ANGA COM – the exhibition for broadband, cable and satellite – has put together a panel of experts to discuss 4K UHDTV and how to make it a commercial reality. The panel will be an important part of the UHDTV debate at the event (May 20-22 in Cologne). The main focus of the panel will […]
Com Hem, the Swedish cable operator owned by BC Partners, is preparing an initial public offering to raise about $1 billion, according to reports. Com Hem could start the sale process as early as next week. The Stockholm IPO would value the company at about $3 billion and will likely involve a sale of new […]
Multimedia Polska SA owners seek to raise as much as 948.3 million zloty ($310 million) from the sale of Poland’s third-largest cable TV operator in the country’s biggest initial public offering since December 2013. M2 Investments, controlled by Tomasz Ulatowski and Ygal Ozechov, as well as Tri Media Holdings, Dunaville Trading and Collegium Anetta Kolasinska […]
The need for speed is not always associated with high intelligence; think young men (or, even worse, middle aged men pretending to be young) on motorbikes. On the other hand in motor racing those that can afford the best technology can usually go quickest. The same can be said for service providers. And, as in […]
Based on forecasts for 138 countries, the number of digital TV homes will increase by more than 1 billion between 2010 and 2020 to 1.68 billion – or up by 185 per cent, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. The Digital TV World Household Forecasts report estimates that the digital TV total […]
Cisco has recruited Cablevision Systems executive Yvette Kanouff to head its service provider Video Software and Solutions (SPVSS) organisation, the home of its Videoscape software and solutions for pay-TV service providers and media and entertainment companies. Kanouff was most recently executive vice president of corporate engineering and technology for Cablevision, responsible for the implementation of strategic […]
A client report issued by global investment management firm Sanford C Bernstein seen by advanced-television.com has bucked the Wall Street consensus view by suggesting that there are material chances that Google will expand its Google Fiber network to pass millions of homes profitably. The report focuses on
In a move that will better position them to combat the competitive threat of BT TV, Sky and Virgin Media have agreed a new five-year-plus agreement for the distribution of Sky’s content to Virgin Media’s TV customers. Through the agreement, Virgin Media will continue to offer its customers an extensive selection of Sky’s leading entertainment […]
Software-defined video solutions specialist Elemental Technologies has confirmed that Danish pay-TV operator and broadband Internet service provider Stofa is using Elemental video processing solutions to process, package and manage live linear channels in real time for its catch-up TV and multiscreen video services. The video infrastructure from Elemental customises 150 TV channels – including 38 […]
SkyVision Global Networks, a global communications provider, has announced its ongoing commitment to strengthen the telecommunications market in Guinea, by launching the company’s new fibre and wireless based services, SkyVision SkyFibre. A member of the “Guinéenne de la Large Bande” (GUILAB) consortium, SkyVision has invested in the establishment of an integrated fibre and wireless network […]