Torrentz.eu, one of the largest search engines for downloads on file-sharing websites, was taken offline by the City of London police for linking to pirated content on May 26th. Torrentz.eu was already blocked in the UK by a number of British ISPs, having been blacklisted in October 2013 alongside 20 other file-sharing sites, but the […]
Cox Communications – the third-ranked US cable MSO – has revealed plans to roll out gigabit Internet speeds across its markets nationwide. The company will start with new residential construction projects and new and existing neighbourhoods in Phoenix, Las Vegas and Omaha. In all Cox locations, the company will begin market-wide deployment of gigabit speeds […]
Google has declared it will not strike deals for its Google Fiber network to “prioritise” the performance of services like Netflix or YouTube. In an official Google Fiber blog, director of network engineering Jeffrey Burgan said that Google is open to peering and co-location deals for its developing fibre network(s), but said it will not […]
Subscription TV and Internet service providers (ISPs) sink to the bottom of the American Customer Satisfaction Index in its annual measure of communications industries. According to the latest ACSI results, ISPs drop 3.1 per cent to an ACSI score of 63 on a 100-point scale, while subscription TV falls 4.4 per cent to 65. These […]
In a move set to create a content distribution leader across mobile, video and broadband platforms, with unparalleled video content distribution scale in the US, AT&T and DirecTV have entered into a definitive agreement under which AT&T will acquire DirecTV in a stock-and-cash transaction for $95 per share based on AT&T’s Friday closing price. The […]
The US Federal Communications Commission has voted in favour of progressing a proposal that could see Internet Service Providers charging Web sites for higher-quality delivery of their content to American consumers. The FCC will now open the proposal to a total 120 days of public comment. Final rules, aimed for the end of the year, […]
TalkTalk has passed one million pay-TV subscribers, making it the UK’s fastest-growing television service, adding more customers than all the other pay-TV operators combined. “Our strategy for growth is delivering,” said chief executive Dido Harding. “We continue to grow faster than all the other UK TV operators put together and are confident that in time, […]
The need for speed is not always associated with high intelligence; think young men (or, even worse, middle aged men pretending to be young) on motorbikes. On the other hand in motor racing those that can afford the best technology can usually go quickest. The same can be said for service providers. And, as in […]
Crowd funded ads putting pressure on the FCC as it proposes new net neutrality rules have appeared in Washington DC. The campaign was organised by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. It urges people to phone the FCC and oppose it allowing telecom firms to charge for prioritised data delivery. The FCC five-member board will decide whether […]
A client report issued by global investment management firm Sanford C Bernstein seen by advanced-television.com has bucked the Wall Street consensus view by suggesting that there are material chances that Google will expand its Google Fiber network to pass millions of homes profitably. The report focuses on