John Chambers, Chairman and CEO of Cisco, has suggested that the company’s set-top box business has adversely affected its profitability and that transitioning customers to cloud-based technology will address the problem. In an earnings call to discuss Cisco’s Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2013 Financial Results, Chambers said that the problem in its service provider […]
Amid a plunge in subscribers for cable, and now satellite providers, IPTV was the only segment of the U.S. pay-TV market to achieve growth in the second quarter, according to a new report from information and analytics provider IHS. The US IPTV providers – represented by AT&T Uverse, Verizon FiOS and others – boasted a […]
Synacor, a provider of next-gen startpages, TV Everywhere solutions and cloud-based Identity Management (IDM) services, across multiple devices for cable, satellite, telecom and consumer electronics companies, has been selected by Grupo TVCable Ecuador, Ecuador’s largest cable operator and founding member of TEPAL, for consumer portal and email services; trials commencing later this year with TV […]
With the start of the English Premier League football season just over 48 hours away, BT and Virgin Media have agreed a a three year deal to ensure millions of Virgin Media TV customers can enjoy full access to the BT Sport TV channels. The agreement, which significantly boosts the number of homes that can […]
A higher regional court in Germany has reversed an approval by the country’s cartel office for Liberty Global’s €3.16 billion acquisition of KabelBW, throwing the merger into doubt. The Duesseldorf court ruled that the antitrust regulator will have to look at the case again, to either block it or approve the purchase applying stricter conditions […]
Kabel Deutschland Holdings (KDH) Germany’s largest cable network operator, has released its consolidated financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2013 showing steady growth across the business, except for churn at Kabel BW. Internet and Phone momentum continued with 71,000 net subscriber adds quarter on quarter, representing the strongest Q1 since June 2009, […]
CableLabs, the non-profit research and development consortium for the cable industry, has announced a substantial expansion of its global member base, adding 14 new members in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Building on relationships with existing international members, CableLabs members now serve over one hundred million cable subscribers around the world. As the global market […]
Time Warner Cable is to be handed two Emmy Awards for Technology and Engineering for 2013 for network DVRs and video-on-demand dynamic ad insertion. TiVo was awarded for its personalisation and video search platform. One TWC award recognised the MSO’s “Pioneering Work in Implementation and Deployment of a Network DVR”, with that work going back […]
Liberty Global has launched its Horizon set-top for UPC Ireland. Mark Coan, vice-president sales and marketing of UPC Ireland, said that with the introduction of Horizon it was “taking television to the next level.” The service is designed to offer TV, broadband and phone services in one box, with 100Mb broadband as standard as part […]
FCC Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn says she is not happy with the lack of progress in the CBS v TWC re-trans dispute. “The commission is actively monitoring the status of this particular dispute, and is in touch with both parties,” Clyburn said. She reiterated that she would take appropriate action if the dispute continues. “Quite […]