Cablevision the biggest US cable provider said that its Q3 profits fell as customers cut back television services amid a weak economy and the growth of online video content. Net income at Comcast declined by 8.2 per cent to $867 million, down from $944 million, in the same period a year ago. “We are increasing […]
Virgin Media has announced revenue increased 6.4 per cent year on year in the third quarter to £978 million (€1.11bn) and that it would roll out superfast 100Mb broadband from December with pre-registration for the service opening today. Virgin Media claims that 13 million homes will have the potential to access the 100Mb service as […]
Technicolor has achieved the major milestone of 100 million gateways delivered worldwide, out of 500 million broadband connections deployed in households and businesses globally1.Technicolor has maintained #1 worldwide position for the last 10 years, and has delivered over 10 million gateways a year since 2005. The 25 million mark was passed in December 2004, and […]
Teleste’s subsidiary Cableway AG has signed a three-year contract extension with Kabel Deutschland on the upgrading and maintenance services of cable networks. In terms of net sales, the estimated annual value of this frame agreement equals approximately €50 million. The agreement is based on the frame of the previous two-year contract now about to expire. […]
Want Want Group, a company best known in China for its popular rice crackers, has agreed to acquire China Network Systems, Taiwan’s leading cable television company, in a deal that could be worth $2.4 billion. Chao Yu-pei of Want Want, said that the company had signed an agreement to buy private equity group MBK Partners’ […]
Sigma Designs has announced the CG5110, the industry’s first G.hn chipset for home entertainment networking. Sigma says as the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) next-generation standard for wired home entertainment networks over any wire, G.hn represents an enormous step forward for consumer electronics OEMs, PC manufacturers and broadband service providers in terms of performance and ease-of-deployment. […]
Advanced Digital Broadcast Holdings (ADB), has bought Pirelli Broadband Solutions for E30 million – E22 million in cash and 400,000 ADB shares, about 7 per cent of the company which is quoted on the Swiss exchange. Pirelli’s disposal is part of its stated strategy of focusing on its core tyre business. ADB says acquiring Pirelli […]
Openet, the provider of Subscriber Optimization Software (SOS) to tier one communications and media service providers, announced it is teaming with IBM to promote telecom and media service provider solutions. This multi-faceted partnership includes an array of initiatives, the first of which is IBM’s service provider cloud solution initiative. Openet is a key partner to […]
Broadband customers will soon be able to access speeds of 110Mbps under plans unveiled by BT Openreach. Openreach – the arm of BT that manages its network for other ISPs – has said that the 110Mpbs service will be added in March 2011. It will be a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) service and will offer 110Mpbs with […]
Erik Huggers, BBC director of future media and technology, says ISPs shouldn’t traffic manage but if they do it must be transparent. He summarised key points made by the BBC in its submission to the European Commission review on net neutrality (being conducted in conjunction with Ofcom) which says the EC’s three targets should be […]