BT has confirmed that it will expand its roll-out of next-generation broadband to bring super-fast services to two-thirds of the UK. Originally its fibre services, offering speeds of up to 40 megabits per second (Mbps), were due to reach around 40 per cent of the population by 2012. Another £1 billion (E1.16 billion) (on top […]
From Colin Mann in London As anticipated, Jeremy Hunt has been named Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport in the new Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition government. Having shadowed the role in opposition, Hunt retains his existing brief in the new cabinet, but also gets specific responsibility for the smooth running of the 2012 […]
Federal Trade Commision Chairman Jon Liebowitz told cable operators in Los Angeles for the NCTA show that the commission is not interested in regulating behavioural advertising so long as the industry is making “progress” toward self-regulation. “So long as self-regulation is making forward progress, the FTC is not interested in regulating in this area,” he […]
Cisco Systems, the world’s largest maker of networking equipment, has reported stronger than expected sales and profits, completing what chief executive John Chambers called “probably the strongest quarter we’ve had in our history”. Sales rose 27 per cent to $10.4 billion, while profits rose 63 per cent to $2.2 billion. This is the second consecutive […]
ITV1 is to remain bound by restrictions on how it can sell advertising airtime, the UK Competition Commission has ruled – but it added that the mechanism should be dropped at some point and that the entire UK TV ad sales market needs a review. The commission stood by its provisional decision in September to […]
Brian Roberts, chief executive of Comcast, said at NCTA he was not concerned about increased regulation from the Federal Communications Commission, which is seeking new authority to regulate cable and telecoms groups. The FCC is seeking to impose tougher regulations on high-speed Internet providers to guarantee that all content creators would be treated equally over […]
Intelsat reported revenue of $621.1 million and a net loss of $102.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010. “First quarter 2010 performance was as anticipated in light of the previously reported events that are restraining our growth in the first half of 2010,” said Intelsat CEO, David McGlade. “Our confidence in our […]
Hungarian telco Magyar Telekom has reported it now has 677,932 customers for its pay-TV services delivered within its home market via IPTV, cable and satellite – up 34 per cent from one year previously. This makes it the second largest pay-TV operator in Hungary. The telco said that it had 78,980 IPTV customers in Hungary […]
UK TV-and-video news producer ITN Productions is hiring its first head of mobile – mobile ad net 4th Screen Advertising's Miguel Tatay. Through ITN On, ITN has been providing video news to other services and through apps for the last two years.
New JV partners in the UK's biggest mobile network have announced the holding company will optimistically be called 'Everything Everywhere' and, as usual, the name is surrounded by TMs as though putting these words together was an original thought they can now protect. Thankfully, Orange and T-Mobile will continue as separate brands in the market […]