Spain: Vodafone speeds fibre deployment
Vodafone Spain is to extend its optic fibre network to 750,000 homes by the end of the year to reach a total of 1 million passed homes. The company is speeding up its deployment plans to boost optic...
View ArticleUS cable VoD doubles ad impressions
Canoe, the cable industry VoD joint venture says cable generated 4.85 billion ad impressions in the second quarter, nearly double the 2.775 billion of a year ago. The increase is credited to more...
View ArticleAkamai: Rio traffic exceeded World Cup
CDN specialist Akamai has revealed that the demand for online video data during the Rio Olympic Games exceeded the 2014 World Cup. In a statement, the company said: “As of Saturday, August 20th, Akamai...
View ArticleGoogle cuts fiber
Google is said to be preparing to cut half the staff of Google Fiber as it turns its attention to wireless technologies. According US reports Alphabet – the Google holding company – has targeting the...
View ArticleVirgin Media buying Arqiva hotspot business
Virgin Media is reportedly about to close a deal to buy UK-based Arqiva’s WiFi distribution business. Arqiva, according to the FT, has some 27,000 hotspots covering hotel rooms, airline lounges and...
View ArticleMobile video 75% of 4G traffic by 2020
Huawei and Ovum, a global technology research and advisory firm, have jointly released the “The Evolution of Big Video – Examining telco transformation video opportunities”. This paper covers the...
View ArticleCanal+ for Illiad?
Vivendi pay-TV unit Canal Plus is talking to French telecoms firm Iliad about new distribution offers as it tries to stem subscription losses in the country, Les Echos has reported. Orange, France’s...
View ArticleCable Europe urges Net Neutrality guideline caution
Cable Europe, the Association representing broadband cable operators, has urged caution in the use of the BEREC guidelines, designed to give National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) direction in...
View ArticleCPE and the obesity debate
In the July/August issue of Euromedia is our Annual Survey of the CPE sector; providers and vendors views on where we are and where we are going – in the age of the cloud and the virtualised world,...
View ArticleEU: Digital infrastructure needs €700bn
Europe needs to invest €700 billion in digital infrastructure to catch up with the US and China, Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said. The commissioner for the digital economy warned that if Europe...
View ArticleCisco boost for Videocon d2h video experience
Indian DTH platform Videocon d2h has selected the Cisco Virtual DCM to provide its subscribers with superior video experiences. The deployment provides Videocon d2h with a flexible infrastructure and...
View ArticleADB, ALi HEVC chipset boost
Media convergence solutions and services provider ADB is extending its strategic partnership with set-top-box (STB) chipset provider ALi that will enable more makers of TV equipment such as STBs to...
View ArticleViaSat, Eutelsat secure in-flight connectivity deals
Following the February 9 creation of a partnership between satellite operator Eutelsat and global broadband services and technology company ViaSat designed to expand Eutelsat’s current wholesale...
View ArticleVodafone and Orange TV football price war
Vodafone and Orange have entered a new fight for the best value football offer. In an attempt to capture subscribers, both have extended to mid-September the promotion offer of €5 and €6 a month for La...
View ArticleFibre fuels Q2 pay-TV growth in Portugal
The number of pay-TV subscribers in Portugal reached 3.6 million at the end of the second quarter of 2016, representing a 4.7 per cent growth on the same period in 2015. According to figures presented...
View ArticleTelestream buys Vidcheck
Telestream, a leading provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, announced the acquisition of UK-based Quality Control (QC) technology specialist, Vidcheck. Established in 2009, Vidcheck...
View ArticleAltice reveals ‘Altice Way’ transformation
Multinational cable, fibre, telecommunications, content and media company Altice has revealed its intention to strengthen further its industrial and operational strategy following its transformation...
View ArticleAltice seeks SFR share control
In addition to announcing its plans to overhaul its organisational structure, multinational cable, fibre, telecommunications, content and media company Altice is to simplify the Group’s ownership...
View ArticleSpaceX-Amos-Facebook disaster will be costly
On September 1, a Falcon 9 rocket owned by SpaceX blew up when a static engine test was about to be held at Cape Canaveral. The rocket was being tested in a ‘dress rehearsal’ for a planned September 3...
View ArticleUK, Italy implement ETSI HbbTV 2.0.1
The newly published ETSI specification TS 102 796 V1.4.1 on hybrid broadcast broadband TV (HbbTV) will allow the United Kingdom and Italy to implement the latest technologies in their receivers. With...
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