BT has announced price hikes for its broadband and landline services. The telco has confirmed that broadband prices will also increase by 6.9 per cent from September 20th. BT said its price rises come on the back of similar increases by other telecoms providers, including Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media. Standard line rental is to […]
AT&T lost 22,000 U-verse TV subscribers in Q2, compared to 190,000 net adds in the same quarter a year ago. The US telco, which ended Q2 with 5.97 million video subs, blamed typical “seasonality” over cord-cutting, alongside the decision to target promotions to more profitable, higher-value subscribers. “On the U-verse video side, the first point […]
In a further consolidation of the Spanish cable market, Basque Country-based operator Euskaltel has bought Galician R Cable for €1.155 billion to create a large regional cable group in the north of Spain – with the companies retaining their own brands – with a network of 725,000 km and over 715,000 subscribers. Euskaltel has offered […]
Improvements in the affordability and ready availability of online content in Australia are crucial ingredients to reduce online copyright infringement, Communications Alliance – the primary telecommunications industry body in Australia – has said in response to new research released by the Minister for Communications, Malcolm Turnbull. Welcoming the research initiative, Communications Alliance CEO John Stanton […]
Virgin Media has been warned that customers can rightly assume that prices during the minimum term of contracts are fixed after the Advertising Standards Authority upheld complaints about its “misleading” broadband ads. Customers has complained that they had signed up to the operator’s 12-month broadband contracts only to be told that their monthly charges would […]
UK quad-play provider TalkTalk, providing the first trading update for the three months to June, said the overall broadband market had been softer than previous quarters due to a quiet consumer environment. First-quarter revenue was up 3.5 per cent year-on-year, marking a slowdown from the 6 per cent recorded in the previous three months. In […]
BT has announced details of its new BT TV Ultra HD package, which includes Europe’s very first live sports Ultra HD (4K) channel, BT Sport Ultra HD, and the company’s new BT TV Ultra HD set top box. The new channel will launch with its first live broadcast being the FA Community Shield match at […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has outlined the challenges facing the UK in ensuring that consumers and businesses receive high-quality digital communications services over the next decade and beyond. Among the issues to be addressed are bundled media services offered over different platforms by the same operator which may present risks to competition. Ofcom’s Strategic Review […]
Commenting on Ofcom’s publication of its initial digital communications review findings investment bank Jefferies, and its telecoms analyst Jerry Dellis, warn investors that BT is now under scrutiny – along with the UK’s other media players. However, Ofcom is known to want to strengthen, not weaken, competition. Dellis points out one important element: “On page […]
TalkTalk’s latest offer gives new TalkTalk Plus TV homes access to Netflix at no extra charge for six months. The exclusive deal means new TalkTalk Plus TV customers will be able to watch hit shows like Better Call Saul and House of Cards as well as a huge library movies. The offer is available until July 23rd and gives homes access […]