research has forecast that Wi-Fi networks will carry almost 60 per cent of smartphone and tablet data traffic by 2019, reaching over 115,000PB (Petabytes) by 2019, compared to under 30,000PB this year...
View ArticleBT & EE Chiefs: “Deal will create UK digital champion”
BT’s proposed acquisition of EE will create a ‘true UK digital champion’, according to BT Chief Executive Gavin Patterson, with consumers and businesses benefiting from further innovation and...
View ArticlePwC: “Australia media industry needs to innovate”
The time has come for the Australian media and entertainment industry to innovate and ‘have a go’, with the headwinds facing traditional media players set to continue through to 2019, according to a...
View ArticleSmall US telcos boost broadband speeds
Small, independent telecommunications providers in the US continue to make significant progress in providing high-speed broadband to rural Americans with advancements being made in fibre deployment and...
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