Further to the June 24th announcement of its agreed takeover bid for German cable MSO Kabel Deutschland, Vodafone has launched a voluntary public takeover offer for the entire share capital of Kabel Deutschland Holding (KDH) through its indirect wholly owned subsidiary Vodafone Vierte. Shareholders of KDH can tender their shares from today (July 30th) until […]
Cable MSO Liberty Global International (LGI) has further increased its stake in Dutch cable operator Ziggo. In a statement, the Supervisory Board and the Board of Management of Ziggo N.V. noted that according to an 8k SEC filing made by Liberty Global, the stake of Liberty Global in Ziggo N.V. has been raised to 28.5 […]
Cable MSO Liberty Global International is assessing its first-round bids for pay-TV unit Chellomedia, reports the FT, suggesting that second-round winning bids are likely to value the operation at around $1 billion. It is understood that bids have been received from media companies and private equity companies, including Scripps Networks Interactive, Turner Broadcasting System and […]
Glenn Britt, Time Warner Cable’s long-standing Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is to retire at the end of 2013. The Time Warner Cable Board of Directors has elected Robert D. Marcus, currently the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, to succeed Britt as Chairman and CEO effective January 1, 2014. Britt will remain on the […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its Broadcast and Streaming Video Equipment and Pay-TV Subscribers report, which tracks pay-TV subscribers and video equipment sold to telco IPTV, cable, and satellite providers. “With competition and content heating up, pay-TV providers are transitioning their traditional, broadcast-focused video processing environments to ones that can ingest, process, […]
Findings from the US’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) indicate increased competition in the market for the delivery of video programming. The findings emerged as the FCC adopted its 15th Report to Congress on the status of the market. The Report, which covers 2011 and 2012, measures the market’s progress toward increasing competition and diversity in […]
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to verify whether the transfer of public cable infrastructure between 2003 and 2006 by several French municipalities to the French Telecom operator Numéricâble was in line with EU state aid rules. As Numéricâble received the infrastructure for free, the transfers gave the company a huge economic advantage […]
Arris Group, a global player in entertainment and communications solutions, has announced its E6000 Converged Edge Router (CER) has reached General Availability (GA). Continuing the legacy of the C4 Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS), the E6000 CER delivers new levels of density and cost-effectiveness in a simple, robust integrated architecture that has the capability to […]
Google is taking a fresh look at launching an online pay-TV service, reports The Wall Street Journal, which suggests that it has recently approached media companies about licensing their content for an Internet TV service that would stream traditional TV programming. Such an initiative would pitch Google against mooted plans from Intel, Sony and Apple. […]
DVR specialist TiVo is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to ensure that consumers can continue to access cable content on retail devices using CableCARDs until a successor solution is available. TiVo has filed a petition asking the FCC to reinstate procedures aimed at guaranteeing that cable customers continue to have the ability to use […]