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Altice to appeal EC’s fine for PT deal

The European Commission has notified Altice of its decision to impose upon it a €124.5 million fine for gun jumping in connection with Altice’s acquisition of PT Portugal in June 2015. The Commission found that Altice infringed the prior notification obligation of a concentration under Article 4(1) of the EU Merger Regulation, and the stand-still […]

April 24, 2018

Global revenue for pay-TV & telcos at $410bn in Q4

According to Dataxis research, the global revenues of 80 pay-TV/OTT and telecom players reached $410 billion (€336bn) in Q4 2017. The revenues have grown at a CAGR of 1 per cent, from $381 billion in Q1 2016. Adding further to the analysis, the market share by players based on revenues, shows that

April 24, 2018

Top 10 pay-TV operators to lose $20bn by 2020

Despite adding 84 million subscribers between 2017 and 2023, subscription and PPV revenues for the world’s top 517 pay-TV operators will fall by $18 billion (€14.67bn) to $183 billion, according to analyst firm Digital TV Research. From the total, 29 pay-TV operators earned more than

April 23, 2018

Gates, Wyler team for ‘EarthNow’ live video

‘EarthNow’ is a proposed constellation of specialised satellites capable of providing “live and unfettered” continuous footage of almost anywhere on Earth. Investors in the project include Bill Gates, Japan’s media giant SoftBank, Airbus Industries and Greg Wyler, CEO at OneWeb (in which SoftBank and Airbus have stakes). The company was formed in 2017 having been […]

April 20, 2018By Chris Forrester

Sky Q3 revenue exceeds £10bn

Jeremy Darroch, Sky Group Chief Executive, has suggested that the broadcaster is “in good shape” and “on track for the full year” as it reported results for the nine months to March 31st 2018. In what Sky described as “strong” financial results, it achieved a 5 per cent increase in like-for-like revenue to £10.1 billion […]

April 19, 2018

BT, TalkTalk continue to top Ofcom complaints

TalkTalk has again been named the most complained about ISP in the UK, in the latest report from the telecoms regulator Ofcom. For every 100,000 TalkTalk customers, around 31 made a complaint to Ofcom about the company’s broadband services between October and December 2017. Technical faults were the main reason for complaints. BT came out […]

April 19, 2018

Russia rejects OneWeb access

Would-be broadband-by-satellite operator OneWeb has suffered a refusal by Russia for permission to beam its signals over Russia. It is quite possible that OneWeb, backed by Japanese media giant SoftBank, has fallen foul of the current trade war between the US and Russia. Russia’s federal telecoms regulator Roskomnadzor has rejected OneWeb’s application, citing as its […]

April 19, 2018By Chris Forrester

Germany: Cablers add 500,000 broadband subs

German cable network operators added around 500,000 Internet subscribers in 2017 and currently supply 7.7 million in Germany with high-speed Internet households (an increase of seven per cent). The figure represents an increase of 54 per cent in five years. The findings were revealed by the Verband Deutscher Kabelnetzbetreiber (ANGA), the Association of German Cable […]

April 19, 2018By Colin Mann

Broadband Forum brings IoT home with USP standard

The Broadband Forum has published its User Services Platform (USP) – a new standard for implementing, deploying and managing all types of devices in the broadband home. For the first time, USP brings a unified, common approach to securely deploy, manage, and control network-aware consumer electronics, including home and enterprise Wi-Fi, Internet of Things (IoT), […]

April 17, 2018

US: Small business fear end of net neutrality

On April 23rd the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) repeal of net neutrality rules begins. According to a Paychex Small Business Survey conducted by Paychex, a provider of integrated human capital management solutions, 44 per cent of small business owners feel repealing net neutrality rules that are currently in place will negatively impact their business website, […]

April 17, 2018