Charter Communications, the disappointed bidder for TWC, has filed legal documents contesting the proposed merger between Time Warner Cable and Comcast claiming that the deal has been subject to a “flawed process”. Charter told Securities and Exchange Commission: “TWC’s process for negotiating and approving the merger was flawed because of the failure of the TWC […]
The number of digital TV connections in the Netherlands grew one percent during the fourth quarter of 2013 to 6.66 million, according to Telecompaper’s quarterly report on the Dutch TV market. The total TV market (including analogue TV subscribers) increased to 7.74 million at the end of 2013 with digital TV being used by 86.1 […]
Despite recent findings suggesting the US multichannel segment posted its first full-year decline in subscriptions for 2013, and amidst continued talk about cord-cutting, a new report from Digital TV Research forecasts that the number of pay-TV subscribers in North America will continue to increase – despite a small decline last year. The Digital TV North […]
Following reports that Apple is in talks with Comcast about teaming up for a set-top box service that would allow users to stream live and on demand TV from the cloud, analysts at Barclays Capital have suggested that while streaming of live TV is inevitable over time, given the move to IP-based platforms, they consider […]
Merger partners Comcast and Time Warner Cable are two of America’s least favourite cable companies, according to a survey from Consumer Reports. The companies were near the bottom of the magazine’s rankings in a survey of
Apple is in talks with Comcast about a deal for a streaming-television service that would use an Apple device and express treatment on Comcast’s network to ensure QoE, according to US reports. The discussions are said to be in the early stages but the deal, if sealed, would mark a new level of cooperation and […]
Encryption specialists China Digital TV saw a huge rise in its NYSE share price at the end of last week. Indeed, on March 20th the price rose 9.7 per cent in the single session, and even after a modest fall-back on March 21st, the price was still significantly up on the start of the week […]
Tom Mockridge, CEO of UK quad play operator Virgin Media, has suggested the company is now better placed to meet the demands of customers who are demanding greater bandwidth to enable consumption of their services. Addressing a meeting of the Broadcasting Press Guild, Mockridge noted that since the company had been acquired by Liberty Global, […]
The US multichannel segment posted its first full-year decline in subscriptions, according to SNL Kagan estimates for cable, DBS and telco offerings at the end of 2013. While seasonally driven quarterly declines have become routine for industry watchers, the annual dip illustrates
Millicom has unveiled Tigo Star, its new brand to propel take-up of its broadband, cable and pay-TV services. Tigo Star will launch in Paraguay this week with launches in El Salvador and Costa Rica on March 26th before being rolled out to other markets in Latin America during 2014. Tigo Star will support the growth […]