Liberty Global, the international cable TV company controlled by John Malone, posted $706.8 million in second-quarter earnings, reversing losses it posted in the quarter a year ago. Liberty Global, which operates cable TV and broadband systems in Europe and Latin America, earned the $706.8 million on second-quarter revenue of $2.5 billion. That compares to a […]
As new ways to consume media give viewers greater choice of how, when, and where to watch, an old standby – the television – is making headway in the race for market cachet, according to a blog post from Pat McDonough, Nielsen’s SVP Insights, Analysis and Policy. According to Nielsen, Americans spend 35 hours each […]
While Wi-Fi remains the predominant networking technology in most consumer’s homes, wired solutions are gaining traction, especially for multiroom DVRs, according to ABI Research. The analyst firm notes that MoCA has become the go-to wired technology for most cable and satellite operators in North America, (with trials in Western Europe), while HomePlug continues to do […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from two recent video reports – VoD and Encoder Equipment and Video Subscriber – which tracks equipment sold to telco IPTV, cable video, and satellite video providers, and Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers, which tracks IP, cable, satellite, and hybrid set-top boxes and OTT media servers. “2012 will be […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its IP-STBs survey which captures service providers’ requirements for hybrid IP-based STBs to deliver video services. “In a change from the 2011 edition of our IP set-top box survey, Cisco is now perceived as the overall top IP set-top box supplier by operators, while Motorola was […]
Spain’s largest cable operator, ONO, is relying on its added-value TV service TiVo in an attempt to soften the pay TV decline. The company ended the first half of the year with 897,000 pay TV subscribers against 952,000 clients a year earlier. However its TiVo service, available to 92 per cent of its network, captured […]
French STB manufacturer Netgem has posted revenues of €19.8 million in the second quarter, up from €17.6 million in the same period last year. International sales grew to €13.3 million from €7.5 million, but sales in France fell to €6.4 million from €10.1 million. The Group recorded a current operating profit of €5.0 million for […]
ANT, an established provider of software and services for the delivery of digital TV, has announced that GlobalSat, a manufacturer of satellite and terrestrial products has licensed its ANT Galio HbbTV Platform. GlobalSat has identified the fast growing HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) market as a target for its next generation of connected STBs. GlobalSat […]
BT added 21,000 subscribers for its IPTV service BT Vision in the second quarter of 2012 to reach a total of 728,000 customers. Growth was slower than than the previous quarter, but the UK telco expects growth to pick up again once its new football-focused channel arrives in time for the 2013/2014 Premier League season. […]
Chinese online video site LeTV has released its new LeTV T1 Internet TV set-top box, allowing users to watch licensed content in 1080p full HD on their TV sets and supporting video data rates of up to 150 Mbps. The STB also supports 3D content and external storage devices, and can share video content with […]