Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes claims “cord cutting” is overstated and that the phenomenon is limited to a small segment of low income Americans. But he does see danger in “cord nevers,” younger people who never acquire cable in the first place. For them it is a question of different habits and expectations. Bewkes pointed […]
Ofcom has published its plans to enable the release of new frequencies for new generation mobile devices. Ofcom also published new data on the UK’s communications infrastructure, which shows that 20 million Gigabytes of data is now being consumed in a year over the country’s mobile networks – more than twice as much as last […]
Ireland has raised €855 million at an auction of 4G mobile phone licences, providing a welcome boost to the country’s struggling finances. “The proceeds of the auction are greater than many people expected and are a statement of confidence in the economy,” Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte said. The winners – which include Vodafone, O2 […]
New York-headquartered cable MSO Cablevision has been hit with a $250 million class action over consequences from the recent Hurricane Sandy. The writ argues that Cablevision has continued to bill subscribers for TV, Internet and phone services despite cables being down or lack of power to enable services to be used. The suit was filed […]
Digital TV Labs, which provides independent, specialised receiver conformance products and services, has announced that it is the first HbbTV test centre officially registered by the HbbTV Consortium. The Consortium announced the release of the official HbbTV 1.1.1 Test Suite in August this year, key to HbbTV certification. Digital TV Labs is the first lab […]
UTStarcom, a provider of broadband equipment and solutions, has acquired a significant minority stake in aioTV, a cloud-based video aggregation and distribution platform. The deal gives UTStarcom access to technology that will bolster its rollout of subscription-based value added media services, while giving aioTV a partner with whom to offer its technology in emerging markets […]
UK quad-play comms provider TalkTalk has revealed that it has connected 29,000 customers to its TV service since September’s launch, with the base growing by 1,000 per day. According to the company, which is targeting 3 million users, the process is running smoothly with very positive feedback from users. The update came as the telco […]
Akamai has confirmed it is to acquire Verivue in a cash transaction. The acquisition is expected to complement Akamai’s Aura Network Solutions and accelerate Akamai’s time to market in providing a comprehensive, licensed content delivery network (CDN) solution for network operators. “Verivue has done an impressive job of building a licensed content delivery infrastructure and […]
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland has reported a Q2 net profit of €61 million, compared to net profit of €36 million in the same period last fiscal year. Total revenues added up to €453 million in the quarter, with an annual growth rate of 5.5 per cent. Revenue growth accelerated to 8.3 per cent in […]
Analysys Mason’s latest study for the European Commission (EC) investigates policy measures that could help reduce the cost of deploying high-speed broadband, and which therefore could support the achievement of the Digital Agenda for Europe targets. All Member States of the European Union must provide universal coverage of broadband services with speeds of 30Mbit/s or […]