Cable Europe, the trade body for Europe’s broadband cable sector, has noted the European Commission’s recognition of the industry’s contribution to the progress in achieving the Digital Agenda. The European Commission recently released a report that it commissioned to help tell the story of progress in executing Europe’s Digital Agenda. According to Cable Europe, the […]
France’s Numericable says its triple-play, quadruple-play and fibre subscriber bases have significantly grown over Q3 of 2012 to 1.2 million. Following its investment into fibre, Numericable claims leadership with over 4.694 million households passed and 585,000 very fast broadband subscribers. For the third quarter of 2012, the group posted revenue of €214 million, up 0.9 […]
Virgin Media has launched its new online TV service hosted in the cloud. Virgin TV Anywhere gives users access to watch content on computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones. Available to all Virgin TV customers at no extra charge, the service comes with the ability to stream live TV. Up to 45 channels are available to […]
Spanish cable operator Ono has reported an additional 22,000 TiVo customers during the third quarter, taking the total number of subscribers of its next-gen DVR service to 56,000. Although the service currently has the capacity to reach 6.5 million households it has not yet taken off in Spain. The company says it is getting very […]
Benefiting from one-time gains and the continued strength of cable channels like Fox News, News Corp posted earnings that generally exceeded analysts’ expectations. The company said that net income in the third quarter of the year jumped to $2.23 billion from $738 million, or 28 cents a share, in the same quarter last year. The […]
In reporting Q3 numbers for what its President and CEO Mike Fries described as the cable MSO’s strongest quarter of the year in terms of rebased revenue and OCF performance, Liberty Global International (LGI) revealed that the introduction of its Horizon product family in the Netherlands had attracted 50,000 subscriptions and had over 125,000 unique […]
Third quarter results from Time Warner Cable, the second largest US cable operator, reveal that the company lost 140,000 video customers during the quarter. It added 85,000 Internet customers, but no phone subscribers in the residential segment. Broadband services revenue grew 14.3 per cent, including additions from Insight Communications. Time Warner Cable acquired Insight for […]
In 2013, the international ANGA Cable Show (June 4-6, Cologne) will become ANGA COM – Exhibition and Congress for Broadband, Cable & Satellite. “COM” stands for “communication” and represents the two thematic pillars: broadband and media. Dr. Peter Charissé, Managing Director at ANGA, commented: “Over the last few years, our event has developed into Europe’s […]
Hurricane Sandy is still badly affecting cable viewers in the New York area. Cablevision, with around 3 million customers, says about half of its cabled homes are still without power (as at November 1st). New York’s electrical power generator, Con Edison, says some homes will be without power until November 11th. The catastrophe is expected […]
Reports confirm that some North Eastern cable MSO’s have been badly hurt by Hurricane Sandy. Cablevision, in particular, which serves much of New York, New Jersey and Long Island, confirmed it was suffering from power outages and “widespread service interruptions”. Telco Verizon, which serves New York had half-a-metre of water in its 140 West Street […]