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Strong growth for European Cable

Figures released by trade body Cable Europe, as the European cable industry convenes for the Cable Congress, show that the sector’s ongoing investments in next-generation Internet access and digital television keeps paying off. With product innovations following one after the other, the industry announced strong 2010 year-end numbers. Manuel Kohnstamm, President, Cable Europe, reported that […]

February 15, 2011Nick Snow@Cable Congress

cablecom tops 1.37 Gbps

In a record-beating attempt, Liberty Global-owned cable company cablecom has achieved a hitherto unprecedented Internet speed of 1.37 Gigabits per second – over a conventional coaxial television cable. In doing so, it sent data down the line almost 70 times faster than is possible with the fastest DSL options; proof that cable networks have a […]

February 15, 2011

ActiveVideo to demo Smart TV over Cloud

ActiveVideo Networks will demonstrate how its CloudTV Platform can uniformly bring Smart TV functionality and applications to any set-top box or television equipped with CI Plus (Common Interface Plus) modules at the Cable Congress. ActiveVideo will show how CloudTV can build value for cable system operators, programmers and third-party developers by enabling the limitless delivery […]

February 14, 2011

Cable sets European broadband pace

Research released in advance of the European cable industry’s annual Congress points to increased digital leadership by cable. Cable Europe, the sector’s trade body, suggests that the European Union’s goal of a digital future for all is well on its way to becoming realised, with Europe’s cable industry already today having made fast Internet available […]

February 11, 2011

Deutsche Telekom ‘back in cable’

Deutsche Telekom is re-entering the German cable television market in “a tactical move,”, says local press quoting spokesman Marc Sauser. “We want to throw a wrench in the works of the cable companies….We’re a newcomer and will be the smallest player in this market.” The company, which disposed of all its cable assets almost 10 […]

February 10, 2011

Telenet ponders Numericable move

Belgian cable operator Telenet is considering a bid for the Brussels-based unit of France’s Numericable, which would open a market beyond the group’s base in the north of the country, according to Reuters. “We are looking at this asset, just like we are looking at other assets in the cable sector, but we won’t give […]

February 1, 2011

Liberty Global, Kabel Deutschland eye KBW

Liberty Global, rival cable group Kabel Deutschland and a number of private equity groups have emerged as bidders in the €2.5 billion-€3 billion ($3.4bn-$4.1bn) auction of Kabel Baden-Württemberg, Germany’s third-largest cable operator. Initial bids for the company, which provides television, telephone and Internet services to 2.3 million customers in the southwestern German region, are due […]

January 31, 2011

Comcast completes NBCU deal

Comcast Corporation and General Electric have closed their transaction to create a joint venture, NBCUniversal, LLC. Under the terms of the transaction, GE contributed to the joint venture NBC Universal, Inc.’s businesses, including its cable networks, filmed entertainment, televised entertainment, theme parks, and unconsolidated investments. Comcast contributed its cable networks, including E!, Versus and the […]

January 31, 2011

Research: Next-gen TV closing gap on cable

Cable will retain dominance in the global multi-channel TV market over the next five years but the threat from the new generation of digital and IP services will take its toll, predicts Ovum. Globally cable TV will reach 573 million households by 2015, but will grow by an average of only three per cent per […]

January 31, 2011

Time Warner Cable profits up

Time Warner Cable has posted a 22 per cent rise in quarterly profit as the company added more Internet customers. The No. 2 US cable television operator’s profit growth and increasing return of cash to shareholders was offset with its continuing loss of TV customers during the quarter. Fourth-quarter net profit rose to $392 million […]

January 27, 2011