Australian pay-TV operators Foxtel and Austar have completed their merger transaction, creating a national subscription television service intended to deliver innovative new digital products and content for all Australian consumers. The new Foxtel will directly employ approximately 2,500 people, service 2.2 million subscriber households, and entertain over seven million viewers each week. Richard Freudenstein, Foxtel […]
Cable set-tops will become extinct, to be replaced by smart TVs and other IP-connected devices such as gaming consoles, Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt has suggested at The Cable Show in Boston. During the event’s opening panel session, moderator Erin Burnett asked if set-top boxes would “go the way of the dodo”. Britt answered […]
DVR specialist TiVo and STB maker Pace have revealed details of the first product, the Pace XG1, resulting from a global partnership the pair announced in February 2012 to develop flexible, advanced television solutions for operators. The new Multi-tuner Video Gateway from Pace will provide cable operators in the Americas an advanced television solution for […]
US provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services Comcast has revealed that it is to launch its next-generation television experience, Xfinity TV on the X1 Platform, and a new X1 remote control app in the coming weeks. The cloud-enabled platform is designed to transform the TV into an entirely new integrated entertainment experience. […]
The Indian set-top box (STB) market has been increasing at a steady pace over the past few years, according to ABI Research, with a strong surge of consumers moving to satellite platforms during 2011, representing 80 per cent of the Indian market. Despite the large cable TV subscriber base in India, the firm anticipates that […]
Kabel Deutschland has has confirmed that it is to acquire fellow German cable MSO Tele Columbus. The purchase price amounts to €603 million plus accrued interest. As of December 31, 2011, this would have been equivalent to €618 million. The purchase price will provide for repayment in full of the financial debt of Tele Columbus. […]
Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable will enable each other’s high-speed Internet customers to access their metro WiFi networks, totaling over 50,000 hotspots. To simplify access, a new network name, “CableWiFi”, has been created for subscribers to use when accessing the WiFi hotspots outside their home market. The first implementation […]
According to a new report from Digital TV Research (DTVR), Asia Pacific is undergoing a digital TV boom that will see penetration increase from 36 per cent in 2011 to 83 per cent in 2017 – or up by 440 million homes. The report – Digital TV Asia Pacific – forecasts that China alone will […]
Spain’s largest cable company ONO has launched a massive campaign to boost subscriptions to its advanced service TiVo, now with just 16,000 clients. The campaign called ‘I love TiVo’ offers significant discounts to current subscribers who successfully recommend TiVo to friends or relatives. Those subscribers who secure a new TiVo client for ONO will be granted […]
Cable operator Liberty Global reconfirmed its full year guidance targets as fourth quarter consolidated revenues went up 12 per cent year-on-year to $2.54 billion, driven mainly by the addition of KBW and Aster and organic revenue increase. Excluding the acquisition of KBW and Aster, revenue lifted 5.5 per cent to $2.54 billion. Liberty Global said […]