Liberty Global eyes CWC acquisition
British multinational telco Cable & Wireless Communications CWC) and cable MSO Liberty Global have confirmed they are in discussions regarding a possible shares and cash offer for CWC. Under...
View ArticleBrazilian pay-TV market to reach 28m households
The Brazilian pay-TV market will reach 27.7 million households (HHs) by 2018, according to data from research firm Dataxis. This figure will represent a 30.7 per cent increase when compared to...
View ArticleNetflix talks to Orange and Regional cable
Netflix is negotiating with Orange Spain and Regional cable companies Euskaltel-R and Telecable to integrate its service into their pay TV platforms to extend its presence throughout the Spanish pay...
View ArticleEU rejects Net Neutrality guarantees
The European Parliament has voted heavily against rules intended to safeguard net neutrality in the European Union. A whole series of amendments to regulations on how Internet traffic is managed in...
View ArticleConviva: QoE is paramount
@IBC 2015 Advanced Television talks to Keith Zubchevich, Chief Strategy Officer, about Conviva’s mission to underwrite a great Quality of Experience for a service provider’s audience. “Great content...
View ArticleOrange becomes UEFA 2016 official provider
Orange has announced it is officially joining UEFA EURO 2016’s commercial programme as an official telecommunications service provider, and a global sponsor with exclusive worldwide rights. As Official...
View ArticleAltice meets targets, completes Cablevision funding
Altice confirmed its annual profit target despite slowing Q3 sales at its French cable and mobile operator. Operating profit at the group rose by 13 per cent from the same quarter last year to €1.53...
View ArticleSpaceX broadband “speculative”
SpaceX’s president Gwynne Shotwell, speaking at the Hong Kong CASBAA convention on October 27th, said that far from backing a 4000 constellation of satellites, the scheme is “very speculative” at the...
View ArticleBT/EE deal provisionally cleared
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared dominant telco BT’s anticipated £12.5 billion (€15.8bn) acquisition of mobile operator EE. The CMA inquiry group had been...
View ArticleTWC puts brake on cord-cutting
Time Warner Cable reported its seventh straight quarter of improved basic video subscriber losses, shedding just 7,000 in the third quarter, its best since 2006. “I’m very excited about the operating...
View ArticleCisco: Cloud traffic to quadruple by 2019
The fifth annual Cisco Global Cloud Index forecasts that global cloud traffic will more than quadruple by the end of 2019, from 2.1 to 8.6 zettabytes (ZB), outpacing the growth of total global data...
View ArticleFastweb activates IPv6 connections
Broadband operator Fastweb has become the first Internet Service Provider in Italy to activate new IPv6 connections for its customers. All new Fastweb customers in Ancona, Bari, Bergamo, Brescia, Busto...
View ArticleBT TV sees record quarter
BT’s TV service has reported its best ever quarter with its coverage of Champions League football proving to be a major draw. The telco giant, which paid £900 million (€1.255bn) to grab the exclusive...
View ArticleSES: 6 UHD channels contracted
Satellite operator SES says it now has secured contracts for six Ultra-HD channels, five of which are already on air. CEO Karim Michel Sabbagh said: “SES has continued to be productive in Q3. SES has...
View ArticleAnalyst: Broadband shift will mitigate cable’s TV subs loss
Rising demand for broadband services will compensate for the loss in TV video subscribers and help sustain industry growth through 2016, says Moody’s Investors Service. As a result, the rating agency...
View ArticleSK Telecom to acquire CJ HelloVision
Korean telco SK Telecom is to acquire the country’s largest cable MSO CJ HelloVision as it seeks to extend its involvement in the media platform business. SK Telecom will take over a 30 per cent stake...
View ArticleOptus scores exclusive Premier League rights
Australian quad-play operator Optus has won the bid for the exclusive Australian rights to the Barclays Premier League for three seasons, commencing in August 2016. This includes live broadcast...
View ArticleRAI and TIM in LTE Broadcast partnership
Italian public broadcaster RAI and mobile telephony operator TIM have partnered for LTE Broadcast trials. On occasion on the closure of the 2015 Milan Expo, the two partners jointly offered visitors...
View ArticleCom Hem “grows steadily”
Swedish triple-play provider Com Hem has reported Q3 revenues of SEK 1,255 million (€134m), up 3.7 per cent, thanks in part to healthy growth in the consumer business. Underlying EBITDA amounted to SEK...
View ArticleDanish TV awards ratings service to Kantar, TNS
The Danish TV audience measurement steering committee has awarded Kantar Media and TNS Gallup the new contract for the provision of TV Ratings. The service will run for five years initially from 2017,...
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