by Pivot
Month: August 2016
RCN, Grande Acquisition Highlights Hot Regional Cable MSO Consolidation Trend
A regional cable MSO consolidation move by TPG Capital will create a new top ten cable MSO in the U.S. after a deal to acquire RCN and Grande Communications closes. TPG, a private equity firm…
Report: North America Dominates Global Gigabit Deployments
A new visual online database of global gigabit deployments illustrates just how fast the number of gigabit Internet initiatives in the U.S. and worldwide has grown in recent years. A new Global Gigabit Monitor launched…
4K OTT Video Penetration to Reach 10% by 2021
Viewing of 4K UHD video via OTT services is poised to soar over the next five years, according to a 4K OTT video penetration forecast from Juniper Research. More than 189 million unique users worldwide…
U.S. Cable Industry Revenue Forecast to Hit $141 Billion in 2026
A U.S. cable industry revenue forecast from SNL Kagan sees bright prospects ahead for the industry over the next 10 years despite threats from OTT video service providers. Revising its previous 10-year outlook slightly higher,…
Public Cloud Services Forecast Raised to $195 Billion or More in 2020
IDC boosted its global public cloud services forecast to reflect a CAR of 20.4% from 2015 to 2020. By 2020, the IDC public cloud services forecast calls for revenues of more than $195 billion, more…
FCC Releases Preliminary List of Census Blocks for Connect America Fund Auction
The FCC yesterday released a preliminary list of census blocks eligible for the Connect America Fund auction. That auction will award funding to help cover the cost of bringing service to areas that cannot get…
Adtran Sees Great Opportunity in Next Generation Network Disruption
As broadband carriers map their future technology roadmap, there is an element of next generation network disruption underway. This disruption will occur as the traditional status-quo hardware centric broadband access network transitions to a programmable,…
NFL Network and NFL RedZone Launch on Sling TV
August 10, 2016 — ENGLEWOOD, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Sling TV launched NFL Network and NFL RedZone on its live and on-demand Internet TV service. All Sling Blue customers will automatically receive NFL Network, while NFL RedZone…
AT&T Launches Ultra-Fast Internet Speeds in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missour — AT&T today launched ultra-fast internet service in parts of St. Louis, St. Charles and University City; with more communities to be announced by the end of the year. Customers in those…
Appeals Court Municipal Broadband Decision Bad News for Publicly-Owned Networks
Municipally-owned broadband networks suffered a blow yesterday when a federal appeals court struck down an order adopted by the FCC that reduced state-level restrictions against such networks. In the 25-page appeals court municipal broadband decision,…
CenturyLink Broadband Roadmap: Funding Shifting From the Cloud
CenturyLink has set a goal of bringing broadband service supporting speeds of at least 40 Mbps to 50% of its base by the end of 2018, said Tony Davis, head of investor relations for CenturyLink,…
Broad 4K Video Adoption Expected by 2020
Video service providers (Pay TV and OTT) and content providers believe the majority of consumers and operators will adopt 4K UHD TV by 2020, according to a survey about 4K video adoption made by SNL…