Sky Q, which the broadcaster describes as the next generation of TV, will go on sale in February with Sky’s lowest ever set-up cost for a brand new premium product launch. Set-up costs for Sky Q will be from just £99 (€130). The typical monthly cost for existing Sky+ customers will be around £12 extra […]
With ultra-broadband technologies on target to become a transformative next generation solution for high speed internet, ultra-high bandwidth and faster internet speeds of 1 Gbps will be achievable when using G.fast, cable technology DOCSIS 3.1 or GPON. In fact, DOCSIS 3.1 is
Semiconductor specialist STMicroelectronics is to discontinue the development of new platforms and standard products for set-top-box and home gateway, citing “significant” losses in an increasingly difficult market. It revealed the closure as it reported its 2015 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results showing 2015 net revenues of $6.90 billion (€6.35) and net income of […]
Advanced wireless products specialist AirTies Wireless Networks has confirmed that its Mesh technology has been chosen by Sky to enable the Sky Q, its next-generation home entertainment system, which will be available in early 2016. Sky Q is a family of advanced products, connecting wirelessly to create a new ecosystem that makes it easier than […]
Findings from media and communications sector financial intelligence specialist SNL Kagan suggest that global set-top box (STB) shipments maintained elevated levels in 2015, buoyed by demand in emerging markets such as China and India. Worldwide STB shipments are on track to reach 253.1 million in 2015, up marginally from 248.6 million in 2014, as the […]
Heralding a new generation of broadband services, CableLabs, the research and development lab for the cable industry, has confirmed that five cable modem vendors have achieved the first DOCSIS 3.1 certifications. Newly certified products from Askey, Castlenet, Netgear, Technicolor and Ubee Interactive provide cable operators with critical components for a new generation of DOCSIS 3.1 […]
ARRIS International, the new parent company of ARRIS Group, has completed its $2.1 billion (€1.94bn) acquisition of Pace – combining the two companies’ strengths in entertainment and communications delivery. The transaction combines the strengths of both companies on a global scale—broadening ARRIS’s worldwide CPE leadership with a competitive stake in satellite communications; leveraging new synergies […]
A report on consumer fixed broadband performance in the United States – Measuring Broadband America – prepared by the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology and Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau reports “significant growth” in broadband speeds and in the uptake of these higher speeds by consumers, though results are not uniform across technologies. “Spurred […]
US cable MSO Comcast is claiming a world first with the installation of what the company believes to be the world’s first gigabit DOCSIS 3.1 modem on a customer-facing network. “The next-generation technology that will deliver gigabit Internet speeds moved from the laboratory to the living room late last month,” wrote Tony Werner, Executive Vice […]
ARRIS has confirmed that the High Court of Justice in England and Wales has conditionally sanctioned the scheme of arrangement pursuant to which ARRIS will acquire Pace plc in a $2.1 billion (€1.96bn) deal. Subject to the expiration of the mandatory waiting period with respect to the previously announced approval granted by Brazil’s completion Authority […]