Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has reached an agreement to acquire an 85 per cent share of Spanish triple-play cable operator Telecable de Asturias. Liberbank will retain a minority stake after the transaction, which is expected to close by year-end. The transaction values the company at €400 million; equity for this investment will […]
Mariner has announced that Telus has selected Mariner xVu IPTV service monitoring solution to assist with customer assurance of its IPTV-based Optik TV. SupportVu, an application within Mariner’s award winning xVu suite of IPTV Quality of Experience (QoE) monitoring tools, will deliver real time performance insight to both Optik TV’s customer support and field repair […]
Mariner today announced that Telus has selected Mariner xVu IPTV service monitoring solution to assist with customer assurance of its IPTV-based Optik TV. SupportVu, an application within Mariner’s award winning xVu suite of IPTV Quality of Experience (QoE) monitoring tools, will deliver real time performance insight to both Optik TV’s customer support and field repair […]
Global mobile video traffic will account for more than 60 per cent of global mobile data traffic by 2016 according to a Visiongain report. The market will increase at a CAGR of 28 per cent with revenues reaching $22.5 billion by 2016. The mobile video and TV market needs to overcome several challenges during the […]
Hughes Network Services, now part of Echostar and California-based ViaSat, are both expected to order extra ‘super-giant’ Ka-band satellites over the next year. These Ka-band satellites will target broadband satellite users in parts of the world where conventional broadband doesn’t reach. Hughes, ViaSat and Europe’s Eutelsat, are each operating or about to operate huge Ka-band […]
NDS has confirmed that Darsh Digital, an independent cable operator in India, has selected an end-to-end suite of technologies from NDS to enable the launch of their digital pay-TV service. Headquartered in Patna, Bihar with an existing base of analogue subscribers, the new service from Darsh Digital will provide enhanced functionality and value-added content for […]
Discretix, a provider of embedded security and content protection solutions, and Latens part of the Pace Group and a provider of software security solutions for pay-TV, have announced a partnership to extend content protection beyond traditional pay-TV networks to include smartphones, tablets and other connected devices. The integration of Latens Security Manager with Discretix SecurePlayer […]
Netflix has re-run the numbers comparing video-streaming performance across 13 US broadband providers – breaking out Verizon and AT&T’s fiber-based services from DSL – and found that FiOS Internet clearly beats cable. Verizon’s FiOS Internet delivered 2.5 Megabits per second over a 60-day period, ending September 25th , according to Netflix’s measurements. The video-subscription company […]
Time Warner Cable (TWC) is to offer its digital customers two new films the same day as their theatrical release, and a third before its theatrical release. The first – Trespass – was made available October 14, while the second – Marginal Call – will become available the same day as its theatrical release, […]
Internet bandwidth and speed issues mean that a hybrid IP and satellite strategy is generally the best means of deploying telco TV services in Europe, according to Gerry O’Sullivan, VP, Global TV and Entertainment at Deutsche Telekom. Delivering a Keynote Speech at the The Future of Digital Media Distribution conference in London, O’Sullivan told delegates […]