The spike in demand for IPTV and broadband-based video service is a major factor spearheading growth in the world xDSL test equipment market. High bandwidth requirements for IPTV and customers’ higher expectations of service uptime are forcing service providers to purchase the latest test equipment and service monitoring tools. Analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds […]
In the battle between the telcos and cable TV industries, cable service providers are pulling ahead of telecoms service providers. According to data from TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Pay-TV research service, in Q2 2011, the number of IPTV subscribers worldwide exceeded 50 million as telcos continued striving to exploit their fixed broadband customer base to gain a […]
RRsat Global Communications Network, a provider of comprehensive content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industries, has announced that it signed an agreement with Spacecom, the operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, for monitoring, backup and disaster recovery services. As part of the agreement, RRsat will act as Spacecom’s remote […]
Collectively, US pay-TV providers lost 400,000 subscribers in the second quarter – their single worst period in over three years, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics. Cable TV took the brunt of the hit, though Satellite operators were not left unscathed. While much of the subscriber loss can be attributed to traditional economic […]
Demonstrating the increasing role of the network in people’s lives, an international workforce study commissioned by Cisco has revealed that one in three college students and young professionals considers the Internet to be as important as fundamental human resources such as air, water, food and shelter. The 2011 Cisco Connected World Technology Report also found […]
Ikanos Communications, a provider of advanced broadband semiconductor and software products for the digital home, has expanded its partnership with ASSIA, the leading provider of high-performance Dynamic Spectrum Management (DSM) software tools, to simplify the commercial deployment of service provider networks employing the latest ITU-T standard – G.Vector. The result is reliable 100 megabit per […]
German cable giant Kabel Deutschland has confirmed it will be adding eight new HDTV channels. Six will go live on October 5 (Pro7 HD, Sat1-HD, kabel eins HD, Sixx HD, and Servus HD).Two other channels will then be added in December. K-D says that by year-end it will be offering 26 HD channels. With the […]
Sky IQ, the customer intelligence arm of BSkyB, has unveiled a suite of Insight Marketing services created to help advertisers better understand how to manipulate consumer data. The move will see Sky IQ clients share data they hold on their customer base in return for in-depth insight into how to harness it for multi-channel campaigns. […]
Spain’s largest cable company ONO looks likely to acquire regional cable operator Telecable that operates in the Spanish regions of Asturias and Extremadura with around 160,000 subscribers. The operation, led by the French bank Societe General, is to be concluded before the end of this month. In the race to acquire the company there is […]
Globecomm Systems, a global provider of communications solutions and services, has announced that Missouri RSA 5 Partnership d/b/a Chariton Valley Wireless Services (Chariton Valley), a locally owned and operated wireless company providing state-of-the-art communications to Northeast Missouri, has chosen Globecomm to host the carrier’s enhanced and extended GSM wireless network. The Globecomm solution allows Chariton […]