British cable operator Virgin Media posted fourth-quarter revenue and operating cashflow in line with forecast, and said it had continued to show good resilience in the face of the downturn. Virgin Media said it had made 15,000 net new customer additions in the quarter, compared with 24,000 a year ago, and sold 185,500 products of […]

The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) has confirmed that its American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-accredited SCTE Standards Program has begun to investigate the standardisation required for the carriage of next generation 3D content on cable networks. The SCTE Engineering Committee, which oversees the Society's development of technical standards covering all aspects of cable networks, […]

Comcast Corporation, America's largest cable TV provider, said that its fourth-quarter earnings fell 32 percent, hit by a $600 million write-down of its investment in the Clearwire Corporation, the wireless technology provider. Comcast's revenue and adjusted earnings were ahead of estimates, however, helped by growth in Comcast's video segment. In the fourth quarter Comcast earned […]

Time Warner Cable shifted some key management positions in anticipation of its planned split with parent Time Warner Inc., naming CEO Glenn Britt to the additional position of chairman. The company received the necessary government approvals for the split earlier this month and said it expected to complete the split by the end of the […]

The chances of BT spending £1.5bn (E1.7bn) on a superfast broadband network have increased after Ofcom said its rules would not prevent the telecoms operator from securing an adequate return on its investment. Ed Richards, chief executive of Ofcom, told the FT the planned regulatory regime for BT's network would not be an "obstacle". Since […]

Charter Communications said it had reached an agreement in principle with a debt holders committee on terms of a financial restructuring, to be done under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, to reduce Charter's debt by about $8 billion. The cable operator, controlled by Microsoft's co-founder, Paul Allen, said in a statement it would file for Chapter […]

Cable Europe, the industry representing Europe's cable industry, has expressed disappointment at a European Commission decision to allow the Dutch communications regulator, OPTA, to impose new regulatory rules on cable operators (See Daily News 11/02/09). The Commission has effectively approved a move by the Dutch regulator to mandate cable operators to allow third party services […]

The European Commission has backed plans from Dutch telecoms regulator OPTA to open up the country's cable TV market. OPTA plans to force the country's four largest cable operators Ziggo, UPC, Delta and CAIW to open up their digital networks to third parties. According to OPTA, the regulations are needed to boost competition in the […]

Research firm Light Reading has compiled a report that scopes out the types of cross-platform services that cable operators may roll out, focusing on service features and the emerging technologies that will support them. Even though it will cost more to implement new technologies, cable operators are likely to move to cross-platform technologies to improve […]

KDG achieved 11% growth in digital subs to 846,300 out of its nine million TV subs. KDG had 1,240,700 internet and telephony RGUs at year end, up 105.2% year-on-year, with 163,200 added during the final quarter. Internet customers were 624,700, while phone customers numbered 616,000. The company had 11.386m RGUs in total at the end […]