ONO, Spain’s largest cable company, is performing well despite the economic crisis – reporting a profit of €52 million, up 3.9 per cent in comparison with the previous year. Total revenues amounted to €1.573 billion, up 5.9 per cent, mostly due to the increase in revenues in the businesses market with a growth of 37.3 […]
Twelve weeks before its opening, ANGA COM 2013 has received more than 400 binding exhibitor registrations. The exhibition and congress for Broadband, Cable & Satellite will take place from 4th to 6th June 2013 in Cologne/Germany. ANGA’s Managing Director Dr. Peter Charissé: “There will be a perfect mixture of international vendors and medium-sized businesses. More […]
Consumer insight firm Nielsen has identified a group that despite not viewing TV content via traditional methods are nevertheless consuming measurable amounts. Nielsen notes that most people watch TV in their living rooms using traditional cable or satellite options, reporting that more than 95 per cent of Americans get their information and entertainment that way. […]
Neil Berkett, CEO at Virgin Media, will receive a massive $86.8 million pay-off to leave his job, according to a SEC statement filed by new owners Liberty Global on March 7th. Berkett’s leaving package is assembled from a cash and equity payment worth $19.6 million, while other share options as well as Berkett’s existing long-term […]
Europe’s leading cable companies score higher than their rivals in customer satisfaction with broadband service, but trail them in television service, according to research from Strategy Analytics’ ConsumerMetrix service. The report, “European Cable: Customer Satisfaction and Profiles”, found that customers of cable companies give them a net promoter satisfaction rating of 66 per cent for […]
Mike Fries, CEO of Liberty Global, told Cable Congress that mobile services were the next landmark on the European expansion road map. Speaking to CNN’s Becky Anderson in the day’s set-piece interview, Fries said Liberty had taken a low key approach to mobile up to now, but not anymore. He said one of the attractions […]
Senior executives in the European broadband cable industry speaking at the Cable Congress 2013 in London have expressed their confidence in its ability to compete effectively against telco players. Reporting revenue growth for 2012 of 6.5 per cent and 5.3 per cent respectively for Internet and cable telephony, Cable Europe President Manuel Kohnstamm said that […]
Trade body Cable Europe has revealed fresh data from analyst firm IHS Screen Digest that shows 5.5 per cent per cent top-line revenue growth across Europe, representing nearly €1 billion in new revenues for 2012. According to Cable Europe executives speaking at Cable Congress 2013, the upward trend is explained by a shift towards digital […]
Norwegian cable operator GET has selected the Cisco Videoscape Unity video services delivery platform to transform its TV service and enable the deployment of next-generation entertainment experiences, including personalised and synchronised TV across multiple devices. The new video service from GET will enable flexible TV viewing in the home and on the go, with unified […]
Belgian triple play operator Telenet has announced that its chief executive Duco Sickinghe is to leave the company, and will be replaced by the former head of Australian pay-TV firm Austar United Communications. Sickinghe will step down from its executive duties on March 31st and as a director at the occasion of the annual shareholders […]