Ofcom: 30 UHD channels via satellite
UK spectrum regulator Ofcom is examining future demand for satellite bandwidth over the UK in a new Space Spectrum Strategy consultation document issued March 1st (and which closes for comments on May...
View ArticlePublic Knowledge files video competition complaint
US public interest advocacy group Public Knowledge has filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission against Comcast for excluding its Stream TV service from its own data cap. The...
View ArticleBaran Telecom, Perception bring IPTV to Iran
PerceptionTV has announced that its Perception platform has been chosen by Baran Telecom as the preferred platform for a new IPTV service in Iran. The Perception platform delivers multiscreen TV...
View ArticleFrance: 1.4m FTTH subs
The roll out of fibre continues in France, with 1.42 million subscribers (out of 4.3 million) now using an FTTH connection to receive high speed broadband, according to figures from telecom regulatory...
View ArticleBroadband access market reaches record levels
Recent findings from market information source Dell’Oro Group suggest the worldwide Broadband Access market, which includes Cable, DSL, and PON technologies, reached a record level and exceeded $12...
View ArticleBrits spend over 10hrs a day online
Britons now spend more time online than they do asleep, with the average Briton now spending 10.5 hours a day connected to the web – over two hours longer than the average eight hours night’s sleep –...
View ArticleGogo deal helps boost Intelsat share price
Gogo is the snappily-named service which delivers Internet and broadband bandwidth to aircraft passengers for entertainment and e-mail and web-browsing. Gogo used the Satellite 2016 show in Washington...
View ArticleSatellite Internet boosted by BDUK project
Satellite Internet, a specialist satellite ISP, is seeing a growing level of interest in the supplementary element of BDUK’s Basic Broadband For All scheme which aims to provide affordable broadband...
View ArticleRTL Group reports record year
RTL Group has reported that 2015 revenue increased 3.8 per cent to €6,029 million (2014: €5,808 million), mainly driven by increasing revenue at Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, growing digital revenue...
View ArticleUS pay-TV down 385K subs in 2015
Findings from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) suggest that the thirteen largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – lost about 385,000 net video subscribers in...
View ArticleAnalyst: Quad-play bundling no longer guaranteed success
According to research and consultancy firm Ampere Analysis, the market for triple-play bundling is reaching saturation point. In mature markets such as North America and Europe the average...
View ArticleGlobal Eagle offers satellite-IFE experience
In Flight connectivity specialists Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) says passengers travelling between North America and Europe on Icelandair are now the first in Europe to enjoy ‘jetway to jetway’...
View ArticleAnalyst: New players drive UK broadband connections
A report on the outlook for the UK telecommunications sector from global source of critical information and insight IHS suggests that new players in the high-speed broadband market will boost...
View ArticleUS 2015 multichannel subs loss tops 1m
According to findings from media and communications sector financial intelligence specialist SNL Kagan, a group within S&P Global Market Intelligence, the downward trajectory of the US multichannel...
View ArticleAltice raises subs
Altice, the French telco group in the midst of buying Cablevision Systems for $10 billion, said it expects an improving trend in revenue in 2016 after its home unit achieved subscriber growth in the...
View ArticleNorth America to lose fewer pay-TV subs
The number of pay-TV subs in North America [Canada and the US] will fall from 112 million in the peak year of 2012 to 106 million in 2021, according to the fifth edition of the Digital TV North America...
View ArticleCheaper satellite capacity drives IP growth
NSR’s Wireless Backhaul via Satellite 10th Edition report forecasts the global installed base of satellite backhaul sites will surpass 67,000 by 2025 and will generate $2.1 billion in revenues. Mobile...
View ArticleAltice selects ARRIS for edge
Global telecommunications company Altice has selected the E6000 Converged Edge Router (CER) from ARRIS International to enable the delivery of gigabit Internet services to its subscribers. Altice will...
View ArticleDeutsche Telekom, Akamai sales partnership
Deutsche Telekom continues to expand its international offerings for corporate customers. To this end, the company signed an extensive partnership agreement with Akamai Technologies, a global player in...
View ArticleWho’s up in the Netflix ISP Speed Index?
Netflix has released February data from its ISP Speed Index. The Index is a measure of prime time Netflix performance on a particular ISP and not necessarily a measure of overall performance for other...
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