North of England-based ISP Plusnet is extending its TV service trial in the New Year from staff to customers who have its Unlimited Fibre option. Plusnet will provide a Humax YouView+ box offering Freeview channels and easy access to on-demand content, such as the BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4OD and Demand5. Plusnet is also offering […]
Swedish telco Com Hem Holding is acquiring Phonera Företag, a telephone and ISP service provider. Annual sales of the acquired operation is 260MSEK (€31m) and the number of customers around 58,000. The takeover is scheduled for March 31st 2014. “Consistent with ComHem’s strategy of actively serving the corporate market, we are pleased to sign the […]
From July to September 2013, Ofcom received the most complaints about BT TV (formerly BT Vision) at 0.56 complaints per 1,000 subscribers – more than doubling from 0.26 in the previous quarter. Complaints about BT TV peaked in August 2013, of which almost half were about BT Sport which launched on August 1st 2013. Overall […]
Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel is launching its first Triple Play offering of broadband Internet and fixed-line telephony services bundled with its television product. The initiative follows approval by Foxtel’s shareholders Telstra and News Australia, and the execution of a wholesale agreement with Telstra. Such a move will also impact on the potential launch of Netflix […]
According to BT Group, net FTTx additions for external providers increased by more than 300 per cent during in the three months to end September 2013. “Superfast broadband is where the UK is heading and the consumers agree. Virgin Media, BT, Sky and TalkTalk amongst others all show strong results for their higher bandwidth tariffs […]
Telecom Italia is the leading Italian operator in terms of fibre optic coverage, reaching 30 cities (which will increase to 33 in December), as well as 3 million homes covered with VDSL2. By year’s end, a dozen cities will be completely covered with VDSL2, while in the others coverage will rise to almost 50 per […]
The latest measures to combat digital piracy in the UK has come into force with a court order from BPI asking ISPs to block 21 sites that link to infringing material. “We asked the sites to stop infringing copyright but unfortunately they did not and we were left with little choice but to apply to […]
BT has stepped up its efforts to attract TV customers with a major launch of new channels and by offering customers the chance to build their own TV package made up of just the content they actually want to watch. BT’s core Entertainment pack – £7 (€8.21) a month – includes 18 popular pay TV […]
Telenor Sweden says it is continuing its commitment in broadband and television services buying Tele2 Sweden (Tele2) fibre and cable business serving the consumer market for a cash sum of SEK 775 million (€91.4m). In 2012, the acquired company had reported revenues of SEK 530 million. The acquisition includes a portfolio of about 370,000 households […]
BSkyB unveiled a strong set of numbers for its first quarter-year’s results with plenty of highlights to keep the market happy. Top line headlines included revenues up 7 per cent (to £1.843 million) and 800,000 new paid-for ‘subscription products’ which is a 50 per cent uplift on a year ago. Sky enjoyed 111,000 new broadband […]