Sixty-four per cent of US households with at least one screen have cut the cord with cable TV, are planning to cut the cord, or never subscribed, according to a recent survey of more than 2,600 US consumers by advertising technology specialist The Trade Desk. The survey also highlighted major differences in cord-cutting behaviour by […]
Irina Varlan has been appointed as Managing Director of GIGAEurope, the new industry organisation that brings together private operators who build, operate and invest in the gigabit communications networks that enable Europe’s digital connectivity. GIGAEurope’s members provide reliable and secure gigabit-speed connections to customers across Europe, offering world-class products and services, including converged fixed and […]
Western Europe’s pay TV subscriber total will slip below 100 million by 2025, according to analyst firm Digital TV Research. However, this is no US steep decline as subscriber numbers will drop by only 2.67 million between 2019 and 2025. The number of Western European pay-TV subscribers will fall
India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) media regulator wants the nation’s cable MSOs and DTH broadcasters to ensure that digital set-top boxes support interoperability. TRAI says that it is likely that India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting will insist on such functionality on its rules and regulations and incorporated in future licensing. TRAI adds that its […]
Video software provider Synamedia has secured a multi-year contract with Vodafone Group that includes the Infinite video platform, security solutions and end-to-end integration services. The firm will help Vodafone Group deliver on its vision of a unified global cloud TV platform running on next-generation Gigabit infrastructure. In addition, Synamedia will be integrating the recently-acquired Unitymedia […]
The West Africa undersea cable system (WACS) has been repaired and is again carrying data and Internet traffic between Europe and South Africa and South Africa and other African countries and networks. The repair was completed and service reinstated on April 3rd. South African National Research & Education Network, in a Tweet welcomed the WACS […]
The vital West African Cable System (WACS), the key undersea connector to data, internet and telephony, is broken. The result is extremely low internet speeds in South Africa and other nearby nations who were dependent on WACS. The WACS cable is some 14,530 kms in length and comprises four fibre-pairs linking Yzerfontein in the Western […]
CableLabs, the innovation and R&D lab for the cable industry, has released a new specification which it says is set to improve data delivery speeds and is a stepping stone on the path to the industry’s 10G initiative, with the higher speeds available with DOCSIS 4.0 technology serving as a catalyst for the next wave […]
Jeanie York, Virgin Media’s Chief Technology and Information Officer, has shared details of how the UK multiplay operator is managing the challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic. “To make sure we can keep our customers connected, we forecast demand,” she writes in a blog post. “Our busiest times are normally in the evening when people return […]
UK multiplay operator Virgin Media has switched on what it says is the Midlands’ fastest gigabit home broadband service in the city of Birmingham, offering connectivity more than 20 times faster than the current local average. In what is seen as the UK’s largest ever gigabit broadband switch-on, more than a million homes across the […]