SeaChange International’s On Demand Group, the European VoD aggregator, has signed a landmark deal with Cablevision, Mexico’s leading cable provider, to manage its VoD services. The deal marks On Demand Group’s first fully operational move into Latin America and will include Cablevision’s transaction VoD and Subscription VoD services. “Our deal with Cablevision is an exciting […]
Plans to auction off radio spectrum for 4G mobile services have been delayed by UK watchdog Ofcom. The auctions, which were due to be held in early 2012 after a consultation, will now take place at the end of 2012. Ofcom said the arguments in the responses to its consultation had persuaded it to delay […]
BT and TalkTalk have won permission to appeal against a High Court ruling that had backed the provisions of the government’s Digital Economy Act which expects ISPs to police piracy. The Digital Economy Act had been the subject of ongoing legal challenges since it was rushed through Parliament just before the general election. Under the […]
Everything Everywhere and BT have confirmed the start of a trial of 4G technology in Cornwall in which some 200 residents will consume services over both fixed and mobile network connections. The trial is designed to provide the firms with insights into how 4G services perform in rural areas, with the technology set to start […]
Sixty French net users could have their connection cut for a month after ignoring letters telling them to stop infringing copyright. They are the first to reach the end of the controversial ‘Hadopi’ process France operates to tackle pirates. About 650,000 people have received one warning and a further 44,000 are on their second warning. […]
Online content drives demand for broadband, bringing fixed and mobile revenues of €155 billion in Europe in 2010, according to a report commissioned by the BBC, Channel 4, Blinkbox, Skype and Yahoo. The report, by Plum Consulting has been published to help lobby the Government that the existing open internet and their content helps drive […]
Members of a broad coalition of industry and labour groups have stepped up their campaign to rally support for legislation that would give them new tools to crack down on foreign websites engaged in piracy and counterfeiting by lobbying the US House of Representatives en masse. Some 40 representatives of the Coalition Against Counterfeiting and […]
BT Openreach has announced three significant developments that will provide a major boost to Broadband Britain. As well as launching its up to 110Mbps Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) service, Openreach revealed it will use this technology to deliver downstream speeds of up to 300Mbps from next Spring. These speeds are three times faster than […]
Advertising on the Internet increased its share of the overall UK market to a record 27 per cent in the first half of 2011, retaking the position as the dominant platform for advertisers from the TV industry. Display advertising was the best performer within the sector, with industry experts saying that buyers in the fast-moving […]
US telco Verizon Communications is suing to overturn regulations governing the flow of Internet traffic. The lawsuit filed in Washington’s US Court of Appeals contends the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) overstepped its authority in setting its so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules in 2010. The regulations are scheduled to go into effect November 20. They prohibit Internet […]