Tag Archives: Virgin Media
Componentised TV Services
A little under a month ago I started (but didn’t finish) a blog post about how the launch of Netflix in the UK (and the ready availability already of Lovefilm) created a special situation for the UK, caused by the quality of the Freeview/FreeSat platform. This situation was that it was perfectly possible to hand [...]
Operators Moving on 2nd Screen Infrastructure
I blogged previously about the rise of Tablets and how important they are to the TV industry’s plans, and now I note the confirmed news as follows: News Corp.‘s BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) confirmed it has bought UK WiFi network The Cloud from its investor, DFJ Esprit, “to allow easy access to Sky content on multiple [...]
Cable Company Expansion
I had to post about this, as it is the second time I have heard people talk about possible purchase options for Virgin Media today. Who really would be in the running for such a thing? Four Reasons to Buy Virgin Media — Seeking Alpha.
Digital Britain
OFCOM with Lord Carter has published the Interim report about the vision for some of the country’s critical digital services and communications issues, and it was readily digested by all and sundry. The press have really dissected the report for its facts which you can via your favourite search engine, readily find out. Alternatively can [...]
Economic Downturn Death Knell for Mass Adoption IPTV?
It seems easy to call the slowdown of IPTV deployments with the economic downturn now under way. Could we go further and call the death of mass adoption IPTV? By death, I mean a delay of a decade or more, and by mass adoption I mean a service that can easily provide for 4 screens [...]