T-Mobile Netherlands is entering the market with a OTT ‘skinny bundle’. The company, exited the Dutch fixed line market last year with the sale of ISP Online, said consumers are tired of having to pay for oversized TV subscriptions. Its new Knippr service will next year offer a basic plan of live channels, and customers […]
The conflict between Netflix and Movistar is heating up. The US streaming company has accused Telefónica’s platform Movistar Plus of offering the lowest broadband connection speed in Spain and the fourth-worst in all Europe. The conclusion is the result of a Netflix ranking of Spanish telco companies based on the broadband speeds available when users […]
In what the UK’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport describes as “an early Christmas present”, homes and businesses in some of the most remote areas of the UK are to be offered a subsidised satellite broadband connection if they are currently unable to obtain an affordable broadband service of at least 2 Mbps. The […]
Internet users in Germany will soon be able to choose which modem or router to use for their broadband connection. The German government has abolished ISP locking. Until now some network operators approved only their own routers or modems on connections they provided. As a result, users had to make do without certain functions and […]
Advanced Television talks to CEO Stephane Bourque about Incognito’s mission to provide the subscriber with a much better QoE by taking the Home Gateway functionality to the cloud. This means an operator can provide a great experience with a simple, friendly, UI, state-of-the-art functionality and comprehensive user management no matter what the network or legacy […]
Enders Analysis has published its latest ten year viewing forecasts which showed live and seven-day broadcast time-shift/catch-up to the TV as still making up the great majority of viewing in 2025, though the firm assumes that the complex regulatory network that supports public service broadcasting will remain in place. However, this could come into question […]
Interviewed as its annual Connected Nations report is published, Ofcom’s chief executive, Sharon White said the status quo between BT and its subsidiary Openreach, which provides the infrastructure connecting people to the internet, is unlikely to continue.Ofcom is currently reviewing the company’s provision of ‘superfast’ broadband. Critics of BT say it has not invested enough in […]
Sweden’s ISPs will not be forced to block controversial file-sharing site Pirate Bay, nor be held responsible for copyright infringements by users, a court has ruled. Stockholm District Court rejected a lawsuit collectively filed by the Swedish Film Industry, Nordisk Film, Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music in 2014 which argued that Bredbandsbolaget, Sweden’s […]
The Optus cable TV and broadband network acquired by Australia’s national broadband network (nbn) for A$800 million (€545m) is in such poor condition the nbn is considering replacing it entirely, according to a leaked document, which suggests that building over the Optus HFC network with Telstra HFC or a mix of other technologies would deliver […]
BT’s TV service has reported its best ever quarter with its coverage of Champions League football proving to be a major draw. The telco giant, which paid £900 million (€1.255bn) to grab the exclusive TV rights from pay-TV operator Sky and commercial pubcaster ITV, signed up 106,000 new TV customers in the three months to […]