CABLE CONGRESS 2011 – LUCERNE. Liberty Global has strenuously denied that there will be any delay in the launch of UPC’s new home gateway Horizon. It has also revealed that […]
Czech cable market grows
CABLE CONGRESS 2011 – LUCERNE. The Czech cable market has grown for the last three years despite the recession and now serves 1,080,000 homes, according to Zdenek Vanicek, the president […]
Cable has nothing to fear from YouTube
CABLE CONGRESS 2011 – LUCERNE. YouTube’s head of partnerships, Donagh O’Malley, set out to tell the cable industry it had nothing to fear from its on demand TV partnerships or […]
UPC Polska looks to the future
CABLE CONGRESS 2011 – LUCERNE. UPC Polska will have the ability to offer 3D VOD in the next couple of months, according to Simon Boyd, the company’s chairman of the […]
Liberty assesses possible cable deals
CABLE CONGRESS 2011 – LUCERNE. The Dutch cableco Ziggo would be a “great synergistic fit” for Liberty Global should it come on the market, according to Shane O’Neill, chief strategy […]
CEE winning cable catch-up game
CABLE CONGRESS 2011 – LUCERNE. Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is currently where Western Europe was in terms of cable ARPU levels in 1996. However, it is only trailing by […]
TiVo knits into cable’s plumbing
CABLE CONGRESS 2011 – LUCERNE. There is nothing like a common enemy to bring people together and whatever their strategies the cable industry can unite in a mutual hatred of […]
German cable takes the lead
CABLE CONGRESS 2011 – LUCERNE. Germany’s broadband strategy of ensuring that 75% of households have access to 50 Mbps services by 2014 cannot be delivered without cable, according to Adrian […]
Cable doesn’t need mobile for TV everywhere
CABLE CONGRESS 2011 – LUCERNE. Europe’s cable networks see no need for major investment in mobile networks. Speaking at the opening View from the Top session Liberty Global CEO Mike […]
Fries says jury out on Comcast deal
CABLE CONGRESS 2011 – LUCERNE. Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries says there is no need for Chellomedia to emulate the kind of deal struck by Comcast in the United States.