Cable TV

Digital Platforms & Services

COVID-19 pandemic accelerates pay-TV cord-cutting in 2020

Access Evolution

Virgin Media & O2 pledge 4,000 new jobs… if their merger is approved

Access Evolution

Nokia completes sale of DOCSIS Distributed Access Architecture and EPON/DPoE portfolios to Vecima Networks

Digital Platforms & Services

Lockdown leads to surge in TV screen time and streaming

Policy & Regulation

FCC dismisses an application to deliver Mandarin Chinese programming

Video

Broadcasters are still excited by the potential of 5G but don’t appear ready to deploy it

Video

Bouygues Telecom launches the innovative Bbox Smart TV

via Flickr © Robert Scoble (CC BY 2.0)

Media & Entertainment

Will 2020 be the year of next gen TV with high speed internet?

Telefonica

Mobile

What’s up with… Telefónica, BT, SK Telecom

Virgin Media and O2 together (image courtesy of Telefónica)

Broadband

As Virgin Media and O2 tie the knot, BT has little to celebrate

Video

Sorely in need of a laugh? Try this: Broadcom sues Netflix for being successful

Fronthaul

TIP Summit: Fronthaul over cable adds another connectivity option for the RAN

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Network Services

Telecoms: billions still pouring in, but not much growth

via Flickr © Retrogasm (CC BY 2.0)

Media & Entertainment

There’s been a video streaming outbreak: bring on the control systems

via Flickr © Alachua County (CC BY 2.0)

Mobile

Regulators not to blame for once as Sunrise/UPC deal collapses

via Flickr © Jon Candy (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Cable TV

Football fans shout foul as Telefonica overcharges for sports channel

via Flickr © Alex Liivet (CC BY 2.0)

Cable TV

StarHub finishes fibre shift, but pay TV, broadband customers still leaving

via Flickr © Anssi Koskinen (CC BY 2.0)

Mobile

Sunrise shows signs of desperation as boardroom battle over UPC continues

Video

Far From Dead: Worldwide Pay TV Market to Surpass 1.1 Billion Subscribers in 2024

via Flickr © Ginny (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Broadband

Virgin Media goes gaga over gigabit

Media & Entertainment

U.S.-China trade dispute makes Roku the top smart-TV operating system in North America

Source: Piotr Swat / Shutterstock.com

Broadband

Vodafone gets the green light for its Liberty Global deal... at last

Broadband

Altibox deploys Nokia's virtualized Distributed Access Architecture to consolidate hubs and deliver all-IP services to DOCSIS and cable customers

Broadband

VODAFONE SIGNS CABLE WHOLESALE AGREEMENT WITH TELEFÓNICA DEUTSCHLAND