Liberty Global, now including Virgin Media, has posted steady growth for Q3 with 314,000 subs adds (878,000 for the nine months YTD) and turnover up 4 per cent. The company has bought back $500 million of stock in the quarter bringing the total to $1 billion YTD. President and CEO Mike Fries commented, “The third […]
The first nine months of the year 2013 have been solid for upc cablecom with strong growth both in terms of revenue and 42,200 additional subscribers to Internet broadband. Switzerland’s largest provider of TV now has more than 2.5 million subscribers and will launch 500 Mbit/s Internet in Bern before the end of this year. […]
Online entertainment service Netflix has added a third operator to its cable TV partners, with Denmark’s Waoo! following Virgin Media in the UK and Sweden’s Com Hem in offering subscribers the ability to access Netflix content via their set-top boxes. Anders B Christjansen, CEO of Waoo!, said such a co-operation was obvious and a perfect […]
Time Warner Cable, the second-largest cable company in the US, reported Q3 profit that at the top of estimates as subscriber-rate increases help make up for a shrinking pool of customers. Net income fell 34 per cent to $532 million, in the three months ended September, from $808 million, the company said. Revenue from residential […]
CableLabs, the non-profit research and development consortium for the cable industry, has confirmed the availability of its DOCSIS 3.1 PHY (physical layer) and MULPI (MAC and Upper Layer Protocol) specifications. DOCSIS 3.1 technology will enable a new generation of cable services and help operators continue to meet consumer demand for high speed connections and sophisticated […]
Canadians aren’t cancelling their cable subscriptions, but convenience, choice and a customisable experience are of the utmost importance, says a PwC report. According to the report, it’s not the cords that are the issue for consumers – cable subscriptions are still dominant in the media landscape, and people are still willing to pay for the […]
India’s transition to digital transmission is proving to be highly beneficial for major MSO Siti Cable. Siti enjoyed a robust three months and has reported a 57 per cent growth in revenues for the quarter ending in September. It has posted a revenue of over $26.4 million. In the same quarter last year, it had […]
French cabler Numericable is looking to raise about €652.5 million in its initial public offering. The shares are offered at €20.30 €24.80, the company said. The range values the company at €5.06 to €5.57 billion said Chief Executive Officer Eric Denoyer. Pricing will be finally decided on November 7th with trading scheduled for November 8th. […]
DVR pioneer and advanced television services specialist TiVo has enabled out-of-home (OOH) streaming on the TiVo Roamio Pro and TiVo Roamio Plus DVRs, allowing users to stream and download live TV and recorded content to smartphones and tablets from anywhere. “Until now, your shows have been locked up in your set-top box at home,” said […]
Primacom, Germany’s fourth-largest cable operator, wants an active role in the market’s consolidation, according to its managing director, and has already made bids for certain assets of Tele Columbus and for Deutsche Telekabel. “We are hunters not hunted. We are ready to be a consolidator”, Wolf Waschkuhn, managing director and supervisory board member of Primacom […]