According to research firm Parks Associates, more than 60 per cent of US broadband households with a networking router received that device from their broadband service provider. The findings are part of a new whitepaper, Staking a Claim in the Connected Home: Service Provider Solutions, sponsored by Calix, which addresses operator strategies to enhance this […]
UK multiplay telco Virgin Media is offering existing Virgin TV customers a free upgrade to its V6 box, giving them access to what the operator says is the very-best connected entertainment experience alongside ultrafast broadband. In what is one of the largest customer upgrade programmes ever carried out in the UK, Virgin Media is accelerating […]
Standard Media Index, the advertising intelligence firm, has published advertising revenue figures for the full 2017 calendar year. “Heading into 2018, ad spend in National Television is trending positively while Digital’s growth continues to slow.” said Standard Media Index CEO James Fennessy. “National Television declined in 2017, but that is almost entirely due to the […]
Spain’s dominant telco Telefónica ended 2017 with FTTH passed through 20 million homes and businesses. The company plans to speed up the deployment of FTTH networks with the aim of covering the whole of the country with symmetrical optic fibre by 2020. In unison, Telefónica will also start the deployment of 5G this year with […]
US mobile telco T-Mobile US has completed the previously-announced acquisition of Denver-based television innovator Layer3 TV. The Layer3 TV team has joined T-Mobile and will drive the telco’s initiative to launch a disruptive new TV service in 2018. In December 2017, the self-styled ‘Un-carrier’ unveiled its plans to ‘Un-carrier your TV’, fuelled by the talent […]
At the World Economic Forum event in Davos, Cisco has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to help Luxembourg digitise its economy. They will work together over the next three years on a range of initiatives across education, cyber security, the Internet of Things and fintech. In education, they will look to overturn “an acute shortage […]
Comcast kept the profits flowing in Q4 with total revenue up 4 per cent to $21.9 billion (€17.7bn) and NBCUniversal showing gains in both the cable and broadcast TV. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation was flat with the year-earlier period at $6.8B. NBCU revenue for the quarter ending December 31st was up […]
Cowles Company has chosen Mediaproxy, a provider of broadcast compliance, monitoring and analysis software, for logging and monitoring of its KHQ, KNDU, KNDO, KULR and KFBB television stations across Washington and Montana. Mediaproxy LogServer has been deployed by Cowles to capture, log, and monitor 14 of its television channels over IP. Once logged and stored […]
In France, the Government has launched a public consultation as part of the process of devising a national strategy for 5G, with comms regulator Autorité de régulation des communications éléctroniques et des postes (Arcep) opening up a window for conducting 5G pilots. According to Arcep, two frequency bands appear to stand out in Europe. In […]
Vodafone has launched a low cost convergent package called Vodafone One Light for €45.05 a month. The package includes symmetrical optic fibre at speed of up to 50 Mbps, a mobile line with 200 minutes of calls, 3GB of data and Chat Pass. Subscribers will also be able to enjoy the Vodafone TV Total package […]