The need for speed is not always associated with high intelligence; think young men (or, even worse, middle aged men pretending to be young) on motorbikes. On the other hand in motor racing those that can afford the best technology can usually go quickest. The same can be said for service providers. And, as in […]
Crowd funded ads putting pressure on the FCC as it proposes new net neutrality rules have appeared in Washington DC. The campaign was organised by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. It urges people to phone the FCC and oppose it allowing telecom firms to charge for prioritised data delivery. The FCC five-member board will decide whether […]
A client report issued by global investment management firm Sanford C Bernstein seen by advanced-television.com has bucked the Wall Street consensus view by suggesting that there are material chances that Google will expand its Google Fiber network to pass millions of homes profitably. The report focuses on
UK ISPs and the entertainment industry are said to be near to agreeing a deal to combat piracy. After four years of negotiations, Virgin Media have said they will send “educational” letters to people who illegally download copyrighted music, television or films. Under the voluntary copyright alert programme (Vcap), the music and movie industry bodies […]
Virgin Media has moved back into revenue growth, adding 15,000 pay-TV customers and more than 40,000 broadband subscribers in Q1 2014. The results mark a return to form for Virgin Media, acquired by John Malone’s Liberty Global last year. Revenues had dipped 1.1 per cent during its traditionally prosperous Christmas quarter after a slump at […]
Virgin Media has unveiled its new ‘Big Bundles’. For the first time, the UK’s fastest widely available broadband can now be combined with a mobile SIM as well as pay-TV and home phone services. Each Big Bundle can be tailored to suit a customer’s individual or family needs. This includes the flexibility to take more […]
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler told The Cable Show that the FCC is not likely to tolerate paid prioritisation if its impact is to disadvantage edge providers, saying that “If someone acts to divide the Internet between ‘haves’ and ‘have nots,’ we will use every power at our disposal to stop it. I consider that to […]
Millions of UK homes will be able to watch BT Sport for free for another season following BT’s decision to continue offering the channels for free to new and re-contracting BT Broadband customers. BT has revealed that around five million homes now take BT Sport, just nine months after the channels went live last August. […]
Netflix may not like its peering deal with Comcast, but now it is entering a similar partnership with Verizon. Netflix said: ‘We have reached an interconnect arrangement with Verizon that we hope will improve performance for our joint customers over the coming months.’ Netflix entered a paid peering deal with Comcast in February after subscribers […]
The Federal Communications Commission has said it will propose new rules to allow content companies such as Disney, Google or Netflix to pay ISPs like Comcast and Verizon for faster lanes to send video to their subscribers. The proposed changes effectively end the guarantee on net neutrality — the principle that no providers of legal […]