Virgin Media provides the fastest broadband service in Britain according to figures from Netflix – which also ranks the UK third from bottom in its league table of broadband speeds. The Netflix ISP speed index lists highest, lowest and average Internet speeds for the US, UK, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Mexico, Norway and Sweden. The UK […]
Vipnet, Telekom Austria’s Croatian subsidiary, has acquired local satellite TV platform Digi TV, owned by Romania’s RCS&RDS, allowing it to expand its multi-play offering in the country. Digi TV will be integrated into Vipnet, and satellite TV will become a standard part of the service offering under the Vip brand. Digi TV is a leading […]
Neil Berkett, CEO at Virgin Media, will receive a massive $86.8 million pay-off to leave his job, according to a SEC statement filed by new owners Liberty Global on March 7th. Berkett’s leaving package is assembled from a cash and equity payment worth $19.6 million, while other share options as well as Berkett’s existing long-term […]
Superfast broadband is to be delivered to the Isles of Scilly in what BT is calling a “pioneering” scheme – costing £3.7 million (€4.5m). Unused fibre optic cables on the Atlantic sea bed will provide nearly 2,200 inhabitants with some of the “fastest broadband speeds in the UK”. BT said it was the most ambitious […]
At TV Connect 2013, Agama Technologies, the video service quality assurance experts, will present cutting edge business supporting services QA for IP, cable and OTT video. At stand 179, Agama will showcase live end-to-end monitoring set-ups for video distribution, including for multiplatform and multiscreen environments. Visitors can preview the upcoming Version 4.4 of the Agama […]
Europe’s leading cable companies score higher than their rivals in customer satisfaction with broadband service, but trail them in television service, according to research from Strategy Analytics’ ConsumerMetrix service. The report, “European Cable: Customer Satisfaction and Profiles”, found that customers of cable companies give them a net promoter satisfaction rating of 66 per cent for […]
Witbe, a provider of Quality of Experience monitoring solutions for multimedia services, over any network, to any device, will be showcasing its range of expertise during the TV Connect exhibition. Witbe’s latest innovations and client wins will also be announced during TV Connect, from 19 to 21 March, at London’s Olympia exhibition centre. Witbe offers […]
Mike Fries, CEO of Liberty Global, told Cable Congress that mobile services were the next landmark on the European expansion road map. Speaking to CNN’s Becky Anderson in the day’s set-piece interview, Fries said Liberty had taken a low key approach to mobile up to now, but not anymore. He said one of the attractions […]
Senior executives in the European broadband cable industry speaking at the Cable Congress 2013 in London have expressed their confidence in its ability to compete effectively against telco players. Reporting revenue growth for 2012 of 6.5 per cent and 5.3 per cent respectively for Internet and cable telephony, Cable Europe President Manuel Kohnstamm said that […]
Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES is to launch a high-throughput broadband service for Germany offering up to 20 Mb/s download, starting later this year. SES Broadband Services will supply the technology on a wholesale basis to local ISPs. The concept is to tap into the demand from poorly or underserved homes in suburban and rural locations. […]