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Ofcom: Average UK Broadband Speeds Up by 28% in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

Ofcom has published its latest Home Broadband Performance report, revealing that average broadband download speeds in the UK increased by 28%, up to 46.2Mbps in 2017, while upload speeds increased by 32%, up to …

Tags:broadband| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 25 - Issue 18

Kagan: 37.2 Million US Households to Go Broadband-Only by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

Broadband-only households in the US are set to grow from 19 million in 2017 to 37.2 million by 2022, according to estimates from Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. Tony …

Tags:broadband| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 06

MX1 Provides Content Aggregation for 1&1 TV Offerings

by Andrew Fenn

MX1, a global solution provider of media services, announced today that it is providing content aggregation for a number of channels from 1&1’s newest TV offerings. Claimed to be Germany’s first fully cloud-based TV …

Tags:broadband| Cloud TV| Germany| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Virgin Media Offers Ultrafast Broadband

by Alan Spencer

The cable operator, Virgin Media in the UK which is owned by Liberty Global, is now offering broadband speeds of 100 Mbit/s and above as a standard over fibre. The company has become the …

Tags:broadband| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Virgin Media| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Bochum To Get Gigabit Internet Service

by Alan Spencer

According to Broadband TV News, Liberty Global’s German subsidiary, Unitymedia is to launch a gigabit Internet service in the city of Bochum in the first quarter of 2018. The service will be based on …

Tags:broadband| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Liberty to begin DOCSIS 3.1 rollout

by Bob Raikes

Liberty Global has said at the Cable Congress in Brussels that it will start to roll out Docsis 3.1 technology at the end of 2017 although most of the networks in its business will …

Tags:broadband| Cable| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 10

European Cable Sees Digital TV Growth

by Alan Spencer

The European cable industry revenues rose 4.6% year-on-year, according to IHS statistics released by Cable Europe. Revenue growth for broadband Internet rose 7.5%, for TV it rose 3.7% and for telephony it rose 2.1%. …

Tags:broadband| Cable| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Verizon Introduces Fios Prepaid Triple Play Service

by Alan Spencer

Verizon has introduced Fios Prepaid triple play with pay-as-you-go Fios TV, Internet and a home phone line, all over fibre optic cable. As the services are prepaid, no credit checks will be required and …

Tags:broadband| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Verizon| Vol 24 - Issue 09

U.S. Connected Entertainment Device Adoption Grew 11% in 2015

by Isaac Oburu

A new industry report from Parks Associates finds that 73% of U.S. broadband households connect one or more in-home entertainment devices to the Internet, an increase of 11% from the beginning of 2015. Streaming …

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CableClix Prepares ‘Virtual Private Cable Network’

by Milos Pavlovic

CableClix of the US has developed a Virtual Private Cable Network or “VPCN” that is designed to allow broadband internet suppliers to offer a service that is similar to that available from cable networks, …

Tags:broadband| Cable| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 34

The HbbTV Association extends contract for HbbTV 2.0.1 Test Suites

by Isaac Oburu

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, today announced that it has extended its contract …

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Pace Receives Shareholder Approvals for Proposed Combination

by Isaac Oburu

ARRIS Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARRS) today announced that Pace received its required shareholder approvals at the court and general shareholder meetings held today to approve the proposed combination with ARRIS. As previously announced, the …

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