Australia: SVoD ups data use 51% in six months
The recent boom in SVoD services, driven by the launch of Netflix, Stan and Presto in Australia has been accompanied by a sharp rise in network data traffic according to a report prepared for...
View ArticleBroadband Forum releases FTTdp software
Bringing optical fibre speeds and applications to customers around the world became significantly more achievable for service providers this week, as the Broadband Forum completed innovative work on...
View ArticleMobile broadband enabled in 694-790 MHz band
In a move that is suggested will enable mobile and TV equipment manufacturers to benefit from economies of scale, the ITU World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15), currently in session 2-27...
View ArticleOoyala unbundles IQ
Ooyala, a Telstra subsidiary and specialist in video publishing, analytics and monetisation, has released an unbundled version of its Ooyala IQ video analytics product, which can now be used to measure...
View ArticleSmartphone ownership 66% by 2018
Findings from the New Media Forecasts report from ZenithOptimedia suggest that 66.5 per cent of individuals in key digital markets will have a smartphone by the end of 2018. In 47 leading countries,...
View Article45% of Western European broadband homes have smart TV
Parks Associates has published the results of its consumer research project Connected Consumer in Europe, which surveyed broadband households in the UK, Germany, Spain, and France to track adoption and...
View ArticleJetBlue offers unlimited Amazon Entertainment
US airline JetBlue has confirmed that unlimited streaming entertainment on Amazon Video is available beginning this week on over 150 JetBlue aircraft equipped with free Fly-Fi broadband Internet, just...
View ArticleMariner xVu monitoring over 30m devices
Mariner, a global player in Software Defined Monitoring (SDM), has announced significant growth in tier-1 operators using its xVu software, with more than 30 million devices now under management....
View ArticleReport: Optus network ‘not fit for nbn’
The Optus cable TV and broadband network acquired by Australia’s national broadband network (nbn) for A$800 million (€545m) is in such poor condition the nbn is considering replacing it entirely,...
View ArticleEuskaltel enlarges share capital to buy R
Spain’s Regional Basque Country-based cable operator Euskaltel has launched a share issue estimated at €255 million to help pay for its €1.19 billion acquisition of R Cable, which operates mainly in...
View ArticleSpain: FTTH record growth
FTTH in Spain is significantly growing with a record of 5,000 new lines a day, with 154,000 new connections in a month. A report from Spain’s markets and competition watchdog the CNMC (Comisión...
View ArticleFrance: 37% watch TV online
The Electronic communications and postal regulatory authority (ARCEP) and the General economic council, CGE (Conseil général de l’économie) have published the results of the annual survey on the...
View ArticleWRC: ‘Satellite spectrum central to connectivity vision’
The world’s governments have resoundingly affirmed a clear vision for the importance of many vital and irreplaceable services provided today over satellite. They also agreed on a clear framework for...
View ArticleAltice confirms 4K English Premier League
Further to advanced-television.com’s revelation that multinational cable, fibre, telecommunications, contents and media company Altice had snatched the rights from holder Canal Plus, Altice has...
View ArticleDynamic Spectrum Alliance welcomes UHF decision
The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance – a global organisation advocating for laws and regulations that will lead to more efficient and effective spectrum utilisation – has joined a range of satellite and...
View ArticleITU: 3.2bn people now online
ITU’s annual Measuring the Information Society Report reveals that 3.2 billion people are now online, representing 43.4 per cent of the global population, while mobile-cellular subscriptions have...
View ArticleSweden: ISPs don’t have to ban Pirate Bay
Sweden’s ISPs will not be forced to block controversial file-sharing site Pirate Bay, nor be held responsible for copyright infringements by users, a court has ruled. Stockholm District Court rejected...
View ArticleAsh vs Evil Dead exclusive for Virgin Media
In a deal that marks a first such foray into exclusive programming, UK quad-play operator Virgin Media has brought cult US TV show and highly anticipated Starz Original series – Ash vs Evil Dead – to...
View ArticleAwareness low but interest high for IOT solutions
A report from the Media and Services UX (MSX) group at Strategy Analytics has investigated consumer awareness and interest in, and drivers and barriers to adoption of, specific use case scenarios for...
View ArticleOfcom: Openreach status quo not an option
Interviewed as its annual Connected Nations report is published, Ofcom’s chief executive, Sharon White said the status quo between BT and its subsidiary Openreach, which provides the infrastructure...
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