In reporting Q3 numbers for what its President and CEO Mike Fries described as the cable MSO’s strongest quarter of the year in terms of rebased revenue and OCF performance, Liberty Global International (LGI) revealed that the introduction of its Horizon product family in the Netherlands had attracted 50,000 subscriptions and had over 125,000 unique […]
Third quarter results from Time Warner Cable, the second largest US cable operator, reveal that the company lost 140,000 video customers during the quarter. It added 85,000 Internet customers, but no phone subscribers in the residential segment. Broadband services revenue grew 14.3 per cent, including additions from Insight Communications. Time Warner Cable acquired Insight for […]
The UK’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport has revealed findings of a study that suggests the impact of radio spectrum on the UK economy is worth more than £50 billion a year. The Analysys Mason study, commissioned by Government, found spectrum use was valued at £52 billion in 2011, an increase of 25 per […]
In 2013, the international ANGA Cable Show (June 4-6, Cologne) will become ANGA COM – Exhibition and Congress for Broadband, Cable & Satellite. “COM” stands for “communication” and represents the two thematic pillars: broadband and media. Dr. Peter Charissé, Managing Director at ANGA, commented: “Over the last few years, our event has developed into Europe’s […]
T-VIPS, a global specialist in Digital Terrestrial TV solutions, has announced that ORS (Austrian Broadcasting Services) has chosen to deploy DVB-T2 Gateways from T-VIPS for the distribution of DVB-T2 programming as part of a new nationwide Austrian terrestrial service. In addition to the deployment of the T-VIPS CP560 T2 Gateways at the DVB-T2 Playout Centre […]
Hurricane Sandy is still badly affecting cable viewers in the New York area. Cablevision, with around 3 million customers, says about half of its cabled homes are still without power (as at November 1st). New York’s electrical power generator, Con Edison, says some homes will be without power until November 11th. The catastrophe is expected […]
BT has revealed plans to further accelerate its commercial fibre roll-out, with the aim of surpassing two thirds of UK homes in spring 2014. The goal is over 18 months ahead of BT’s original target of the end of 2015. This is the second time BT has brought the programme forward, having previously moved the […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its latest Home Networking Devices vendor market share and forecast report, which tracks residential gateways; broadband routers; HomePlug Powerline adapters; multimedia over coax (MoCA) set-top boxes (STBs), optical network terminals (ONTs), and coax-Ethernet adapters; and HPNA/G.hn adapters. “Among the wide variety of gear we track for […]
Subscribers to the BT Vision channel topped 750,000 after 21,000 new sign-ups. Last quarter, BT’s YouView Internet TV service also launched with its core offering to be its recently acquired football and rugby packages. BT has reported that its pre-tax profit rose 9 per cent in the three months to September 30th to £602 million […]
Research from analyst firm Parks Associates analysing broadband and pay-TV services, business models, and consumer preferences indicates that broadband penetration is above 70 per cent in several Western European countries, and up to 30 per cent of the broadband population in some countries prefer PCs over TVs for watching video, with a strong corresponding preference […]