The ANGA Cable show saw an increase growth in international visitors this year, with the proportion of visitors from outside Germany rising from 43 per cent to 50 per cent. German cable association ANGA counted 16,000 trade visitors and 1,600 congress attendees to the show, and confirmed that the 2013 event will take place from […]
Kabel Deutschland Holding AG , Germany’s largest cable network operator, has released its consolidated financials for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2011/2012 ended March 31st, 2012. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012: Revenues increased by 6.3 per cent to €1/699.7 billion compared to €1.598.9 billion in the previous fiscal year, within revenue […]
The US Department of Justice is to probe cable providers’ power over how and where consumers can access television over the Internet, according to the WSJ. The investigation has been sparked by cable cos control of the last mile, which will be enhanced if Verizon ceases to be a fixed line competitor in the deal […]
Home entertainment networking technology standards body the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) has confired that MoCA technology is now being trialled by six service providers in Europe. MoCA suggests this strong traction in Europe comes at a time when it is increasingly being perceived by service providers worldwide as the most reliable in-home backbone for […]
Mike Fries, President and CEO of Liberty Global, has said that German cable needs scale if it is to compete against other market players, many of whom are “twenty times larger”. “Cable is small,” Fries told ANGA Cable TV Summit delegates, when asked to comment on redundancies arising following the Unity Media/KBW merger. “Pulling companies […]
Mike Fries, President and CEO of Liberty Global, has revealed that the cable MSOs ‘Horizon’ gateway set-top box is set to be launched in the German market in the first quarter of 2013. Describing the product as a “game-changer for our industry” Fries told ANGA Cable TV Summit delegates that the German launch would follow […]
German cable operators association ANGA says that cable remains dominant as the favoured TV delivery method. ANGA says more than 18 million German homes (42 per cent) still take a cable service despite the growing shift towards DTH supply and the availability of DSL connections. AMGA says that all German cable networks now offer digital […]
Optical transport solutions provider Aurora Networks has confirmed the release of its Digital BK (Broadband Kommunications) transceiver, a first-of-its-kind solution, designed to provide a much smoother upgrade for higher segmentation, enabling cable operators in Germany and neighbouring countries to modernise further their BK networks. Aurora Networks designed the Digital BK transceiver specifically for the region’s […]
While most observers recognised that a June 30th date for converting India’s four largest ‘metros’ from analogue to digital distribution was a little ambitions, it is only now – with the cut-off date looming – that wiser heads are saying that a time extension will be needed. The four huge cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and […]
Encryption specialist NDS has a new end-to-end contract to supply its MediaHighway software and VideoGuard encryption to ADN Networks of Delhi. ADN is converting its analogue cable distribution system to digital, in line with India’s move to all-digital TV distribution. Specifically, NDS will provide an end-to-end technology suite including MediaHighway set-top box software, VideoGuard conditional […]