UK broadband providers including BSkyB, BT and Virgin Media have been ordered by the high court to block access to three music and movie file-sharing. An order was granted to 10 record labels including EMI, Sony and Universal against six UK internet service providers requiring them to block three file-sharing websites: KAT, H33T and Fenopy. […]
ITU estimates that 2.7 billion people – or 39 per cent of the world’s population – will be using the Internet by end 2013. Internet access, however, will remain limited in the developing world, with only 31 per cent of the population forecast to be online at the end of 2013, compared with 77 per […]
One day after its CEO confirmed its intention to become a full service provider, Vodafone has suspended plans to approach Kabel Deutschland according to reports. It seems not everyone is on board strategy-wise as Bloomberg reports that leaks about an approach to KDG has ‘complicated’ internal discussions. Kabel Deutschland fell as much as 5.4 percent […]
TiVo Research and Analytics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TiVo, has announced the launch of TRA Cross Media Measurement, which enables advertisers, agencies and television networks to measure household-level exposure across TV and online advertising campaigns and content for more than 100,000 households – the industry’s largest single-source, naturally occurring data set of its kind by […]
The Spanish Administration will fail to meet its self-imposed deadline of Jannuary 2014 to complete the allocation of the so-called digital dividend to telco operators for 4G (LTE) services. The process will take until the end of 2014 or the beginning of 2015 as the government is unable to comply with the timetable, which was […]
French press reports say cableco Numericable may bid for MNO SFR. BFM Business says the funds behind Numericable – Carlyle, Cinven and Patrick Drahi – are to make a cash offer with a plan to merge the two at a later date. A deal would probably see Vivendi dispose of its interest in SFR. Making […]
Germany’s competition authority, the Bundeskartellamt has formally confirmed that it has prohibited plans by cable MSO Kabel Deutschland Holding (KDG) to acquire cable network operator Tele Columbus. KDG revealed February 18 that the Bundeskartellamt had judged KDG’s proposed divestment of network assets as insufficient to overcome its concerns. Andreas Mundt, President of the Bundeskartellamt, said […]
At Mobile World Congress Ericsson is to introduce its LTE broadcast solution for mobile network operators. Data from its 2012 Mobility Report states that mobile data traffic is expected to grow 12-fold over the next five or so years. Consequently, Ericsson is bringing together three key technologies (eMBMS, HEVC and MPEG-Dash) in order to ready […]
The FTTH Council Europe has welcomed the announcement of the French government that it is to invest €20 billion into ultra-fast broadband infrastructure with a special focus on future-proof fibre in the coming years. Two weeks ago the European Union government decided to reduce the broadband budget in the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) from €9 […]
CSG Systems International, a global provider of software and services-based business support solutions that help clients generate revenue and maximise customer relationships, has announced that it will be participating in the CASBAA India Forum 2013 and hosting a VIP event for cable executives in Delhi next month. With the first deadline for cable digitalization of […]