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News & Views Most Popular Eurobites: EE, Virgin Media Fined £13.3M for Early-Exit Excesses By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/16/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: MTN, Ericsson carry out 5G trial in South Africa; Orange CFO hints at market consolidation in France; Telia buys IT services outfit. Post a Comment \| Read (0) US Cable Set to Rake in $18B in Biz Services Revenues in 2018 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/15/2018 But rate of revenue growth is slowing, causing MSOs to seek new angles and opportunities. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Adds Tubi to X1's OTT Video Blend By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/15/2018 Free, ad-supported video streaming service sports library with about 8,500 titles. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Dish Awarded $90M in Video Piracy Case By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/13/2018 SetTV ordered to stop retransmitting Dish's satellite or OTT TV feeds, hand over SetTV-branded set-top boxes. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: briancuttler I bet these court cases are more profitable than their daily operations,... ACA Calls for Comcast Antitrust Investigation & Trump Weighs In By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/12/2018 Comcast says ACA's call for an antitrust investigation is 'without merit' and 'inappropriate attempt' to gain leverage in the commercial market. The president amplifies the ACA's message. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Disney Dispenses Details About Its New Streaming Service By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/12/2018 Set for a late 2019 debut, Disney+ will feature content from Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic and take on OTT video giants such as Netflix and Amazon. Post a Comment \| Read (0) OTT-TV Gains Slow to a Crawl in Q3, but Cord-Cutting Does Not – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/9/2018 Losses of 'traditional' US pay-TV subs accelerated to 1.12 million in Q3 2018, widening from 870,000 a year earlier. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: JDonahue The service being described is obviously illegal yet LightReading allows the... Advertisement Eurobites: Swisscom Bangs Its 5G Cowbell By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/9/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telenor tests 5G in Norway; former Orange man joins Vodafone board; China's Xiaomi enters UK; Telefónica offloads insurance arm. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Breznick Digs Into Europe's Cable Trends By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 11/9/2018 LR's Cable/Video Practice Leader Alan Breznick explains how Europe and North America are not in sync when it comes to DOCSIS 3.1 and Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) developments and looks at how 5G is shaping MSO mindsets. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Vetting Video Streaming Box for Broadband-Only Subs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/8/2018 Tests centered on X1-powered device with voice remote capability will integrate Netflix and other OTT content, provide customers an upgrade path to Comcast's pay-TV bundles. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner As a point of clarification, the original story said Comcast was looking at... Entering the Era of Cloud TV By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/8/2018 Midia Research's Paolo Pescatore talks about the advent of cloud TV services and assesses the impact of 5G's arrival on the cable operator community. And drinks beer. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: US Unit Continues to Power Deutsche Telekom Growth By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/8/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: VEON blown off course by currency fluctuations; Orange launches LTE-M network in France; Virgin Media adds units; O2 goes driverless; smart speakers don't speak Finnish. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Vodafone's Sanches on Cloud TV By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/8/2018 Vodafone's group head of fixed development, Nuno Sanches, explains how the operator has adopted an OTT, cloud-based approach to its TV services strategy. Post a Comment \| Read (0) The Cloud Sets Clear Vision for Vodafone's TV Strategy By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/7/2018 Vodafone's Nuno Sanches says focus on a cloud-powered, OTT-centric approach to pay-TV bridges Vodafone's disparate fixed networks in Europe and establishes the foundation for a scalable, feature-rich service. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: EU Makes Life Awkward for OTT Video Crew By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/7/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: EU approves Disney-Fox deal; Nokia helps create private LTE network for BMW in China, gets cozy with Infosys; Hyperoptic attracts Middle Eastern money; Three UK trumpets 5G progress. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: indesilife Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hai is an Indian television sequential having First Episode... Altice USA Downplays Verizon's 5G Broadband Threat By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/6/2018 Cable op doesn't view 5G as a credible substitution of its own fixed-line broadband product, CEO Dexter Goei says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) What's Cable's Tech Game Plan in Europe? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/5/2018 Bracing for 5G, network upgrades and enhancements, and pay-TV's next chapter will be among the themes and topics for Tuesday's Cable Next-Gen Europe event in London. Post a Comment \| Read (0) BT's Jansen: We Need to Talk About Openreach By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/5/2018 Figuring out what to do about the access infrastructure part of BT may be the biggest challenge that faces its next CEO. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: US Lawsuit Alleges Corruption at Iraq's Korek Telecom By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/5/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Hyperoptic extends Thurrock network; Synamedia appoints new CFO; streaming VoD turns into a torrent. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Dish-HBO Carriage Spat Could Have Big Carryover By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/2/2018 HBO's first-ever blackout with a pay-TV distributor surfaces as DoJ tries to block AT&T-Time Warner merger. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Dish Awarded $90M in Video Piracy Case By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/13/2018 SetTV ordered to stop retransmitting Dish's satellite or OTT TV feeds, hand over SetTV-branded set-top boxes. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: briancuttler I bet these court cases are more profitable than their daily operations,... 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Many of these pirates are operating at a level of sophistication that makes it harder for consumers to... FbytF, 11/14/2018 3:47:43 PM CNN Sues Trump Administration Re: WTF This is clearly out of your area of expertise and not why I subscribe, when I want to know what you assholes think about politics, I'll ask. GFY. JDonahue, 11/13/2018 10:29:07 AM OTT-TV Gains Slow to a Crawl in Q3, but Cord-Cutting Does Not – Analyst Re: How is this Spam Post Below Still Up? The service being described is obviously illegal yet LightReading allows the post to remain? indesilife, 11/13/2018 4:11:06 AM Eurobites: EU Makes Life Awkward for OTT Video Crew Re: Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hai Show Episodes Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hai is an Indian television sequential having First Episode Date on second March 2015. Bhabi Ji Ghar standard hai indicate is rotating around two neighboring couples, the Mishras and Tiwari. 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Jeff Baumgartner, 11/8/2018 2:19:27 PM Comcast Vetting Video Streaming Box for Broadband-Only Subs Re: clarification about X1 and Smart TVs As a point of clarification, the original story said Comcast was looking at possibly integrating X1 into other platforms, such as smart TVs, but the fact is that X1 is an OS at its core, so it's techincally possible that... kelseywilson, 11/2/2018 10:31:30 PM Verizon Bundles Amazon Prime to Pump 1-Gig Fios Re: Verizon fios Verizon started offering "Fiber to the Home" (FTTH) Internet service -- making them one of the first Internet providers to invest in last-mile fiber Internet infrastructure. Verizon Fios currently has one of the largest... brooks7, 11/2/2018 6:01:18 PM Verizon Bundles Amazon Prime to Pump 1-Gig Fios Re: Re: overlay And you have to have a new OLT....so you have to inject the signal on the same existing fiber and then wdm/split it. FiOS should have enough link budget to do it, but I know (for a fact that there are plenty of links... rbkoontz, 11/2/2018 4:54:26 PM Verizon Bundles Amazon Prime to Pump 1-Gig Fios Re: overlay NG-PON2 is a WDM overlay on the same fiber and splitters as B-PON or G-PON. Just replace the ONT and then split the customer via WDM to a new NG-PON2 port. Makes for an easy migration path without wholesale change... More Message Boards		Security Now BlackBerry Acquiring Security & AI Firm Cylance for $1.4B Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2018 BlackBerry is continuing to move away from its smartphone legacy with the ... (0) Magecart Attacks Proving Persistent Problem for Online Retailers Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2018 A research report shows that one in five sites targeted by a Magecart attack ... 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