The DVB Board has approved the commercial requirements for the DVB-C2 specification. The demand for more advanced services has pushed the existing cable specification to its limits and DVB has therefore introduced the process to develop a set of commercial requirements and is looking for contributions towards a specification that will serve the cable industry […]
Scopus has revealed that FN Cable Holdings, a pan-European Multi Service Operator management group, will deploy Scopus headend solutions for the digital upgrade of its FiberNet Hungary and Eurocom Bulgaria subsidiaries. “In moving to a digital environment, we sought a partner whose solutions could fulfil our requirements for bringing high-quality video, voice, and data to […]
Irdeto has signed an agreement for two million smart cards from China’s Jilin Provincial Network. The agreement to provide two million smart cards, which will support the cable TV operator’s digital migration project, is the largest for Irdeto to date. Jilin Provincial Network currently has three million registered subscribers in its cable TV network.
The US FCC has issued the formal notice confirming MSOs will be barred from a market a national market share higher than 30 per cent of multichannel subscribers. The FCC says it wanted to make sure no cable operator or group of operators could “impede the flow of programming to its consumers” because of its […]
Spanish cable operator ONO improved margins and costs in the last part of 2007, with fourth-quarter core earnings up 7.3 per cent to E162 million. Operating cash flow turned positive over the year thanks to more efficient management, ONO said, coming in at E106 million after an outflow of E32 million euros in 2006. Average […]
Belgian telco Belgacom has filed a complaint with an Antwerp court against the four Flemish cable television companies which have signed a preliminary agreement with cable operator Telenet for the sale of their television activities. The agreement, signed by Telenet, Interelectra, Integan, and Interkabel in November, would transfer the companies 800,000 Flemish customers — one […]
Al Jazeera English has announced a deal with one of Asia's leading cable operators, Hong Kong Cable Limited, for the channel to broadcast in Hong Kong. The agreement is yet another step forward for Al Jazeera English's rapid distribution growth – the channel now reaches over 100 million households worldwide
Only about 6,300 viewer on average, on any given weekday, according to early estimates compiled by Nielsen Media Research are watching Fox Business. By contrast, chief competitor, CNBC, attracted about 283,000 viewers each weekday in October to December. While Nielsen, at the network's request, has measured the viewership of Fox Business since its premiere, Nielsen […]
The increasing competitiveness of the US pay-TV market continues to drive cable TV operators in the US to invest in their networks and roll out new services, reports In-Stat. For example, 90 per cent of US cable TV systems now offer HD video service, the research firm says. This is one of the findings of […]
US investment fund Carlyle is set to acquire a 35 per cent stake in French cable operator Numericable, formerly known as Noos, and which has almost total dominance in the French market. Numericable’s current shareholders are Altice with a 30 per cent stake and Cinven with 70 per cent. In a joint statement, the three […]