Akamai Technologies has released its First Quarter, 2015 State of the Internet Report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, the report provides insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds, broadband adoption across fixed and mobile networks, and IPv4 exhaustion and IPv6 implementation. “We saw generally positive results across all of […]
A report from India’s Television Post says that the pace of installing digital set-top boxes in India’s Phase III towns is “agonisingly slow” and that MSOs face a “herculean task” in digitising their networks. Siti Cable’s COO Anil Malhotra says the distribution of boxes is barely one tenth of that needed in order to meet […]
ITV is set to acquire Boom Supervisory Limited, the holding company of the Twofour Group, as the commercial broadcaster continues to strengthen its global content business. The acquisition supports ITV Studios’ growth internationally by increasing its exposure to factual entertainment formats and drama. Twofour is a fast growing group of companies that produced over 1,200 […]
There were 276 million requests to BBC iPlayer in May. This was an increase of 2 per cent month on month, and bucked the trend of declining requests the streaming service has reported for much of the year. TV requests were up 10 per cent year on year to 222 million, with an additional 20 […]
Mobile operators in developed markets experiencing a slow-down in traffic growth may want to look to emerging markets for ideas on unlocking growth in more cost-conscious segments. According to Strategy Analytics, micro-bundles for data, device and data plan combinations, and affordable smartphones have a role to play in any cost-conscious customer segment, irrespective of location. […]
This Sunday (June 28th) Space Exploration (SpaceX) will try for the third time to land one of its returning rockets onto a floating landing stage. The rocket will have helped boost the delivery to the International Space Station of routine supplies within its Dragon capsule, but the big test then follows when SpaceX attempts to […]
As the trend towards connected living and the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to permeate home, work and city solutions, the need to keep tabs on a myriad of connected devices will thrust the global IoT testing and monitoring equipment market into the spotlight. The incorporation of machine-to-machine (M2M) communication – central to IoT deployment […]
Q1 data from Synergy Research Group shows that revenue growth from video infrastructure network hardware and software is far outstripping growth from client hardware and software. While revenue from all video infrastructure grew by 7 per cent on a rolling year-on-year basis, growth in network hardware and software came in at 10 per cent and […]
Israel’s government has approved a plan by Bezeq to take full control of satellite TV operator Yes after determining it would not harm competition in the multi-channel TV market. The approval by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, acting as communications minister, came after Israel’s cable and satellite TV council said there was no reason to reject […]
Vodafone has put its Spanish cable MSO subsidiary ONO’s accounts in order, revealing losses of €642 million a deeper financial hole than expected when the company bought the operator in 2014. ONO, which Vodafone bought last year for €7.2 billion, closed 2014 with consolidated losses of €642 million, after repurchasing debt, admitting the depreciation of […]