Ofcom has published its 19th quarterly report revealing the number of complaimts recorded against the largest telecoms and pay TV providers in the quarter July 2015 to September 2015. Pay-TV complaints The number of pay-TV complaints
The strong growth of IPTV and the increasing popularity of the convergent packages with up to 5 different services (fixed and mobile telephony, broadband Internet access and pay-TV) are significantly boosting the pay-TV take-up in Spain. Figures from the CNMC
Canadian multimedia company Bell has confirmed that Bell Fibe TV and Bell Aliant FibreOP TV subscribers can now access their Netflix accounts directly from their existing TV receivers. All Fibe TV receivers have been automatically upgraded to enable quick access to the video streaming service. “Bell is very excited to add the tremendous Netflix catalogue […]
In what the UK’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport describes as “an early Christmas present”, homes and businesses in some of the most remote areas of the UK are to be offered a subsidised satellite broadband connection if they are currently unable to obtain an affordable broadband service of at least 2 Mbps. The […]
Advanced Television talks to CEO Stephane Bourque about Incognito’s mission to provide the subscriber with a much better QoE by taking the Home Gateway functionality to the cloud. This means an operator can provide a great experience with a simple, friendly, UI, state-of-the-art functionality and comprehensive user management no matter what the network or legacy […]
Enders Analysis has published its latest ten year viewing forecasts which showed live and seven-day broadcast time-shift/catch-up to the TV as still making up the great majority of viewing in 2025, though the firm assumes that the complex regulatory network that supports public service broadcasting will remain in place. However, this could come into question […]
Further to advanced-television.com’s revelation that multinational cable, fibre, telecommunications, contents and media company Altice had snatched the rights from holder Canal Plus, Altice has confirmed it has acquired the exclusive football broadcasting rights for France and Monaco for the Barclays English Premier League. Fixed and Mobile customers of Altice and affiliates in France and Monaco […]
The Optus cable TV and broadband network acquired by Australia’s national broadband network (nbn) for A$800 million (€545m) is in such poor condition the nbn is considering replacing it entirely, according to a leaked document, which suggests that building over the Optus HFC network with Telstra HFC or a mix of other technologies would deliver […]
High profile acquisitions and market consolidation will fundamentally change the telecoms and tech market in the next few years as companies such as BT, Google and Apple makes steps to dominate, according to global analyst firm CCS Insight’s 2016 predictions report. With multi-play services at the heart of a booming tech industry and heightened competition […]
Comcast and Time Warner Cable led the growth in US broadband subscriptions during the third quarter, adding a combined 552,000 new subscribers. Overall, cable operators in the US added 804,000 subscribers. However, the total number of US broadband subscribers only increased by 679,000 due to losses in DSL and slower growth in fibre subscriptions at […]