Evolution Digital, supplier of digital solutions for bandwidth reclamation and STBs, has announced in partnership with Avail-TVN, the largest digital media services company in North America and Conax, the global Content Security providers, the launch of an innovative turn-key content and CA Hosted Solution for US cable operators. This new Hosted Solution will allow cable […]
International MSO Liberty Global revealed quarterly revenue up 17.8 per cent following on good growth in Germany and Poland, and confirmed its European expansion ambitions. “Over 80 per cent of our business is now squarely focused in Europe… we remain well capitalized to pursue additional consolidation opportunities in our core European markets,” said president and chief executive […]
A US District judge has ruled that Internet TV service ivi is breaking the law by offering live streams of network and cable television. ivi, which offers online broadcasts of 55 stations in the Los Angeles, Chicago and New York area for under $5 a month, was ordered to cease operations immediately as a result […]
Kabel Deutschland Holding AG (KDH), Germany’s biggest cable operator, has sustained its dynamic growth over the first nine months of its financial year 2010/2011 (April 1st through December 31st, 2010). “We are implementing our strategy on schedule and achieving our objectives. The trend towards Premium TV services is gaining momentum, and demand for high performance […]
Swedish private equity firm EQT has received around five bids in the range of €2 billion to €2.5 billion on its auction of German cable operator Kabel Baden-Wuerttemberg according to reports, in a potential disappointment to EQT on price. The bidders are said to include US media conglomerate Liberty Global, and private equity firms CVC […]
Cable TV and telcos that provide subscription services say industry gains in the fourth quarter returned to normal following a spate of cancellations spurred by the end of discounted pricing. Comcast announced its loss of 135,000 video subscribers was about a third less than expected as it held onto more customers with better programming, and […]
South America’s main cable MSO ‘Net’ wrapped 2010 with a total of 4.2 million pay-TV subscribers, representing a 14 per cent growth year-on-year (and a year ago growth was a sluggish 3.5 per cent). Net claims to be the operator with the largest number of HDTV subscribers in the region although does not break out […]
Virgin Media Inc (the UK operator is listed NASDAQ) has announced strong results for 2010 the year and quarter ended December 31, 2010. Revenue growth across all areas was up 5.8 per cent to £3.876 billion (€4.60bn) with Q4 over £1 billion, up 6.6 per cent. Operating cash flow – a key measure for indebted […]
Confirming CEO Mike Fries’ declaration yesterday that Liberty Global is on watch for acquisitions, Shane O’Neill, Chief Strategy Officer, took the opportunity of the Investor panel to confirm they were appraising KBW, but also that, given the choice and the right price, “Ziggo [the Dutch operator] is a much better fit for us.” Mixed news […]
Deutsche Telekom and pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland have agreed a deal to include Sky’s channels as part of DT’s cable TV offering. Deutsche Telekom (DT) will feed Sky’s programmes into its so-called NE 3 and NE 4 cable networks and households, giving consumers access to the whole range of Sky products and services. The deal […]