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India: Current pay-TV growth is ‘tip of iceberg’

Technology company NDS is now serving more than 20 million homes in India, representing more than 100 million viewers, with its encryption and middleware expertise. Dr Abe Peled, executive chairman of NDS, speaking exclusively to Advanced-Television.com from New Delhi where he was attending an event to celebrate the milestone, said the best part of the […]

October 19, 2011

Carlyle scoops Telecable

Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has reached an agreement to acquire an 85 per cent share of Spanish triple-play cable operator Telecable de Asturias. Liberbank will retain a minority stake after the transaction, which is expected to close by year-end. The transaction values the company at €400 million; equity for this investment will […]

October 19, 2011By Colin Mann

Darsh Digital selects NDS

NDS has confirmed that Darsh Digital, an independent cable operator in India, has selected an end-to-end suite of technologies from NDS to enable the launch of their digital pay-TV service. Headquartered in Patna, Bihar with an existing base of analogue subscribers, the new service from Darsh Digital will provide enhanced functionality and value-added content for […]

October 18, 2011

Netflix: FiOS is best streamer

Netflix has re-run the numbers comparing video-streaming performance across 13 US broadband providers – breaking out Verizon and AT&T’s fiber-based services from DSL – and found that FiOS Internet clearly beats cable. Verizon’s FiOS Internet delivered 2.5 Megabits per second over a 60-day period, ending September 25th , according to Netflix’s measurements. The video-subscription company […]

October 17, 2011

Time Warner Cable offers day and date movies

Time Warner Cable (TWC) is to offer its digital customers two new films the same day as their theatrical release, and a third before its theatrical release.   The first – Trespass – was made available October 14, while the second – Marginal Call – will become available the same day as its theatrical release, […]

October 17, 2011By Colin Mann

SeaChange’s On Demand Group signs Cablevision VoD deal

SeaChange International’s On Demand Group, the European VoD aggregator, has signed a landmark deal with Cablevision, Mexico’s leading cable provider, to manage its VoD services. The deal marks On Demand Group’s first fully operational move into Latin America and will include Cablevision’s transaction VoD and Subscription VoD services. “Our deal with Cablevision is an exciting […]

October 11, 2011

Virgin business Cloud

Meanwhile Virgin is launching its first cloud-based services to business customers as part of a drive to double revenues from its enterprise division in the next five years. Virgin said it would “shake up” the cloud computing market with easy-to-use technology and clear advice. The cloud itself is often a cause for confusion for consumers […]

September 29, 2011

Sky on UPC Austria

UPC Austria customers in Vienna, Graz and Klagenfurt will be able to receive Sky Deutschland’s premium channels after the two operators struck a distribution agreement. From next week UPC will begin offering the Sky Film, Sky Sport and Sky Bundesliga packages to its Digital TV Plus customers. The cable operator will charge an introductory fee […]

September 29, 2011

Virgin Media: ‘TiVo will beat Sky+’

A new report on UK cable operator Virgin Media’s prospects (from investment bankers Morgan Stanley) says that TiVo’s functionality will make life very hard for YouView or BSkyB. Virgin’s senior staffers say that their TiVo box, now rolling out to its customer base, will beat to the punch the UK’s digital terrestrial service YouView and […]

September 27, 2011By Chris Forrester

J:COM, Tokyu acquire Yokohama Cable Vision

Japanese cable services provider Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) has concluded an agreement with Sotetsu Holdings on buying a controlling stake in Yokohama Cable Vision, which is owned by Sotetsu. Yokohama Cable Vision (YCV) operates in Yokohama with 260,000 homes passed. J:COM will buy 51 per cent of the shares in YCV and Tokyu will buy 49 […]

September 27, 2011