The Spanish government is set to approve a new telecom law (Ley General de Telecomunicaciones) by mid September with the aim of clarifying the telco sector, simplifying the legislation and paving the way for the introduction of new technologies and added-value services. The present Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT) will disappear and will be replaced by […]
Investment specialists Morningstar did not pull any punches in a note to clients on August 30th, saying that the UK market has overreacted in its somewhat negative view of BSkyB over the launch of the rival BT Sport pay-platform, and that “[BSkyB’s] sports content remains far superior to that of BT. BSkyB also dominates content […]
SNL Kagan has analysed the segment revenues of the six largest media conglomerates and how they are changing, concluding that their focus is shifting more toward TV and away from publishing. News Corp decided to separate its 21st Century Fox entertainment business this year. In terms of the impact the split had on the company’s […]
The European Court of Justice has denied the European Commission’s appeal against the Spanish public broadcaster tax, one month after it approved the same model in France. Telco companies will have to keep on investing 0.7 per cent of their revenues in financing the public broadcaster. This is a boost to RTVE and a setback […]
Portugal’s Competition Authority has issued a final decision, stating its agreement to the merger between triple-play provider Zon Multimedia and mobile telephony operator Optimus. The decision confirms the draft decision that includes the commitments made by both parties. Among other things, Optimus will extend the duration of the network sharing agreement with Vodafone Portugal; Optimus […]
As the popularity of Internet entertainment services grows among consumers, digital lifestyle providers face customer retention challenges and seek to extend bundled service offerings, according to the J.D. Power 2013 Digital Lifestyle Study. The study, now in its second year, examines consumer brand loyalty, propensity to subscribe to digital lifestyle products and preferences for aggregation […]
Swisscom has posted a fall in net revenue of CHF 25 million (0.4 per cent) to CHF 5,596 million in the first half of 2013, while EBITDA was down by CHF 122 million (5.5 per cent) to CHF 2,102 million. At constant exchange rates and excluding hubbing revenues from Fastweb (wholesale revenues from interconnection services) […]
August 1st at 18.00 BST marks the launch of BT Sport, the three-channel service from the telco that is taking the game to Sky in terms of premium sports coverage in the UK. On launch day, the service will be free for anyone with Freeview, TV from BT or Sky. The new BT Sport website, […]
Portugal’s Competition Authority – Autoridade da Concorrência – has approved a merger between quad-play provider Zon Multimedia and Sonaecom’s mobile unit Optimus. The two companies said that they have been informed of the Authority’s non-opposition to the consolidation process, with the confirmation of the previously announced five conditions. The conditions include: Optimus extends the duration […]
BT Retail is to split into two separate businesses, BT Consumer and BT Business. The move will take effect from September. BT says the split will enable the company to better serve its customers and focus even more on delivering its strategic priorities. These include ‘Driving broadband-based consumer services’ and ‘Being the brand for business […]