Netgem has signed an agreement with Virgin Mobile France, the French Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), for the launch of its Virgin Box TV offering. Netgem will provide its hardware and software technologies to enable Virgin Mobile France customers to access its quadruple-play services (broadband, broadcast, fixed-line and mobile telephony). Virgin Mobile France will unveil […]
The Netherlands has become Europe’s first country to enshrine network neutrality in law by banning its mobile telephone operators from blocking or charging consumers extra for using Internet-based services like Skype . The measure, which was adopted with a broad majority in the lower house of the Dutch Parliament will prevent KPN, the incumbent telco […]
The European Commission has expressed a number of concerns on proposals by Belgian broadcasting and broadband regulators. In particular, the Commission is asking the Belgian regulators to take full account of market developments in both markets and to further substantiate and justify its reasoning with regard to the broadcasting market. The Commission believes Belgium hasn’t […]
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts has told Fortune magazine wants to shift the perception of the cable company and being a stodgy provider of bulky cable set top boxes is a thing of the past. “We recognize that the business is changing and has changed, and we’re well aware that there’s new competition,” he said. Roberts […]
Croatian fixed-line operator Voljatel has acquired two local cable TV operators and is eyeing a third. The two operators in question are Kerman and Antena JD and negotiations are underway for the acquisition of another cable operator in Sibenik, according to Voljatel CEO, Boris Levenski. Financial details of the deals were not disclosed. Voljatel, which […]
Yang Xinshuang, deputy director of the IPTV division of CCTV’s national online TV station CNTV, has disclosed that CNTV, in conjunction with local cable TV and telecom operators has completed construction of IPTV broadcast and control sub-platforms in China’s network convergence trial cities, with broadcasting scheduled to begin some time this year. Yang said that […]
Multi-screen video software specialist SeaChange International and media content technology and solutions provider Civolution have agreed an integration and distribution collaboration to offer NexGuard forensic watermarking for premium video-on-demand (VoD), critical for cable operators looking to launch Home Premiere services, as mandated by the Hollywood studios to grant access to early window content. Paul de […]
With an increase of over 15.2 million subscribers in the first three months of this year, fixed broadband grew by 2.9 per cent. This was the biggest quarterly increase in the last two years and representing an annual growth rate of 11.93 per cent, according to figures released by the Broadband Forum at CommunicAsia 2011. […]
Agama Technologies, the DTV quality assurance expert, has revealed that Swiss wholesaler Netstream has deployed Agama’s complete end-to-end monitoring solution for its managed IPTV service. The installation enables full control and understanding of the service quality from creation to consumption, supporting Netstream in efficient problem discovery and SLA follow-ups with wholesale partners. Since 2006 Netstream […]
Agama Technologies, the DTV quality assurance expert, has announced that Swiss wholesaler Netstream has deployed Agama’s complete end-to-end monitoring solution for its managed IPTV service. The installation enables full control and understanding of the service quality from creation to consumption, supporting Netstream in efficient problem discovery and SLA follow-ups with wholesale partners. Since 2006, Netstream […]