The Boards of Directors of Time Warner Cable and Comcast Corporation have approved a definitive agreement for Time Warner Cable to merge with Comcast. The announcement seemingly dashes the hopes of John Malone-backed Carter Communications, which mid-January proposed that Charter and TWC immediately engage in discussions to conclude a merger agreement to combine the companies […]
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, so the saying goes. Charter and John Malone must be reflecting on that now. Comcast had – reportedly – been in detailed discussions with Charter as to which bits of Time Warner it would buy if the former’s bid for the latter was successful. Then, after a […]
The global market for connected devices that allow users to access the Internet is set to surpass 6 billion units this year, as new products including mobile phones, tablets and computers enter the electronics ecosystem, according to a report from IHS Technology. Worldwide production of connected equipment will amount to
According to market research firm Infonetics Research, pay-TV operators are having to refine their business models as they face increased competition from a range of market players. “In a growing number of markets, pay-TV providers find themselves at a crossroads,” notes Jeff Heynen, principal analyst for broadband access and pay TV at Infonetics Research. “Their […]
Cisco Systems saw its net income fall 55 per cent to $1.4 billion in the three months to January, largely due to a charge over faulty memory chips. Revenue fell nearly 8 per cent to $11.2 billion. Cisco has also been struggling with weak demand for products such as internet routers from emerging markets. The […]
Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) saw another 1 per cent fall in overall revenues (and gross profit) last year, although the operator said this was fully in line with expectations. Early last year Telenor retired its ageing Thor 2 satellite, which had been leased to SES despite being in an inclined orbit, and this impacted overall […]
This past weekend subscribers to Dubai-based OSN lost coverage of the English Premier League as well as other premium football matches. Initially OSN blamed a “technical issue”. But OSN is now firmly blaming supplier and rights holder Al Jazeera Sports (which now calls itself beIN Sports). Al Jazeera Media Network admits that it has changed […]
An exclusive licensing agreement with The Disney/ABC Television Group is bringing Star Wars content to Netflix streaming members for the first time. The Galactic Republic, Disney/ABC Television Group, Lucasfilm and Netflix have confirmed the highly-anticipated début of the sixth and final season of the Emmy Award-winning series Star Wars: The Clone Wars exclusively to Netflix […]
TVN, Poland’s second-largest television network, has posted full year revenue and adjusted EBITDA arrived in line with the guidance communicated in February 2013. Top line reached PLN 1.555 billion (€373m) in 2013 a slight year-on-year decrease of 1.8 per cent with the advertising market returning to growth in the fourth quarter. Advertising and sponsoring revenue […]
A Kenya appeal court will determine whether the nation can switch off its analogue transmissions on March 14th. Meanwhile, the analogue signals will stay on air. The Court is responding to applications form three Kenyan media companies which all objected to the decision to dump analogue transmissions in favour of digital transmissions despite it being […]