Satellite broadcaster BSKyB’s first quarter results reveal it is fast approaching the 10 million subscriber mark, reporting net customer growth of 96,000 to reach 9.956 million households by the end of September 2010. It also reported Q1 net product growth of 989,000, up 12 per cent on the prior year. 2.3 million customers are now […]
STB specialist Pace has completed the acquisition of 2Wire. Broadband CPE manufacturer 2Wire has a number of clients in the tier-one telco market, particularly in the North American market, including AT&T. The company was previously owned by a consortium which includes Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, Telmex and Oak Investment Partners. The deal is expected to make UK-based […]
Advanced Digital Broadcast Holdings (ADB), has bought Pirelli Broadband Solutions for E30 million – E22 million in cash and 400,000 ADB shares, about 7 per cent of the company which is quoted on the Swiss exchange. Pirelli’s disposal is part of its stated strategy of focusing on its core tyre business. ADB says acquiring Pirelli […]
The Spanish competition watchdog (CNC) has approved the merger between the commercial TV channels Tele 5, controlled by Mediaset and Prisa-owned Cuatro, but has blocked the entry of Tele5 and Telefonica into the Prisa-controlled pay DTH platform Digital Plus. The decision to limit the TV deal is on the grounds that Digital Plus, with Tele […]
Ofcom will have to cut 170 jobs, almost 20 per cent of its workforce, and reduce its £143 million (E160m) budget by 28.2 per cent in real terms over the next four years to meet the government’s costing savings targets. The regulator will see its budget fall by £30 million in nominal terms to £112.7 […]
After building a successful business by shipping millions of DVDs every month in the mail, Netflix expects by the end of this year to start letting subscribers give up discs. Chief Executive Reed Hastings has said Netflix is looking to offer a new lower-cost plan through which subscribers could access movies and TV shows solely […]
The BBC has finally appointed a new digital media director to run BBC Online, BBC iPlayer, BBC Mobile and BBC Red Button . Ralph Rivera moves from New York and from being online president of Major League Gaming, previously he had been head of games at AOL for 10 years. He will report to the […]
The future of the BBC Trust appears to have been safeguarded by agreeing the new licence fee settlement agreed as part of the spending review. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is expected to reveal more detail about the new settlement before the weekend, but it is being reported that it protects the Trust […]
Verivue has completed the acquisition of CoBlitz, a provider of Content Delivery Network (CDN) infrastructure solutions for wireline and wireless service providers. The addition of CoBlitz products further extends Verivue’s portfolio of content delivery solutions, providing operators with a broad range of choices for both managed video networks and OTT video services.
There have been plenty of headlines in the UK suggesting that Ofcom has “approved” YouView, the BBC-backed video-on-demand service. “Not so,” implies Tony Ballard, a media lawyer at Harbottle & Lewis. Ofcom has said that any investigation now would be “premature” because it was part of an emerging sector, its impact too unclear at this […]