Looks as if cable subscribers really like online video, especially if they can access it on their existing boxes: UPC Hungary’s experiment to add YouTube to its set-top boxes has been… Read more »
Cable subscribers in Hungary have been watching a million minutes of YouTube every day since the video service became available on their set-top boxes. Read more »
Cable subscribers are starting to get access to YouTube and other online video services, thanks to cloud-based technology that brings modern apps to legacy set-top boxes. Read more »
The Dutch cable market may be about to see some major consolidation, as the biggest broadband provider outside China continues its expansion plans. Read more »
The company wouldn’t disclose how much money it received in this strategic investment round, but CEO Tim Tuttle said it was more than his company’s initial seed round of $2.4 million. Read more »
Vodafone has made a “preliminary approach” to Germany’s top cable provider, but no bids have been revealed yet. Reports suggest Liberty Global might also be interested. Read more »
Liberty, the biggest ISP outside China, already owns the Netherlands’ second-largest cable provider outright. Now it’s bought a 12.65 percent stake in the largest. Read more »
The combined operation will have 25 million customers in 14 countries. It will also take John Malone’s Liberty Global head-to-head with Rupert Murdoch and BSkyB. Read more »
Over the past few years satellite distributor DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) serially has been under the control of two of the most powerful men in med… Read more »
Cable operator Liberty Global is selling off its 37.8 stake in Japanese broadband provider Jupiter Telecommunications to wireless operator K… Read more »