Comcast has revealed that customers of its X1 triple-play service will soon be able to live stream personal video from their mobile devices, over the Internet, directly to the television. The new feature, which will be part of Xfinity Voice, is being demonstrated this week at NCTA’s The Cable Show 2014 in Los Angeles and […]
Unitymedia KabelBW is deploying Ciena’s CIEN coherent optical transport platform to upgrade its backbone network. This will allow Unitymedia KabelBW to reduce operating costs and latency and also increase its network elasticity. In addition, Ciena’s platform can be easily upgraded to 400G to support customer demand for new OTT services such as video streaming. Unitymedia […]
Formosa Plastics Group has agreed to acquire a medium-size cable-television network in Taiwan from Swedish private-equity fund EQT Partners, in what will be the latest exit of foreign investors from an increasingly crowded domestic TV market. Formosa Plastics, one of Taiwan’s largest conglomerates with businesses ranging from petrochemicals to semiconductors to health care, said it […]
The countdown is on: From 20 to 22 May the ANGA COM Exhibition and Congress for Broadband, Cable & Satellite will take place in Cologne / Germany. There will be 450 exhibitors and the event, now in its fifteenth year, will offer the most multifaceted congress programme ever. With 450 companies from 34 countries the […]
Liberty Global’s bid for Dutch cable group Ziggo is likely to face a lengthy inspection from European Union antitrust regulators due to the complex issues involved, according to reports. The extensive probe by the European Commission comes amid growing concerns among regulators and consumers over cable companies’ growing clout over broadband and their role as […]
Further to reports that a range of divestitures would take place between US cable MSOs to lessen regulatory concerns over the planned Comcast/Time Warner cable merger, Comcast and Charter Communications have agreed a series of tax-efficient transactions, whereby the combined Comcast- Time Warner Cable entity, following completion of Comcast’s previously-announced merger with Time Warner Cable, […]
Following Netflix’s suggestion earlier this week that it planned to build on its successful integrations with European cable operators by launching its first US cable tie-ins, details have emerged of the first three such deployments. The agreements – set to be announced formally next week – are with Atlantic Broadband, RCN Telecom Services and Grande […]
Time Warner Cable has reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2014. Cable Chief Executive Officer Rob Marcus said: “Our residential subscriber growth was the best in five years and our business services revenue growth was close to 25 per cent. These results underscore our commitment to deliver on our financial and […]
Cable Europe, the trade association representing all leading broadband cable TV operators and their national associations throughout Europe, has appointed seasoned broadcast public affairs executive Virginia Lee as Director of Communications. Matthias Kurth, Executive Chairman of Cable Europe, said he was delighted to announce Virginia’s the appointment, particularly at a time when the “vibrant” industry […]
With the explosion of smartphones and digital tablets and the steady rise of Internet-connected televisions, gaming consoles, etc, consumers are increasingly watching streaming or downloaded video when and where they want. According to research from Experian