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Service Electric Cable TV Signs Deal with TiVo

by Andrew Fenn

Pennsylvania and New Jersey cable company, Service Electric Cable TV, has announced that it plans to bring the “ultimate personalised entertainment experience” to its customers, with the help of the TiVo Corporation The new …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Tivo| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 29

German Analogue Switch Off by Unitymedia

by Yvette Raikes

Cable operator Unitymedia of Germany is switching off the last of its analogue signals. Currently 650,000 households in Baden-Württemberg, Hessen and Nordrhein-Westfalen are still analogue, but the three states are all going digital during …

Tags:Cable| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Non-pay TV homes to Double in North America

by Bob Raikes

According to Digital TV Research, the number of pay TV subs in North America will fall by 10 million from 112 million in the peak year of 2012 to 102 million in 2022. Although …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 12

China Network Systems Selects Arris STBs

by Alan Spencer

Arris in the US, has announced that China Network Systems of Taiwan, has chosen Arris HMC4100 set-top boxes for its digital TV video services with the KreaTV application platform. Under Taiwanese government regulations, all …

Tags:Cable| DVB-C & C2| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 12

Comcast Again Stalls Introduction of 4K HDR STBs

by Alan Spencer

Comcast has announced that it is delaying the introduction of its 4K HDR set-top boxes. The company is deliberately doing this until the 4K content landscape becomes clearer. Joshua Seiden, executive director at Comcast …

Tags:4k| Cable| Comcast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 11

US Sees Rise in Non-pay-TV Users

by Yvette Raikes

With more methods of watching TV entering the market, the share of broadband households in the US which have pay-TV has dropped according to analyst TDG, reported by Advanced Television. In 2011, 9% (just …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Euskaltel to Acquire Telecable

by Yvette Raikes

In Spain, Euskaltel is said to be about to acquire regional cable network Telecable for €750 million ($804 million). Euskaltel has already bought R Company, so this is further consolidation of the Spanish cable …

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

AT&T’s Acquisition of Time Warner Approved by EC

by Yvette Raikes

The $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner by AT&T has been approved by the European Commission. The commission concluded that there were no competition concerns, since there were no overlaps between the two companies’ …

Tags:AT&T| Cable| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 10

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

Layer3 TV to Offer Live and On-Demand 4K Ultra HD Content

by Alan Spencer

The US-based cable TV provider, Layer3 TV, is starting to provide a selection of live and on-demand 4K ultraHD content to subscribers. One of the first offerings will be the BBC documentary, six-part nature …

Tags:4k| Cable| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 09

YouTube to be Available on Xfinity X1

by Alan Spencer

The YouTube app will be available on the Xfinity X1 in the US later this year. That will allow X1 customers to easily browse and seamlessly access the entire YouTube catalogue of live shows, …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 08| YouTube