The German Federal Cartel Office has told Kabel Deutschland its assessment of the remedy package offered on January 22nd for the acquisition of TeleColumbus doesn’t go far enough. KDG says it will now drop the bid. Kabel Deutschland had offered the disposal of Tele Columbus networks in the cities of Berlin, Dresden and Cottbus. The […]
Harmonic is to sell its Cable Access business to Aurora Networks for $46 million in cash. Harmonic will use $35 million of the proceeds for its stock repurchase programme. “The sale of the Cable Access business enables us to sharpen our focus on our largest growth opportunities,” said Patrick Harshman, President and Chief Executive Officer. […]
New figures revealed by Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial TV in the UK, show that TV viewing in the UK is continuing to expand as people watch additional TV on-demand via TV sets, tablets, smartphones and laptops. In total, the average UK viewer watched 4 hours, 4 minutes of TV a day in 2012 […]
Cisco executives have taken steps to clarify the company’s commitment to its set-top box business in the wake of comments made in an analyst call by Chairman and CEO John Chambers that that it was “walking away” from low-margin STB business. Writing in a Cisco blog posted by Senior Vice President and General Manager Service […]
Britain’s biggest mobile phone company has reported a slowdown in revenue growth – despite being the first UK carrier to launch a super-fast 4G mobile Internet service. EE gave no details about how many of its 26.8 million subscribers have signed up to the new service, saying only there has been “solid early 4G momentum”. […]
Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, and Swedish triple-play operator Com Hem, have confirmed that the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) has been selected to secure Com Hem’s advanced multi-screen TV services scheduled to launch Spring 2013. The new service will be delivered […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]