Cable – Page 5 – Display Daily

More Cable Operators Join the SES Ultra HD Trials

by Alan Spencer

SES has announced that an additional six more US cable operators have agreed to join its Ultra HD trials. (Frontier using SES for Service Delivery of Ultra HD) Currently there are over 15 cable …

Unitymedia To Switch-Off Analogue TV

by Alan Spencer

The analogue TV channels will be switched off in stages in five regions of Germany by cable operator, Unitymedia. The switch off will occur starting 1st June 2017 and running through until the end …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Cable| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Altice USA and Nagra Form Agreement on Content Protection

by Alan Spencer

Nagra and Altice USA have announced an agreement whereby Nagra will provide Altice USA with a content protection and innovation platform to enable encryption and content security for its HD and 4K offerings. Nagra, …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Security| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Comcast Video Subscriber Increase 80,000 in Q4 2016

by Milos Pavlovic

Comcast Cable increased its video subscriber base by 80,000 net in the last quarter of 2016. Subscriber numbers were reported to be the best seen for nine years. High-speed Internet customer net additions were …

Tags:Cable| Comcast| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 04

Rogers TV Subscribers Down in Q4 2016

by Bob Raikes

Rogers Communication of Canada said that it had seen a drop in subscribers by 13,000 in Q4 2016. Internet growth offset the drop in TV revenues of 4% in the most recent quarter. Subscribers …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| North America| Vol 24 - Issue 04

Cable Market in EU Grows to €22.4 Billion

by Bob Raikes

The cable industry in the European Union has continued to despite increasing competition from traditional and Over-The-Top (OTT) players, according to a report by IHS Markit and Cable Europe, the European cable trade association. …

EU Cable Will Grow Despite OTT – IHS

by Bob Raikes

IHS released data about the development of the cable industry in the EU and prepared in collaboration with Cable Europe, the European cable trade association. Key findings from the 2015 yearbook include: Gross cable …

Tags:Broadcast| Cable| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Tele Columbus AdvanceTV Due in January

by Bob Raikes

TeleColumbus in Germany, and the third largest cable operator in the country, will launch a new advanceTV platform on 16th January 2017. The box allows PVR, OTT, PayTV and PPV movies as well as …

Tags:Cable| Germany| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 48

AT&T Has DirectTV Now

by Bob Raikes

AT&T, as expected, launched the DirectTV Now streaming TV platform in the US, with packages at $35, $50, $60 (this level is temporarily at $35, but those that sign at that level will stay …

Comcast to launch Netflix on X1

by Bob Raikes

Comcast has confirmed that the Netflix service will be available on its X1 devices across the US. Netflix content will be fully integrated into Xfinity On Demand. “The Netflix integration into the X1 platform …

Tags:Cable| Comcast| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Charter Video Subs down 47,000 in Q3

by Bob Raikes

US cable provider, Charter Communications said that its network reached 49.0 million homes and served 25.9 million residential and SMB customers, up by 245,000 on the same period last year. Residential video customers decreased …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Liberty Global Acquires Multimedia in Poland

by Yvette Raikes

Poland’s third largest cable company, Multimedia Polska, has been bought by Liberty Global for PLN3 billion ($762 million). Multimedia’s insurance, gas and energy operations are not included in the deal. Liberty owns UPC Poland …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Poland| Vol 23 - Issue 41