Japanese telecoms operator KDDI said it had lowered the voting stake it plans to acquire in the Jupiter cable TV network from US group Liberty Global after regulators questioned the $4 billion deal. Last month, KDDI said it would buy Liberty's 37.8 per cent stake in J:Com. But legal experts raised doubts about the deal, […]

Kabel Deutschland (KDG), Germany's largest MSO that is currently considering its options between sale and IPO, has used the occasion of its results announcement to reject outright the demands of Deutsche Telekom for regulation of the cable market to open up the networks to competitors. KDG pointed to ADSL's dominance in the market for fast […]

From Colin Mann in Barcelona Social networking-driven video-sharing will be one of the drivers in placing increasing bandwidth demands, according to panellists at a NetEvents Press Summit. Vince Vittore, Principal Analyst, Yankee Group, suggested that video has moved way beyond the one-time passive broadcast experience and will increasingly be driven by consumer activity, as well […]

Following up on proposing a law that internet video should abide by broadcast regulation, Italy's Supreme Court has ruled that ISPs in the country must block access to Pirate Bay. Following a previous attempt to make ISPs block the site, the Court of Bergamo, on an appeal from Pirate Bay, ruled that foreign websites could […]

Wuhan has officially begun broadcasts over its high-definition interactive next-generation television broadcasting (NGB) platform. In addition to providing traditional cable television services, the Wuhan Broadcasting Corporation’s interactive HD television platform offers a range of public services, including medical, educational, and services, pension services, and water, electricity, The Wuhan Broadcasting Corporation’s network currently covers 3.2 million […]

The number of fixed broadband subscribers will rise to 501 million at the end of 2014, according to new market data released by ABI Research. Of those, about 106 million will subscribe to services delivered via fibre. Fiber broadband subscribers totalled 44 million at the end of 2009. The number of fixed broadband subscribers totalled […]

The Joint Select Committee on Human Rights said the government’s Digital Economy Bill needed clarification. It said that technical measures – which include cutting off persistent pirates – were not “sufficiently specified”. In addition, it said that it was concerned that the Bill could create “over-broad powers”. “The Internet is constantly creating new challenges for […]

Multi-screen media measurement specialist Rentrak has agreed a deal with US digital satellite operator DISH Network to integrate commercially DISH Network’s TV viewing data with Rentrak’s TV Essentials audience measurement service. Contributing the largest national TV viewing data set, DISH Network provides Rentrak the ability to become the only company to offer media measurement in […]

The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), a broadcast industry organisation dedicated to accelerating over-the-air Mobile Digital Television, is teaming with Harris Interactive, a global market research firm, and Rentrak, a specialist in multi-screen media measurement, to study consumer usage habits during OMVC’s Mobile DTV Consumer Showcase in Washington. With more than 30 television stations now […]

The Conservatives have unveiled plans to deliver a “nationwide super-fast broadband”, part of which could be funded from the BBC licence fee. Shadow chancellor George Osborne said a Tory government would deliver speeds of 100 megabits per second (Mbps) to the “majority” of homes by 2017. He said cabling in rural areas could be paid […]