Cable TV (CATV, DVB-C, MMDS, …) News

Comcast to deploy Qwilt Open Edge CDN platform
Sep 24, 2024 – Comcast is to deploy Qwilt's Open Edge platform to create the most distributed CDN in the U.S. and deliver a better experience for applications like streaming and gaming.
News categories: Qwilt, Comcast, Alon Maor, Elad Nafshi, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

Liberty Broadband makes counterproposal to Charter merger offer
Sep 23, 2024 – Liberty Broadband (Nasdaq: LBRDA, LBRDK, LBRDP) has communicated a counterproposal to Charter Communications in response to an initial merger proposal sent by the Charter Special Committee.
News categories: Liberty Broadband, Charter Communications, Greg Maffei, Cable TV, Digital TV, MandA, USA

KAON gains Mediacom approval for new TiVo STB
Sep 23, 2024 – Mediacom Communications has officially approved the KAON TiVo set-top box (STB). The STB combines KAON's hardware, telemetry and diagnostic tools with TiVo's user interface and features.
News categories: KAON, Mediacom, TiVo, James Miller, JR Walden, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, USA, UX

Pay TV subscriptions in Portugal up 1.9% YoY in 2Q 2024
Sep 17, 2024 – According to Anacom, at the end of Q2 2024, there were 4.6 million pay TV subscribers in Portugal, up 86,000 year-on-year. The growth rate was the lowest (+1.9%) since the end of 2013.
News categories: Anacom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Mediacom deploys CommScope ad insertion solution
Sep 10, 2024 – Mediacom has deployed CommScope's (NASDAQ: COMM) Manifest Delivery Controller (MDC) to increase revenue with more finely targeted ads while ensuring a high-quality IP video experience.
News categories: CommScope, Mediacom, Ray Bontempi, JR Walden, Advertising, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, USA

Verizon to acquire Frontier Communications
Sep 5, 2024 – Verizon (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Frontier Communications (NASDAQ: FYBR) have entered into a definitive agreement for Verizon to acquire Frontier in an all-cash transaction valued at $20 billion.
News categories: Verizon, Frontier Communications, Hans Vestberg, Nick Jeffery, Cable TV, Digital TV, MandA, USA

Cox latest to integrate Xumo FAST channels into linear guide
Sep 4, 2024 – Xumo has partnered with Cox to integrate FAST channels into its linear guide. Also, later this year, Sky will integrate six FAST channels into the TV guide on Sky Glass and Sky Stream devices.
News categories: Xumo, Cox Communications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Streaming, UK, USA, UX

Eutelsat and Cable Color renew broadcast services agreement
Aug 22, 2024 – Eutelsat (Paris/London: ETL) and Cable Color have signed an agreement renewing capacity for video broadcast services over Central America on Eutelsat’s EUTELSAT 117 West A satellite.
News categories: Eutelsat, Cable Color, José Ignacio González-Núñez, Stefano Racciatti, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Honduras, Satellite

Telenor chooses ADB video management system for Nordic operations
Aug 22, 2024 – Telenor has extended its adoption of ADB's graphyne® video management system to Sweden and Finland. graphyne aggregates an operator's own content and 3rd party streaming services into one platform.
News categories: ADB, Telenor, Philippe Lambinet, Emil Hansen, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Finland, IPTV, Sweden