Virgin Media is said to be considering selling off its content division – again. According to FT, the company is considering restructuring the business to become a set of communications platforms rather than producing any content of its own. As part of the Telewest / NTL merger that formed Virgin Media, Telewest tried to sell […]
Numericable, is deploying Juniper Networks M- and T-series routing platforms, Integrated Security Gateway (ISG) platforms and FW/VPN security appliances for its next-generation network. This IP-based network will provide a secure and reliable platform for the converged delivery of Voice, Internet, and cable TV across a single network. Numericable is one of the first European cable […]
Announcing its quarter numbers Virgin Media revealed the cost of settling the carriage dispute with Sky. Virgin will pay Sky approximately £38m (E48) a year over the course of the contract to June 2011. However, Sky will pay Virgin an increased amount of £24m a year to keep its channels (Living, Trouble and Bravo) in […]
Cablevision Systems swung to a profit in the third quarter helped by additions to its Internet and phone subscribers during the period. The company had a net profit of $27.1 million, compared with a loss of $79.3 million a year ago. Revenue grew 15.4 percent to $1.745 billion partly bolstered by the additions of Newsday […]
International cable operator Liberty Global has reported a 17 per cent increase in third-quarter sales. Operating cash flow, which the company considers its key operational measure, rose 27 per cent to $1.17 billion in the quarter, helped by factors including organic growth and foreign exchange movements. Revenue was $2.65 billion from $2.26 billion, and Net […]
A Broadcasting Authority investigation has found Hong Kong Cable Television did not engage in anti-competitive conduct in the pay-TV market through its service termination practices last year. In May rival PCCW Media alleged Cable TV acted to prevent, distort or substantially restrict competition by hindering or inhibiting its English Premier League subscribers from terminating their […]
US cable TV could see a mass migration away from its services, according to a report by Parks Associates., if providers do not improve their consistently low satisfaction ratings among subscribers. The report reveals that subscribers to satellite television and telco/IPTV are significantly more likely to be satisfied with their services than both basic and […]
Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) has revealed that the total subscribing households as of September 30, 2008 served by J:COM's 18 consolidated franchises reached 2.9 million, up 288,000, or 11 per cent since September 30th, 2007. Combined revenue generating units (RGUs) for cable television, high-speed Internet access and telephony services reached approximately 5.21 million, up 604,600 or […]
Virgin Media shares rose by a quarter after the group said it had persuaded its 10 biggest creditors to support moves to rearrange its debt of more than £4bn (E5bn). Worried by the banking liquidity crisis Virgin brought forward the negotiations as it sought to roll back its major repayments by two years. Virgin Media […]
Digital cable subscribers have jumped 18 per cent to 16.3m in the first half of the year. Cable Europe, the cable industry association representing operators reaching more than 70m households, welcomed the figures as evidence that cable platforms can attract new customers for digital TV, internet and telephony services. Manuel Kohnstamm, President of Cable Europe, […]