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Agama selected by TV 2 Norway

Agama Technologies, the video service quality assurance expert, has announced that Norway’s leading private broadcaster, TV 2, implements an Agama solution for service quality assurance in its sophisticated head-end and distribution environment. With the solution, TV 2 can ensure what enters and leaves its head-end and distribution sites really is the best it can be. […]

February 19, 2013

New date, new location for SCTE Cable-Tec Expo

The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) has confirmed new dates and a new location for SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2013 – October 21st to 24th at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The change is intended to enable the industry to maximise participation in each of the largest fall showcases for cable technology in […]

February 18, 2013

New dates, new location for SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2013

The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) has announced new dates and a new location for SCTE Cable-Tec Expo2013—Monday through Thursday, Oct. 21-24 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The change is intended to enable the industry to maximize participation in each of the largest fall showcases for cable technology in the United […]

February 18, 2013

Cisco ‘walking away from low-margin STB business’

Cisco is pressing ahead with the reshaping of its Service Provider Video Business from a low-margin set-top box business to what Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Chambers described as a “profitable and strategic Videoscape architecture in the cloud,” building on the company’s integration of NDS. Chambers made his comments during an analyst call discussing […]

February 14, 2013By Colin Mann

Virgin Media makes 400 jobs

Virgin Media says it is creating 400 jobs across the UK to meet growing demand for TV and broadband services.  Another 230 staff will be taken on in Swansea, which already has 900 in customer service and technical support. Ninety new engineering and 40 customer care roles will be in Wythenshawe, Manchester, and 40 customer […]

February 14, 2013

Researchers seek end to Internet video buffering

Slow and jerky online video could become a thing of the past should the efforts of Internet researchers in seeking to make the web faster bear fruit. Researchers at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland are involved in a project that aims to significantly reduce online delay, or latency, without the need to invest in […]

February 14, 2013By Colin Mann

Google sues BT over patents

Google is suing BT, claiming the British telco has infringed a number of its technologies. Google has launched a series of legal actions against the firm in claiming four of its patents have been violated, and has also filed a separate case in the UK. BT had been expecting such action after it launched its […]

February 14, 2013

upc cablecom reports ‘excellent” 2012

upc cablecom continued its strong growth trajectory in the fourth quarter of 2012: The company acquired a total of 54,800 new subscribers in premium TV options, Internet and telephony. These services grew by 206,000 subscribers throughout the whole of 2012. Switzerland’s biggest TV provider can also look back on a strong year financially. Revenue increased […]

February 14, 2013

European cable industry spreads the love in digital capital

Cable Europe, the trade association for the European cable industry, today celebrates consolidation and the role it plays in building strong cable players, stimulating healthy infrastructure and promoting competition ahead of its annual flagship industry gathering. In keeping with the spirit of Valentine’s Day and ahead of Cable Europe’s annual conference with 69 per cent […]

February 14, 2013

Vodafone bid for Kabel Deutschland?

Vodafone is said to be considering a bid for Kabel Deutschland, Germany’s largest cable operator. The UK MNO will table a proposal before the end of the week according to unnamed sources in the FT. Shares in Kabel Deutschland rose 12 per cent to €71.40 in Frankfurt, valuing the company at more than €5.6 billion. Vodafone […]

February 13, 2013