Agama Technologies, the video service quality assurance expert, has announced that B.net, Croatia’s leading cable operator, has expanded its Agama quality monitoring set-up with Agama’s Embedded Monitoring Solution to cover the complete end-to-end cable TV service distribution. The deployment will empower B.net’s organisation to be more systematic and proactive in ensuring service quality. B.net, owned […]
Appear TV, a global provider of next-generation head-ends for broadcast and IP television, has announced that Magyar Telekom, whose major owner is Deutsche Telekom, has selected Appear TV head ends to maximise the efficiency, flexibility and cost-savings generated by centralising control of its cable infrastructure for its T-Home cable offering. The solutions were installed and […]
It’s that time of year again and the industry is gathering in London for the TV Connect event. This is the latest iteration of what was founded as the IPTV World Forum, and the more generic name reflects the maturity of the business and the increasing transparency of the barriers between once competing segments. Virgin […]
There could be a major restructuring of cable carriage fees in store. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Verizon is already in discussions with some channel owners about adjusting their fees to more accurately reflect viewing audiences to its FiOS digital service. The argument is that some channels, and the WSJ specifically lists the […]
The increasing number of fibre cable network deployments has spurred demand for fibre optic test equipment (FOTE) globally. fibre optic communication is quickly becoming the future of network and communication, and the optic network will soon be the framework of every industry. As such, testing for insertion loss and bandwidth is vital in order to […]
ONO, Spain’s largest cable company, is performing well despite the economic crisis – reporting a profit of €52 million, up 3.9 per cent in comparison with the previous year. Total revenues amounted to €1.573 billion, up 5.9 per cent, mostly due to the increase in revenues in the businesses market with a growth of 37.3 […]
at800, the organisation tasked with ensuring UK viewers continue to receive Freeview when 4G mobile services at 800MHz are launched later this year, has gone into operation. Its first pilot begins on March 18th in the West Midlands; and its website and UK-based contact centre are now live. The not-for-profit organisation – funded by the […]
Twelve weeks before its opening, ANGA COM 2013 has received more than 400 binding exhibitor registrations. The exhibition and congress for Broadband, Cable & Satellite will take place from 4th to 6th June 2013 in Cologne/Germany. ANGA’s Managing Director Dr. Peter Charissé: “There will be a perfect mixture of international vendors and medium-sized businesses. More […]
Consumer insight firm Nielsen has identified a group that despite not viewing TV content via traditional methods are nevertheless consuming measurable amounts. Nielsen notes that most people watch TV in their living rooms using traditional cable or satellite options, reporting that more than 95 per cent of Americans get their information and entertainment that way. […]
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 […]