Advanced Television

FTTH

Truespeed secures Sky Stream, Netflix deal

Southwest England full-fibre broadband provider Truespeed is launching a partnership with Sky to offer Sky TV and Netflix to its customers. Truespeed customers will be able to subscribe to a Sky Stream package that offers both Sky Entertainment and Netflix in one combined package.  The offer will start from £23 (€27) per month, for 18 […]

February 7, 2024

BT FTTP footprint expands to 13m premises

BT has issued a trading update for the nine months to December 31st 2023. Allison Kirkby, Chief Executive, commenting on the telco’s Q4, said: “BT Group has delivered another quarter of revenue and EBITDA growth, while rapidly building and upgrading customers to our full-fibre broadband and 5G networks, and we continue to be on track […]

February 2, 2024

France: 62% use DTT to watch TV

Nearly two-thirds (62 per cent) of French viewers still use DTT to watch television – 58 per cent on the main TV set, and 4 per cent on a secondary device. According to a study conducted by Ifop for French radio and television transmission services provider, TDF, 35 per cent of viewers use DTT alongside […]

January 31, 2024From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Forecast: NZ telco, pay-TV services revenue to remain stagnant

The total telecom and pay-TV services revenue in New Zealand is poised to register a marginal compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.7 per cent between 2023 and 2028, with continued decline in mobile voice service revenue denting the overall growth prospects, despite considerable revenue growth in mobile data and fixed broadband segments, according to […]

January 29, 2024

Study: US net subs favour fibre SPs

Parks Associates’ new consumer study, Home Internet Evolution: 5G Competition and Value-Added Services, finds that fibre and mobile services score the highest regarding consumer value perceptions of their Internet service, especially on cost. Sixty-six per cent of subscribers with a fixed wireless access (FWA) plan from a mobile provider – also known as 5G or […]

January 26, 2024

Data: Record year for UK broadband

Broadband use across the UK increased by 9 per cent in 2023, according to digital infrastructure provider Openreach. Openreach’s annual update indicates that broadband traffic across the UK increased by around 9 per cent during 2023 to 94,722 Petabytes (PB) of data. Closer examination of the numbers shows that peaks tend to be focused on […]

January 4, 2024By Colin Mann

Report: Full-fibre tops 17m UK homes

A record 17 million UK homes have access to full-fibre broadband, with 4.6 million now taking it up, according to regulator Ofcom’s latest Connected Nations report. For the first time, full-fibre broadband is available to over half of homes in all four of the UK nations. Northern Ireland leads the way, with over nine in […]

December 19, 2023By Colin Mann

Analysis: UK broadband market sees declining volumes

Point Topic, a provider of broadband market intelligence, has reported that total Q3 2023 FTTH/P/B, FTTC, cable, FWA/satellite and DSL wholesale and retail connections decreased in the UK during the quarter and stood at an estimated 28.718 million down from 28.746 million q-o-q but down considerably from 29.036 million y-o-y. The fixed broadband retail market […]

December 15, 2023

Ofcom tackles broadband tech consumer confusion

UK comms regulator Ofcom is issuing new guidance to broadband providers to ensure consumers are given clear information about their service when signing up to a new deal. Under the guidance, broadband firms must now tell consumers about the network that underpins their broadband service and must only use terms that are clear and unambiguous. […]

December 13, 2023By Colin Mann

FFTH Council Europe: “CSPs facing many challenges”

The In-Home Broadband Excellence (IBE) Committee of the FTTH Council Europe has announced the release of its In-Home Connectivity Survey Report 2023, providing insights into the strategies and challenges faced by Communication Service Providers (CSPs) across Europe. Structured along the main topics of Strategy and Marketing, Customer Satisfaction, and Technology, and based on a thorough […]

December 7, 2023