The Indian state of Maharashtra, which includes and surrounds Mumbai, levies a tax on each cable subscriber of about 75 cents on each and every cable subscriber as an “entertainment tax”. The Cable Operators & Distributors Association (CODA) is asking the government to slash the tax to just one-third of its present rate, to about […]
Time Warner Cable is nearing a deal with Apple to provide access to cable TV through the Apple TV set-top box. An agreement between TWC, the No. 2 US cable operator, and Apple is expected within the next few months, according to Bloomberg. A deal with Time Warner Cable would be a first with a […]
The city of Carouge in the canton of Geneva has sold its 51 per cent share in Télécarouge SA to upc cablecom. Switzerland’s largest provider of TV– which already held a 45 per cent share in Télécarouge. More and more municipalities and cities in Switzerland no longer consider investing in and maintaining their own telecommunications […]
Liberty Global owns 100 per cent of the Netherland’s cable operator UPC, but also owns 18.2 per cent of Holland’s other major cable company Ziggo. UPC has about 2.8 million homes on its nets while Ziggo’s footprint covers 4.2 million homes. Combined, they control around 40 per cent of the Dutch market, with telco KPN […]
Time Warner Cable has signed an agreement with Microsoft that will open the door to a new viewing experience for Time Warner Cable customers. In the upcoming months, the TWC TV app will be available on the Xbox 360 console. Time Warner Cable video subscribers in the US who are Xbox Live Gold members will […]
Vodafone’s bid for Kabel Deutschland is to be investigated by Germany’s competition authority. Deals in the German cable sector are routinely examined by the authorities, and it is thus far unclear whether the Bundeskartellamt will conduct the investigation or pass it up to EU level. Kabel Deutschland accepted a €7.7 billion offer from Vodafone last week.
Despite a high price tag and the growing availability of programming options online, many Americans are still reluctant to cut the cable television cord, even though a survey from CouponCabin.com and Harris Interactive reveals that nearly half of US adults (45 per cent) think cable TV is a waste of money. 81 per cent report […]
Europeans consumers are not getting the broadband download speeds they pay for. On average, they receive only 74 per cent of the advertised headline speed they have paid for, according to a new European Commission study on fixed broadband performance. According to commission Vice President Neelie Kroes, this is the first time the difference between […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has extended the deadline for the submission of consumer application forms (CAFs) on behalf of cable television subscribers by 15 days to July 10th after a meeting with cable companies, avoiding the disconnection of their services. Multi -system operators (MSOs), or large cable network operators, had been required […]
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and Alpha Technologies have announced an intensive course that is intended to increase understanding of how DC power can provide the back-up powering needed to ensure service reliability for critical facilities serving cable telecommunications networks. “DC Power–Level 1” is designed to provide facilities and infrastructure professionals with the […]