ABI Research’s latest Pay TV ARPU and Revenues Market Data report has found that worldwide pay-TV market reached 903.3 million subscribers in 2013, generating $249.8 billion in service revenue. IPTV operators enjoyed significant growth (18.5 per cent YoY) in 2013 to 92 million subscribers with a total of $37.2 billion in service revenue. “Increasing FTTH […]
Four months before its start, ANGA COM, the European Exhibition and Congress for Broadband, Cable & Satellite, reports binding exhibitor registrations have been received for already 80 per cent of the available floor space. ANGA COM’s key topics for 2014 are Next Generation Networks, Content Delivery, Smart TV, Multiscreen, Video on Demand and Connected Home. […]
Ono is close to hiring banks for an initial public offering. The Spanish cable operator could pick Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Chase in the coming weeks for the IPO after inviting banks to bid for the work. Ono is preparing for a flotation on the Madrid stock exchange that could value the group at as […]
Portugal Telecom, through its R&D unit PT Inovação, and the University of Aveiro are developing a solution that could substantially reduce the cost of cable TV services and extend their coverage to hundreds or thousands of kilometres. The system, which is “simple, effective and ideal for large countries”, has been developed within the framework of […]
Following various acquisitions in French-speaking Switzerland – including Télécarouge SA and Télélancy SA – upc cablecom is now taking over the cable network in Ligerz in the canton of Bern. This has been in private hands up to now and belonged to Garo Immobilien AG in Brügg. The purchase agreement for the complete takeover was […]
Some Time Warner Cable shareholders would support a merger with Charter Communications if Charter raises its current bid for the larger rival to $41 billion or more, according to US reports. At the start of this week, Charter offered to buy Time Warner Cable for $132.50 a share, or $37.3 billion. Time Warner Cable’s board […]
According to data released by research firm The Diffusion Group, nearly nine in ten adult broadband users in the US subscribe to an incumbent pay-TV service such as cable, satellite, or IPTV. The use of such services is greatest among adults 35 and older and less among younger adults. “The notion that we’re on the […]
After Charter Communications went public with an offer for Time Warner Cable worth $61 billion Time Warner has rejected it as “grossly inadequate”. Backed by John Malone’s Liberty Media, Charter has made overtures and offers to Time Warner Cable since last summer, publicly advocating consolidation in the industry. Charter’s public offer was a cash and […]
US cable MSO Charter Communications has confirmed that it has sent a letter to Time Warner Cable proposing that the companies immediately engage in discussions to conclude a merger agreement to combine the companies in what has been estimated at a $61.3 billion deal. The proposed merger would be one of the largest cable deals […]
By the end of 2013 a total of 158.2 million households around the globe had viewed some form of OTT internet TV programming on a connected TV set. Of these, 76.6 million households (234 million individuals) had been viewing OTT Internet TV programming on a regular, sustained basis in 2013, according to Research and Markets. […]