Mobile operators to start spending again

Chris Andrews

Capital expenditure expected to increase with LTE on the horizon

One of the major casualties of poor – or atrocious as the case has been - market conditions, is a reduction in capital expenditure; while a certain bunkering mentality seeks to protect business, it has the obvious downside of halting expansion and slowing down improvements.

Retransmission battles leaving consumer casualties

Chris Andrews

FCC asked to arbitrate in wake of Academy Awards near blackout for Cablevision

If you were a customer of Cablevision in New York on Sunday, you might have had a nail biting day, waiting with bated breath for the start of the Academy Awards. Disney had pulled its ABC signal from Cablevision early on Sunday over a retransmission rights dispute, and it didn’t appear to be backing down. Would the signal come back on? Would they miss the dresses?

Et tu, Lib Dems?

Chris Andrews

New amendment to Digital Economy Bill met with (near) universal outrage

The UK’s Digital Economy Bill just keeps getting better and better. Last week, in the Bill’s debate stage in the House of Lords, the Liberal Democrats added a last minute amendment which would force ISPs to block websites carrying pirated music and films.

Samsung launches first 3D LED TV and gives away some DVDs

Robin Hague

First 3D TV sets to market, nothing to watch

FreebandTVNews acknowledges it is in danger of becoming the Don Quixote of 3D TV, following a series of articles which, superficially at least, appear to cast doubt on the validity of 3 dimensional television. However, an attentive reader would have noted our position is more about questioning the timing of a new technology launch when there is little adoption of HD TV and even less 3D content.

Some $10 billion of new revenues to be gained in digital entertainment

Chris Andrews

The good people at research firm In-Stat have produced a free whitepaper, offering a realistic look at the changing face of digital entertainment, and what the industry needs to do if it is to capitalise on evolving models of consumer consumption.

No UK scrutiny of T-Mobile / Orange merger

Chris Andrews

EC grants approval, OFT withdraws request, consumer groups fume

Last month FBTVN reported that the merger between Orange and T-Mobile was likely to be delayed, as the UK’s Office of Fair Trading had put in a request to the European Commission to allow it further scrutiny of the deal. Well this has proved wrong, with the EC approving the deal this week, and the OFT quietly getting on with other matters.