Total TiVo subscriptions have surpassed 4.5 million, reaching the highest level in the advanced television company’s history. The news came as TiVo reported its Q1 2014 results, which saw Service and Technology revenues of $86.0 million in the first quarter, an increase of 39 per cent year over-year. Adjusted EBITDA was $26.9 million, exceeding guidance. […]
Video and broadband technologies and services provider and next-generation cable edge technology specialist Casa Systems are collaborating on the development and introduction of an end-to-end Distributed CCAP/RemotePHY solution. The key components of the solution will be Casa’s C100G CCAP platform supporting RemotePHY architecture and Teleste’s RemotePHY optical node. The collaboration will leverage Teleste’s strong position […]
IP, video and broadband technology specialist ARRIS is launching a range of new solutions to help global providers meet the growing need for delivering fibre deeper into networks, while reducing cost, space and operational complexity. It is also unveiling five new CPE solutions at ANGA COM for European cable operators to transform broadband and video […]
German fibre network specialist Telefunken Communications has partnered with Aurora Networks – a Pace company – to launch new fast Internet services. Both residential and commercial customers in select communities in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, can take advantage of these new services. Aurora Networks is supplying its industry-proven Unified PON (Passive Optical Network) portfolio. Telefunken Communications started […]
A report from Juniper Research forecasts that the number of unique consumers accessing cloud-based services will exceed 3.6 billion by 2018, rising from an estimated 2.4 billion in 2013. The report highlighted that an expanding collection of connected services within cloud-based storage, music and games will drive consumer demand over the next five years. According […]
Cisco has recruited Cablevision Systems executive Yvette Kanouff to head its service provider Video Software and Solutions (SPVSS) organisation, the home of its Videoscape software and solutions for pay-TV service providers and media and entertainment companies. Kanouff was most recently executive vice president of corporate engineering and technology for Cablevision, responsible for the implementation of strategic […]
Software-defined video solutions specialist Elemental Technologies has confirmed that Danish pay-TV operator and broadband Internet service provider Stofa is using Elemental video processing solutions to process, package and manage live linear channels in real time for its catch-up TV and multiscreen video services. The video infrastructure from Elemental customises 150 TV channels – including 38 […]
Research from Parks Associates finds 65 per cent of broadband households in California have at least one connected CE device, such as a smart TV, streaming media player, or Google Chromecast. The firm reports that 50 per cent of California broadband households regularly use a computer to watch movies and TV programmes, while 23 per […]
Independent research and development company UTEL is warning operators and service providers to future-proof their fibre and copper network upgrades or face increasing numbers of disgruntled customers. Despite fibre rollout to the home, building or cabinet becoming more and more widespread for many networks across Europe and the rest of the world, for most it […]
Research from Informa and AirTies Wireless Networks shows that 67 per cent of satellite and cable service providers see inconsistent wireless coverage as a major barrier to delivering video services in the home. The global survey of 235 senior industry cable and satellite operators, telecom service providers, mobile operators, OTT consumer IP service providers and […]