Vecima Networks is launching the Entra Interactive Video Controller at the 2019 SCTE·ISBE Cable-Tec Expo in New Orleans, Louisiana. Part of Vecima’s Video and Broadband Solutions portfolio of products, the Entra Interactive Video Controller (IVC) is a headend device that provides SCTE 55-2-enabled, set-top boxes with two way interactive capabilities required for Video on Demand, […]
OpenVault, a global provider of industry analytics and technology solutions for broadband operators, has announced an extension and enhancement of its longstanding relationship with WOW! Internet, Cable & Phone, the broadband and communications service provider. Under the agreement, WOW! will leverage an expanded array of OpenVault operations, analytics and policy products not only to get […]
Evolution Digital has announced an eSTREAM 4K, powered by Android TV, win at Midcontinent Communications (Midco). Midco will deploy its next-generation IPTV services in early 2020 on Evolution Digital’s managed all-IP streaming box, offering a new and fully-integrated streaming-based video solution on the Android TV Operator Tier. Midco serves more than 385,000 residential and business […]
The National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), representing more than 750 broadband and cable operators serving all 50 states, announces its partnership with Plume, the Palo Alto-based leader in Smart Home Services. Plume will help NCTC Members differentiate their broadband subscriber offerings with mobile app driven personalized smart home experiences. The service includes whole-home Adaptive WiFi, […]
Virgin Media has announced that the UK’s leading ultrafast broadband network provider will be the exclusive telecommunications partner of Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics for Marvel’s Avengers. To kick off the partnership, Virgin Media will be hosting the first UK hands-on consumer demo of Marvel’s Avengers at EGX in October at the ExCel London between […]
Virgin Media has switched on what it claims is the UK’s fastest gigabit home broadband services across Southampton. It is the first city to benefit from the company’s plan to bring gigabit speeds to nearly 15 million homes by the end of 2021 – the entire Virgin Media network. Virgin Media’s Gig1 is now available […]
The rise of streaming is bringing major sporting events to a global audience and pushing up media rights revenues. This will drive media sport rights revenues up 75 per cent over the 7 years period from 2018 till 2025 from $48.6 billion (€44.5bn) to $85.1 billion. Association football will increase its already dominant share of […]
MásMóvil, the fourth largest operator in Spain, has seemingly benefitted from the ongoing football war in Spain. Since August 2018, the company has captured some 400,000 broadband lines, whereas Vodafone and Orange have lost subsscribers and Movistar has only seen a slight increase. Movistar has won 37,000 broadband lines associated with football in the last […]
Sunrise is revising its financing on its bid for UPC Switzerland again – and is reducing the size of the rights issue in a bid to secure shareholder approval for the deal. It will now reduce the size of the rights issue by CHF1.3 billion (€1.2 billion) to CHF2.8 billion ahead of a shareholder meeting […]
DTT network operator Odašiljači i veze (OiV) has requested a postponement of the DVB-T MPEG-2 switchoff in favour of the DVB-T2 HEVC system from May 25th 2020 to June 5th 2020. In the request submitted to the Croatian Regulatory Agency for Network Activities (HAKOM), OiV said this was in order to avoid any problems that […]