Copper networks continue to be a cash cow for telcos, delivering broadband over DSL to more than 367 million subscribers worldwide in 2011. Fibre to the Home (FTTH) technologies bring ten times the bandwidth compared to advanced DSL technologies. However, upgrades to advanced forms of DSL require a fraction of the investment of upgrades to […]
Telecom Italia’s broadcasting unit Telecom Italia Media (TI Media) could transfer its two loss-making TV channels, La7 and MTV, to a new company from September, according to WSJ. The media company would be left with its valuable frequency licences by selling the two broadcasters. The licences could then be used to deliver completely new content […]
Telecom Italia has received 15 preliminary expressions of interest for its Telecom Italia Media unit. According to Italian daily “Il Sole 24 Ore”, 60 per cent are foreign groups and investors. Among names being mentioned are Sky Italia, Al Jazeera, Discovery Channel, as well as Italian private equity fund Clessidra. Meanwhile, Italian multimedia group L’Espresso […]
YouView, the open IPTV platform supported by a consortium of the UK’s public service broadcasters, ISPs and broadcast infrastructure provider Arqiva, is to launch officially on July 4. A launch event is to be hosted by entrepreneur Lord Sugar, who chairs the YouView board and YouView’s CEO Richard Halton. An initial trial of some 350 […]
US media company Discovery Communications is one of those interested in the sale of Telecom Italia Media. According to local media reports, the owner of the Discovery Channel and Real Time TV in Italy is one of the players in dialogue with Telecom Italia advisers Mediobanca and Citigroup. On May 9th Telecom Italia announced the […]
Chinese consumers are increasingly embracing the concept of bundled services – including fixed voice, broadband, television and mobile voice – which will lead to significant growth in Double, Triple, and Quad Play subscribers by 2016 according to research from Strategy Analytics. The report, “MultiPlay Forecast 1H’12” shows the growth of MultiPlay subscribers in China, increasing […]
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics – Service Provider Quarterly Recap and Guidance: BSkyB (BSY): CYQ1’12 – BSkyB followed up on a strong CYQ4’11 by adding an impressive 212,000 broadband subscribers in the first quarter of 2012. At the same time, the company added only 15,000 new pay-TV subscribers. This marks a new […]
Liberty Global Chief Executive Officer Mike Fries said he will take a look at Royal KPN’s Belgian unit that the Dutch phone company has put up for sale. “We’ll take a look at it, whether it’s something we’ll do is hard to say,” Fries said in an interview. “We looked at Switzerland too when Orange […]
The UK Government has outlined the next stages in its review of communications policy. The announcement follows recent speculation that the process was being delayed as a result of the uncertainty surrounding the position of Media Secretary Jeremy Hunt, whose continuation the post had been called into question amid suggestions that he had expressed support […]
Shares in TalkTalk rose more than 20 per cent on after the telco boosted its full-year dividend by almost two-thirds and reiterated its bullish outlook. The company said it had turned a corner after more than doubling annual pre-tax profit and slowing the rate of customer departures. The figures encouraged TalkTalk to commit to raising […]