The Opera TV Store is set to bring hundreds of apps to all TiVo set-top boxes for US cable operator RCN. It is the first pay-TV cable operator to launch Opera Software’s app platform on its TiVo devices, and the first TiVo operator deployment following the partnership to bring the Opera TV Store to TiVo […]
Liberty Global has reported Q4 sales of $4.47 billion. The cable MSO saw sales advance 71 per cent from a year earlier, spurred by acquisitions including Virgin Media. The net loss attributable to Liberty Global shareholders narrowed to $121.2 million from $331.3 million. “We delivered our third consecutive year of more than 1 million organic […]
Com Hem has published its operating and financial results for the full year and fourth quarter of 2013. According to the Swedish cable operator, 2013 was a transitional year. Specifically, Com Hem delivered on four key strategic objectives to restore growth. In addition to the October launch of TiVo, Com Hem grew broadband subscribers and […]
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 […]
“Citius, Altius, Fortius, Latin for Faster, Higher, Stronger,” has long been the motto to describe the great feats of athleticism seen at the Olympic Games. With the Winter Olympics now underway in Sochi, and ahead of its annual flagship gathering, Cable Europe, the trade association for the European cable industry, is proud to celebrate its […]
A Board meeting of Spanish quad-play operator ONO has decided to go ahead with an IPO, seemingly dashing the hopes of telco Vodafone, which was reported to have made a €7 billion offer for the company. In a statement, ONO said its Board of Directors had met to review the Group’s operational and financial performance. […]
Virgin Media has connected its two millionth TiVo customer since launching the service in December 2010. Commenting on the milestone, Scott Kewley, Virgin Media’s director of digital entertainment, said: “Reaching two million TiVo customers is a huge milestone for us and we’re delighted so many people are enjoying what we believe is the best way […]
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is to expand its free-to-air family of channels with the launch of ITVBe, featuring lifestyle and reality programming from the UK and the US. From launch, ITVBe will become the exclusive home of ITV’s award winning series, The Only Way is Essex. The new channel which is aimed at a younger, […]
Charter has kept up the pressure on its M&A targets by nominating a fresh board of directors for Time Warner Cable . Charter has announced a list including eight current or former chief executives, three former Wall Street lawyers and an ex-chief technology officer from TWC. Among the nominees are media and cable executives Lisa […]