Virgin to cut 900 in shake up
UK’s Virgin Media plans a group-wide reorganisation that will cut 900 posts. The Liberty-owned cablenet has given no details amid ongoing consultations. “The proposed reorganisation will give us an...
View ArticleCoalition warns of Charter-TWC merger harms
The Stop Mega Cable Coalition has been launched with the goal of raising awareness about what it suggests are “the substantial harms” that Charter Communication’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner...
View ArticleVeEX adds new MTTplus modular test platform to its solutions portfolio
VeEX, a global player in Telecom, CATV, Fibre, Transport and Broadband Access, has added the MTTplus test platform to its modular multi-service platform portfolio. Building on the legacy of the...
View ArticleVerizon posts lowest ever pay-TV sub gain
Verizon Communications added just 20,000 FiOS TV customers in the fourth quarter, its weakest additions since launching the service in 2006, and further evidence that cord-cutting is beginning to chip...
View ArticleCom Hem 5 year deal with K-Fastigheter
Through its Parent Company Karlsson Equity Holding, K-Fastigheter has signed an exclusive five-year framework agreement with Com Hem regarding future new production projects. Under the agreement, the...
View ArticleMPs call for Openreach sell-off
An all-party group of British MPs has called for the formal separation of BT’s infrastructure subsidiary Openreach from the telco, citing BT’s “lack of ambition and under-investment” as being...
View ArticleAirTies supercharges Sky Q Wi-Fi Devices
Advanced wireless products specialist AirTies Wireless Networks has confirmed that its Mesh technology has been chosen by Sky to enable the Sky Q, its next-generation home entertainment system, which...
View ArticleOTT subs top 60% of US broadband homes
Findings from research firm Parks Associates indicate that over 60 per cent of US broadband households have at least one OTT video service subscription. “The growth of OTT subscription services is...
View ArticleRRMedia for Eutelsat African Broadband Initiative
RRMedia, a provider of global digital media services to the broadcast and media industries, has been selected to support Eutelsat’s African satellite broadband initiative. RR Media’s Middle East Media...
View ArticleSpain: Nearly 3m FTTH lines
The development of FTTH in Spain is growing significantly with 2.95 million lines as of November 2015 gaining 178,491 new lines the previous month. The latest figures from the CNMC reveal that FTTH...
View ArticleSTMicro to close STB chip business
Semiconductor specialist STMicroelectronics is to discontinue the development of new platforms and standard products for set-top-box and home gateway, citing “significant” losses in an increasingly...
View ArticleKazakhstan: Caspio HD selects Irdeto Security
Irdeto, a specialist in digital platform security, will be providing security solutions and services to Caspio HD, a new private DTH satellite operator in Kazakhstan. Irdeto Cloaked CA provides Caspio...
View ArticleOmantel launches IPTV service
Omani telco Omantel is launching Omantel TV+, describing it as a unique TV broadcast Home service based on Internet Protocol using Home Internet. The new Omantel TV+ service will enable subscribers to...
View ArticleOneWeb and Airbus link for 900 satellite project
Channel Islands-based OneWeb, which is looking to launch 900 satellites to girdle the Earth, is linking with aerospace giant Airbus Defence & Space to build the constellation. A new 50/50...
View ArticleOzTAM connected device viewing metrics
OzTAM has announced the initial phase of its Video Player Measurement (VPM) Report would launch the week commencing February 7th. This means the first public reports – which encompass rolling seven-day...
View ArticleGlobal LTE subscriptions pass 1bn
LTE subscriptions passed the 1 billion subscription mark during the final quarter of 2015 and are set to continue strong double-digit growth for the next five years, according to global analyst firm...
View ArticleTWC grows subs
Time Warner Cable (TWC) reported its best video and high-speed data customer metrics for years in the fourth quarter. It added 54,000 basic video customers and 32,000 for the year, its first 12-month...
View ArticleIndonesia blocks Netflix
Netflix has been blocked by Indonesia’s biggest ISP, significantly disrupting its move into the country. The state-owned Telekom Indonesia said it had concerns about the content Netflix was offering...
View Article9m DOCSIS 3.1 users by 2017
With ultra-broadband technologies on target to become a transformative next generation solution for high speed internet, ultra-high bandwidth and faster internet speeds of 1 Gbps will be achievable...
View ArticleMillennials master the second screen
More than three-quarters (88 per cent) of millennials engage in second screen behaviours when watching video content, the highest percentage of any demographic, according to a study from US trade body...
View Article