From David Del Valle in Madrid Spain’s largest cable operator ONO lost 19,000 subs in the third quarter which the company blamed on the deteriorating economic environment and a lack of commercial activity during summer time. ONO ended the third quarter with 1,935,636 total subs, with telephony experiencing the sharpest decline losing more than 7,000 […]
The Office of National Statistics has issued a report revealing that the overall number of connections across the UK continued to decline in Q3 by 0.4 per cent. Figures recorded at the same time last year stood at +1.1 per cent. According to the ONS factors like the current recession and market saturation are to […]
Unitymedia, Germany’s second biggest cable provider has posted higher net profit and sales, which were mainly boosted by new broadband and fixed line services. Net profit for the quarter ended September 30th was up to E16.4 million from E12.1 million in the year-earlier quarter. “Compared with the prior quarter, cable network providers had higher growth […]
BBC One and BBC Two will be available to watch live online from 27th November. The channels join BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, CBeebies and BBC News which are already simulcast. The can all be watched online via their channel sites on bbc.co.uk through a wide range of internet enabled devices and also through the […]
The British public are adopting an on-demand lifestyle of choice and control enabled by converging technologies. The widespread take-up of online TV services like the BBC iPlayer , along with significant penetration and use of Sky+ and on-demand TV services is delivering a wholesale change to the way in which respondents relate to television programmes […]
Virgin Media announced a programme of 2,200 job cuts, or 15 per cent of its total staff, as part of a restructuring operation. The company claimed it would improve efficiency "significantly", and that cuts would be implemented mainly between the end of 2009 and the end of 2010. The move by Virgin, which employs 14,600 […]
Announcing its quarter numbers Virgin Media revealed the cost of settling the carriage dispute with Sky. Virgin will pay Sky approximately £38m (E48) a year over the course of the contract to June 2011. However, Sky will pay Virgin an increased amount of £24m a year to keep its channels (Living, Trouble and Bravo) in […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome Croatian triple-play operator B.net, owned by Austrian concern Bewag, has announced an international tender which will result with a change of ownership by the end of the year. According to the president of the Board of B.net, Adrian Ježina, several non-binding bids have already been received, mostly from foreign companies, […]
Virgin Media is said to be considering selling off its content division – again. According to FT, the company is considering restructuring the business to become a set of communications platforms rather than producing any content of its own. As part of the Telewest / NTL merger that formed Virgin Media, Telewest tried to sell […]
Cablevision Systems swung to a profit in the third quarter helped by additions to its Internet and phone subscribers during the period. The company had a net profit of $27.1 million, compared with a loss of $79.3 million a year ago. Revenue grew 15.4 percent to $1.745 billion partly bolstered by the additions of Newsday […]