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
UK ISPs and the entertainment industry are said to be near to agreeing a deal to combat piracy. After four years of negotiations, Virgin Media have said they will send “educational” letters to people who illegally download copyrighted music, television or films. Under the voluntary copyright alert programme (Vcap), the music and movie industry bodies […]
Virgin Media has moved back into revenue growth, adding 15,000 pay-TV customers and more than 40,000 broadband subscribers in Q1 2014. The results mark a return to form for Virgin Media, acquired by John Malone’s Liberty Global last year. Revenues had dipped 1.1 per cent during its traditionally prosperous Christmas quarter after a slump at […]
Virgin Media has unveiled its new ‘Big Bundles’. For the first time, the UK’s fastest widely available broadband can now be combined with a mobile SIM as well as pay-TV and home phone services. Each Big Bundle can be tailored to suit a customer’s individual or family needs. This includes the flexibility to take more […]
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler told The Cable Show that the FCC is not likely to tolerate paid prioritisation if its impact is to disadvantage edge providers, saying that “If someone acts to divide the Internet between ‘haves’ and ‘have nots,’ we will use every power at our disposal to stop it. I consider that to […]