With cable and satellite TV platforms facing the threat of ‘cord-cutting’ from viewers cancelling their pay-TV subscriptions in favour of connected TV and over-the-top TV alternatives, US cable TV industry trade body the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) has launched a multimedia campaign positioning cable as being ‘More than TV. It’s How We Connect’. […]
Twenty seven cities throughout the UK are in the running to become ‘super-connected’, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced. The cities are able to bid for a share of a £50 million pot to help them roll out ultrafast-broadband, driving growth and attracting new investment. In the Budget, the Chancellor George Osborne announced the new […]
Virgin Media, the UK’s second-largest broadband provider, has become the first to block access to The Pirate Bay file sharing website after a High Court order. Virgin Media was one of five major broadband firms ordered to block the website on Monday after an application to the High Court by the BPI, a record industry […]
Comcast, the largest cable company in the US, reported a 30 per cent profit increase in the first quarter, beating expectations on the strength of Super Bowl advertising and its popular broadband service. It reported that its net income rose to $1.22 billion between January and March, up from $943 million in the same period […]
Announcing its Q3 results, Sky says it is the nation’s favourite digital TV, broadband and home phone provider. Following a record quarter of growth, more than 3.2 million Sky homes now take the ‘triple play’ of services from Sky, equating to around a third of all Sky homes. Since launching in 2006, the success of […]
Nearly two million homes face disruption to their digital TV signal because of interference from new mobile services, with fears that a government help scheme to combat the problem will fall short. Up to 10,000 homes will no longer be able to receive Freeview at all and will have to get cable or satellite TV […]
S3 Group, a global enabler of digital TV content delivery platforms, claims it has has become the first company in the world to launch a programmable solution for automating the testing of unmodified Connected TVs. Available immediately as part of S3 Group’s flagship StormTest Development Centre, the multi-platform, multi-device automated testing suite, these enhancements enable […]
The UK High Court has ruled that Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK Internet service providers. Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media must all prevent their users from accessing the Swedish download directory site. “Sites like The Pirate Bay destroy jobs in the UK and undermine investment in new British artists,” BPI’s […]
Adelphia Communications was once the USA’s fifth-largest cable MSO. Its founder, John Rigas along with son Tim Rigas, were convicted back in 2004 of securities fraud. The company itself went bankrupt in 2006 and its assets split between Comcast and Time Warner. Now the Southern District of New York has confirmed to the 8,500 claimants […]
The UK Digital Economy Act, has again been delayed until at least 2014, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has admitted. The Act was rushed through at the end of the Labour administration in 2010 but has been stalled by legal challenges. ISPs have criticised aspects of the Act, suggesting it would unfairly force […]