The C-band Alliance (formed by Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat and Telesat) is stressing that its proposed restructuring of C-band frequencies for 5G usage over the US will not exceed 180 MHz (plus a 20 MHz guard band) in the proposed speedy time-frame of 18-36 months. The consortium’s previous discussions with the FCC had offered 100 MHz […]
India’s giant MSO SITI Networks, with 55 million consumers and serving more than 580 cable communities across the nation, reported solid growth across all key metrics with its Q2 results. SITI is controlled by Essel Group, part of the Zee TV family of media businesses, and said that its EBITDA grew 2.5 times during Q2, […]
As Singapore continues to rapidly digitalise, StarHub is assisting cable customers to get their homes onto fibre connectivity. Donovan Kik, Vice President of Segment and Marketing, StarHub, said, “We constantly refresh our service offerings to ensure they are aligned with what our customers desire, including the best possible service standards and more choices on the […]
UK telco BT has reported revenue of £11.588 billion for its second quarter, down 2 per cent and adjusted revenue of £11.624 billion, down 1 per cent as growth in its consumer business was offset by regulated price reductions in its Openreach infrastructure subsidiary and declines in its enterprise businesses. Operationally, the telco reported that […]
In spite of pressure from competitors, Swisscom says it was also able to expand its TV business in Q3. The number of TV connections rose by 57,000, or 3.9 per cent over the last 12 months, to reach more than 1.5 million. In the third quarter, the figure grew by 9,000. The Swiss telco reported […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX project has a sister operation in the form of Starlink, a plan to launch around 4425 satellites in order to girdle the Earth and provide high-capacity broadband to every part of the planet. Starlink’s overall aim is to populate is fleet with up to 10,000 satellites in order to cope with anticipated […]
Eutelsat unveiled its Q1 results (to September 30th) and warned of slower progress for the rest of its fiscal year. The results were issued after the market closed on October 30th. As the market opened on October 31st, its share price crashed 12.37 per cent to €18.34. The revenue news was generally bad, and given […]
Intelsat’s CEO Stephen Spengler told analysts during its Q3 conference call that the C-band Alliance’s (CBA) plan to free up C-band capacity for the USA’s speedy adoption of 5G would be limited to 200 MHz, and that this bandwidth was the highest slice of spectrum likely to be available in the short-to-medium term. Spengler said […]
Standard Media Index (SMI), a source for ad pricing and revenue data, has unveiled US television figures for the 2017-18 Broadcast Season. This month marks the start of the company’s updated version of our AccuTV product. With this advancement, SMI says it is expanding coverage and improving accuracy through a new relationship with Nielsen Ad […]
Research from consumer body Which? into the UK’s biggest broadband providers has found that Virgin Media customers were the most likely to have experienced a problem with their broadband service over the last 12 months, with issues affecting seven in 10 people. The latest results of its broadband survey of more than 7,000 customers found […]