India blocks Facebook Free Basics Internet
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has blocked Facebook’s Free Basics Internet service as part of a ruling in favour of net neutrality. The scheme offered free access to a limited number...
View ArticleCom Hem Q4 up 3.3%
Swedish cablenet Com Hem has posted Q5 evenues up 3.3 per cent at SEK 1,271 million and has seen TV take-up boosted by its TiVo offering. Anders Nilsson, CEO, Com Hem, commented: “Our final quarter of...
View ArticleSky confirms Sky Q availability
Sky has confirmed that Sky Q, its next generation home entertainment system, is now available to buy. Following Sky Q’s unveiling in November 2015, now both existing Sky customers and those new to Sky...
View Article21st Century Fox: “Cable drives Q4 growth”
21st Century Fox has reported financial results for the three months ended December 31st 2015. The Company reported total quarterly revenues of $7.38 billion, a decrease of $49 million, or 1 per cent,...
View ArticleKabel Deutschland tops Netflix Speed Index in Germany
Netflix has released its monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience. In the US, Bright House fell five spots in the rankings to 9th place with an average...
View ArticleDonuts, MPAA partner to fight online piracy
Donuts, the largest operator of new domain name extensions, and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) have agreed an initiative they say will help ensure that websites using domains...
View ArticleCoalition files anti-Mega Cable submission
Following two meetings held with the Federal Communications Commission on Friday February 5, 2016, the Stop Mega Cable Coalition – a diverse group of public interest groups, media and...
View ArticleReport: FTTH solutions available now
Britain is ignoring true FTTH solutions which are available now without going through BT, according to a report from Anglo-Italian cable manufacturer and global supplier Tratos. The Report – Britain’s...
View ArticleSurvey: Telcos becoming digital service providers
Findings from a survey by CSG International, a global provider of interactive transaction-driven solutions and services, reveal that projecting over the next three years, the majority of Communications...
View ArticleEutelsat JV with ViaSat
ViaSat of California is the hugely successful high-speed satellite broadband service with some 660,000 paying subscribers. It owns and operates the Exide Internet service provider. It has linked with...
View ArticleSurvey: Americans fed up with their pay-TV service
A nationwide survey conducted online by Harris Poll on behalf of TVfreedom – a coalition of local broadcasters, community advocates, network television affiliate associations, multicast networks,...
View ArticleBT trials Cloud RAN over G.fast
BT has successfully used G.fast technology to deliver a ‘Cloud Radio Access Network’ (C-RAN) cellular network service over copper, in an experiment believed to be a world first. C-RAN is a new network...
View ArticleFastweb fibre reaches 1m homes in Rome
Italian broadband operator Fastweb has reached 1 million homes and businesses in Rome with broadband access speeds of up to 100 Mbps. To achieve this result, according to CTO Mario Mella, Fastweb has...
View ArticleTelefónica sets up Telxius
The Spanish telco Telefónica has created Telxius, a new global company which brings together its fibre optic and aerials network aimed at providing services to other operators. The move forms part of a...
View ArticleSCTE US and SCTE UK Ink Pact to Address Brand Confusion and Increase Global...
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTEUS) and the Society for Broadband Professionals (SCTEUK) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that is intended to increase the ability...
View ArticleEutelsat/Viasat JV raises M&A questions
February 10th saw a major announcement from Eutelsat and California-based ViaSat which sees the two satellite operators coming together in a strategic partnership designed to promote and develop...
View ArticleUnited Internet takes 25.1% stake in Tele Columbus
German cable MSO Tele Columbus has revealed that German Internet services company United Internet has acquired a stake of 9.8 per cent in Tele Columbus’s issued share capital, and signed an agreement...
View ArticleKabel Deutschland Q3 up, joins RDK Community
Kabel Deutschland, Germany’s largest cable network operator, has reported that its Q3 revenue grew 6.8 per cent to €548 million from last year’s €513 million, mainly on strong growth in Internet and...
View ArticleNetflix cloud migration targets four 9s uptime
Netflix has confirmed it has finally completed its cloud migration and shut down the last remaining data centre bits used by its streaming service, having begun the process in August 2008, when it...
View ArticleIHS: 3rd-party Netflix benefits pay-TV operators
Integrating Netflix into traditional pay-TV has had a net positive impact on operator KPIs, according to a survey of service providers conducted by IHS. The SVoD offering has generally been found to...
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