Western Europe posted over 182 million TV households at end-2010, 40 per cent of which are watching TV via terrestrial platforms, 27 per cent via cable and about 26 per cent through satellite, either free-to-air or through paid subscription. The IPTV subscriber base represented about 7 per cent of the total base. InfoCom expects that […]

French entertainment and telecoms company Vivendi has reported a solid start to the year with huge sales of Call of Duty: Black Ops and World of Warcraft boosting earnings in its games division by almost a third, more than countering a plunge of 35 per cent at Universal Music Group. Overall Vivendi, which also owns […]

BT reported a 71 per cent rise in profits after more than £1 billion (€1.146bn) of cost savings helped it overcome a four per cent drop in revenues. The bigger-than-expected improvement in full-year profits to £1.7 billion was helped by continued success in broadband. BT said 252,000 customers were added by companies using BT’s network, […]

Ofcom research reveals that the next generation of mobile technology will deliver more than 200 per cent of the capacity of existing 3G technologies, using the same amount of spectrum – the airwaves that carry information between customers’ mobile handsets and the Internet. This increased capacity is essential in meeting the UK’s rapid increase in […]

The ability to stay constantly connected to the Internet is making consumers increasingly dependent on the cloud for their daily needs, Ericsson ConsumerLab research has found. And while the smartphone revolution may have started this trend, the research has shown it is app usage that is likely to make it continue. Apps are actually shaping […]

German cable operator Kabel Deutschland has signed a frame agreement with Teleste for a HFC-BK network upgrade project. The project is planned to last for three years and it is provided by Teleste as a turn-key project. Teleste will upgrade approximately 5,000 BK-stations in various Kabel Deutschland cable network regions from 450 MHz to 630/862 […]

Aspiro TV, European provider of TV and video streaming services, is expanding its deliveries to Telenor in connection with the telco’s increased initiatives for TV and video services in the Nordic countries. Thorough the partnership, Aspiro will deliver TV and video services to a broad range of terminals including smart phones and tablets. The cooperation […]

Australian ISP Internode will offer IPTV product Fetch TV to its 200,000 broadband customers as of this week, a year after it said it would take the Fetch service. The announcement coincides with a major upgrade that will make Fetch TV’s content easier for viewers to navigate and will ensure the experience is more TV-like, […]

White-label video publishing company thePlatform has been selected by Cox Communications to provide the back-end video management for Cox’s newly-announced video initiative, Cox TV Online. Cox is using thePlatform’s mpx video publishing system, expanding upon thePlatform’s history of managing Cox’s video for Cox.com since 2008. This implementation enables programming networks to maintain the integrity of […]

US cable MSO Cox Communications is increasing the viewing choice and flexibility available to its TV customers by introducing TV Online. The cabler’s customers now have the choice to view favourite shows: on TV, On Demand and now Online via the cox.com/tv site anywhere they have access to a broadband connection. With the launch of […]