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45% of WE Broadband Homes Have a Smart TV

by Bob Raikes

Parks Associates said that 45% of Western European broadband households own a smart TV, with the highest percentage in Germany, where over 50% of broadband households have this type of internet-connected CE device.

Tags:broadband| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Vol 22 - Issue 42

21% of US Homes Can Stream UHD

by Bob Raikes

Akamai shows this data for mobile usage, collected by EricssonAkamai said that according to its Q2 2015 “State of the Internet” report, only 21% of US homes have internet speeds of 15Mbps – the …

Tags:4k| broadband| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 38

V-Nova’s Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements

by Tom Allen

A UK company called V-Nova claims to have developed a new compression technology offering between two- and three-times bitrate savings in video streaming, compared to codecs such as H.264, HEVC and JPEG2000. ‘Perseus’ has …

Tags:broadband| Broadcast| Broadcasters| Broadcom| Codecs| EBU| HEVC (H.265)| Hitachi| Intel| JPEG2000| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sky| Vol 22 - Issue 14

CeBIT is Very Quiet – but Merkel Promises 50 Mb/s

by Bob Raikes

We have been documenting the decline of CeBIT for quite a few years, now (I’ve seen the arc over 30 or more years – Man. Ed.). It grew out of the Hannover Fair, which …

Tags:broadband| CeBIT 2015| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 12

MaxLinear to Acquire Entropic

by Helen Vince

Maxlinear has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Entropic Communications for approximately $287 million.  The company said that the acquisition will broaden MaxLinear’s analogue/mixed-signal business, including bringing new customer relationships in MaxLinear’s most recent …

Tags:broadband| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 06

UltraHD Readiness Increases Worldwide

by Vanessa Browning

52 countries have connection speeds capable of supporting UltraHD services (above 15Mbps), according to Akamai’s Q3 State of the Internet report. While this is down 2.8% QoQ, it is up 32% YoY. South Korea …

Tags:4k| broadband| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Sandvine Sees Video On Demand Dominating Broadband Internet

by Helen Vince

TV – Sandvine, the Canadian provider of an internet network policy control platform, has released data on who is using all this available broadband bandwidth and how much goes to video on demand.  As discussed …

Tags:broadband| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Vodafone Plans UK TV Next Year

by Raverstead

Just one week after UK mobile operator EE launched its own EE TV service (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 44), rival Vodafone has announced plans to introduce a service next year. The company will …

Tags:broadband| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vodafone| Vol 21 - Issue 45

5G Will Offer Speed and Capacity

by Raverstead

Rahim Tafazoli, the head of the UK’s 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) at the University of Surrey, has said that capacity, not speed, will define 5G networks. The technology will be user-centric, offering low latency …

Tags:broadband| Large Display Monitor| LTE| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 45

ITU-T Accepts G.fast G.9701 Standard

by Raverstead

With the 4k/UHD TV adoption, bandwidth requirements for all streaming solutions will go up. So far Netflix requires a stable 15 Mbps connection to stream 4k to the house. Other providers will have similar …

Tags:4k| broadband| ITU| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 49

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Broadband: It’s All About The Pipes

by Helen Vince

Broadcast & Distribution – It has become increasingly clear that consumers are moving to streaming and cloud downloads to watch TV shows and movies at home. This trend, which has been documented by numerous research …

Tags:broadband| Packaged Media| VOD| Vol 21 - Issue 44