Industry Announcements
Content posted in January 2020
Comcast Reports Q4 & Full-Year 2019 Results
Industry Announcements 1/23/2020 Post a comment
Cable Communications adjusted EBITDA grew 7.3% and total customer relationships in this division increased 1.1 million, while Comcast's high-speed Internet subscriber base surged 1.4 million year-over-year, the company said.
USDA Invests $48M in Broadband for Rural Virginia
Industry Announcements 1/10/2020 Post a comment
The USDA's ReConnect Pilot Program invests $48 million for high-speed broadband infrastructure that will reach more than 22,600 rural households in Virginia – one of many funding announcements in the first round of this initiative.
UK's KCOM Plans $130M+ Fiber Investment
Industry Announcements 1/9/2020 Post a comment
The operator, owned by Australia's Macquarie, will use a £100 million investment to expand its FTTP full-fiber broadband beyond 2019's footprint of 200,000 in the Hull area to extend to 'tens of thousands of homes and businesses' in new parts of UK, company says.
BT Combats IP Video Piracy With Ateme Encoder
Industry Announcements 1/9/2020 Post a comment
Having used Ateme's encoder and encryption solution for BT Sport's Premier League live broadcasts, BT now plans to use this solution to protect all its satellite-beamed content and offer the anti-piracy measure to partners around the world.
SHLB Expands Board of Directors
Industry Announcements 1/2/2020 Post a comment
Scott Boone, director of information technology at Kent County Government,
Doug Casey, executive 756480 of Connecticut Commission for Educational Technology (CET) and Larry Irving, president and CEO of Irving Group, join organization's board.
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Here's where you can find episode links for 'The Divide,' Light Reading's podcast series featuring conversations with broadband providers and policymakers working to close the digital divide.
As we have for the past two years, Light Reading will present our Cable Next-Gen Europe conference as a free digital symposium on June 21.
Charter has sparked RDOF work in all 24 states where it won bids. The cable op booked about $19 million in RDOF revenues in Q1, and expects to have about $9 million per month come in over the next ten years.
As we have for the past two years, Light Reading will stage the Cable Next-Gen Technologies & Strategies conference as a free digital event over two half-days in mid-March.
Launch of 2-Gig and 5-Gig FTTP tiers in 70-plus markets puts more pressure on cable ops to enhance their existing DOCSIS 3.1 network or accelerate their upgrade activity centered on the new DOCSIS 4.0 specs.
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