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    Rural communities key to Europe’s superfast broadband target

    June 14, 2013
    Despite all households in the European Union now having access to basic broadband, significant challenges remain before the same can be said of high-speed services, according to UK research firm Point Topic - not least of which is the high cost of wiring up rural areas.
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    100mn more IPTV households by 2018

    June 12, 2013
    TV globe
    There will be just shy of 1bn pay-TV households worldwide by 2018, with IPTV accounting for around 167mn of them, according to UK firm Digital TV Research.
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    Liberty Global completes Virgin Media buyout

    June 11, 2013
    The world's largest cable operator just got bigger with the news that Liberty Global has completed its acquisition of UK cableco Virgin Media in a stock and cash merger value at around US$ 24bn, after clearing the necessary shareholder and regulatory approvals.

Analysis & Opinion

  • Virgin Media acquisition would complete Liberty’s cable empire, and cause a new headache for Sky

    Ted Hall, Senior Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media

    The news that Liberty Global plans to acquire Virgin Media could signal a change atop the global pay-TV hierarchy – if a deal goes ahead, the long-time number-two cable operator and dominant European player will overtake US giant Comcast to become the world’s largest cable MSO.

    By , February 5, 2013

  • Is the ad industry TV’s weakest link?

    Nick Thomas, Principal Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media

    It was allegedly Lord Leverhulme, the British soap tycoon, who complained that half his advertising budget was wasted. The trouble, he said, was that he didn’t know which half. Advertisers like to think they have improved measurement in the past hundred years, but now there is a new risk.

    By , November 1, 2012

  • Innovation in services and partnerships hold the key to future growth

    Mark Newman, Chief Research Officer at Informa Telecoms & Media

    According to the results of Informa Telecoms & Media’s annual industry survey, innovation is a key priority for global telecoms and media players in 2013. Over 500 senior executives from across both these sectors were asked how their businesses and markets would perform in 2013 and the role innovation would play in driving future revenue growth.

    By , October 25, 2012

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