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CommScope to Acquire Arris for $7.4B, Creating Cable Industry Heavyweight Poised for the FutureNovember 28, 2018US telecommunications equipment maker CommScope will acquire Arris, in a $7.4B deal valued at $5.69 billion, with the difference comprised of CommScope’s assumption of Arris’s debt. As part of the deal, the Carlyle Group will make a $1M equity investment in CommScope for an approximate 16% stake in the new company. CommScope’s CEO Eddie Edwards has claimed the two companies’ product lines are complementary, and that the combined company will “enable end-to-end wired and wireless communications infrastructure solutions that neither company could otherwise achieve on its own.” The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2019.Subscribers Only
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Broadband World Forum 2018 highlightsNovember 27, 2018Broadband World Forum has finally come of age, celebrating its 18th edition this year in what continues to be the annual meeting point for the broadband industry. Messe Berlin opened its doors to more than 4100 attendees from more than 1500 organisations that gathered to share, learn and promote anything broadband. Historically, Broadband World Forum has been a telco-centric show and that was particularly evident this year. For a market that is purportedly converging, the cable side of the industry was absent as it was busy attending Cable-Tec Expo on the other side of the Atlantic.Subscribers Only
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Wyplay embraces Android Operator TierJune 19, 2018Wyplay has become the latest set-top middleware and UX vendor to embrace the Android TV platform, and market a custom launcher for Android TV’s Operator Tier. Debuted in Q1 2017, and formalized in the second and third quarters of the same year, Operator Tier affords Android TV adoptees considerably more latitude in designing a device’s home-screen, app carousel, icons, and content placement.Subscribers Only
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2018: DAS and small cells face off for neutral host applicationsJanuary 16, 2018Adding small cells or low power nodes (e.g., microcells, picocells, and micro/pico RRH/RRU) to beef up the coverage and capacity of existing macrocell networks shows no sign of abating any time soon. In fact, after a low start lasting several years, during which service providers worked hard to understand how to deploy small cells in their networks, the market is booming and reaching the size of the stagnating DAS market, which since last year has been negatively impacted by multi-carrier small cell products designed for neutral host use cases—where DAS had long been the only option. Clients, please log in to view the full content.Subscribers Only
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LTE + Wi-Fi = Super enhanced mobile broadbandDecember 06, 2017Insight and analysis from the IHS Markit 2017 LTE-U Development Market Report.
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The next-generation BSS for cable operatorsNovember 21, 2017Cable operators are transforming their business support systems (BSS) in order to offer new services, expand their markets, and enhance customer experience, all while increasing revenue. This transformation is essential for these operators as some legacy systems may be more than 20 years old and preventing them from deploying new, complex services. The upside is that the cable operators are aware of this and actively making investments (or shopping) for solutions that will allow them to offer an optimal streaming environment; provide enterprise, mobile, WiFi, and security services; take part in IoT ecosystems; and collaborate with over-the-top (OTT) providers while serving as a digital aggregator that can provide more personalized content.
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Mobile fronthaul equipment market to grow at a 26 percent CAGR from 2017 to 2021November 16, 2017Worldwide mobile fronthaul equipment revenue totaled $787 million in 2016, with the majority coming from Asia Pacific. The market is experiencing modest scale but has long-term potential as solutions evolve from Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) based to Ethernet based.
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Pokemon Go maker Niantic to develop Harry Potter titleNovember 09, 2017US-based mobile games developer Niantic has partnered with Warner Bros to develop a new game based on the Harry Potter brand. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is set to launch in 2018 and will incorporate augmented reality (AR) features into the game.
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Miitomo & mobile: A profound shift in what it means to be a Nintendo userMarch 07, 2016Nintendo recently opened registrations for its new account system, named simply Nintendo Account. This represents a major, tangible step in Nintendo’s repositioning as a games company beyond its own hardware. Allowing users to sign-up via their Nintendo Network IDs (or other social-media logins), it creates a profile that will now engage directly with key Nintendo game content beyond the walls of first-party hardware.Subscribers Only
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REPORT HIGHLIGHTS - Set-Top Box Sales Up 3 Percent in Q3; Expansion Underway in Emerging MarketsFebruary 04, 2016Worldwide set-top box (STB) revenue totaled $5.62 billion in the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15), a sequential increase of 3 percent, with nearly all product categories showing improvement, according to the Set-Top Boxes report from IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS).
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Nintendo's inaugural mobile app highlights need to carefully approach crowded marketOctober 30, 2015Nintendo has announced its first mobile app, Miitomo, due for launch in March 2016. Miitomo is a 'communication application' rather than a traditional game, and features a freemium business model enabled by in-app purchases. Players can create their own 'Miis' (Nintendo avatars), that can interact with other Miis created by friends in a variety of virtual scenarios.Subscribers Only
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Technicolor to acquire Cisco’s STB and Broadband CPE businessJuly 30, 2015Technicolor is to acquire Cisco’s Connected Devices division, which generated USD 1.8 billion in sales of set-top boxes (STBs) and broadband customer premises equipment (CPE) in 2014, for USD 600 million in cash and stock. The deal is expected to close in late 2015 or early 2016, and will see Cisco’s STB and CPE products and workforce transferred to Technicolor’s Connected Home business unit, which recorded revenue of just under USD 1.8 billion in 2014. Cisco will retain its cloud and infrastructure solutions for video, which are currently marketed under the Videoscape brand.
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ARRIS consolidates market leading position with Pace acquisitionApril 27, 2015US Cable TV technology supplier ARRIS intends to acquire British set-top box (STB) vendor Pace, for USD 2.1B; valuing Pace’s business at 80% of its 2014 revenue. The acquisition will create the world’s largest supplier of set-top box (STB), broadband gateway and cable TV technology. Combined 2014 revenues of USD 7.9B make will it twice the size of its nearest competitor, Cisco’s Service Provider Video business unit. The deal is subject to regulatory approval, but the merged company will be incorporated in the UK, headquartered in the US and expected to list on the NASDAQ.Subscribers Only
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Digging for milestones: Minecraft surpasses 30 million on mobileJanuary 14, 2015The mobile iteration of Mojang’s Minecraft has sold over 30 million copies. Dubbed Pocket Edition, this version saw release on Android platforms in August 2011, with an iOS instalment arriving in November of the same year.Subscribers Only
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Swiss set-top box vendor ADB to go private to focus on softwareNovember 17, 2014Swiss set-top box vendor Advanced Digital Broadcast; more commonly known as ADB, is currently listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange, but intends to go private whilst it completes a transition to become a software-centric rather than hardware-centric company.
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Oculus Rift takes shape through acquisitionJuly 16, 2014Oculus VR has made a pair of acquisitions, purchasing hardware designer Carbon Design and middleware developer RakNet. Terms of the deals were not disclosed by Oculus, however Carbon’s track record includes the lauded joypad for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console, and RakNet’s networking engine has been rendered open-source as part of the buy-up.
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Swisscom moves multiscreen platform to the main TV screenApril 30, 2014Swisscom has launched a new iteration of its IPTV service, which it has branded TV 2.0. The next generation TV experience employs a set-top box with Android-based Teatro-3.5 software platform from Switzerland’s i-Wedia, and supports network DVR. The box uses Verimatrix VCAS and Microsoft PlayReady for content protection. The STB is powered by Marvell’s ARMADA 1500 Plus system-on-a-chip (SoC), and is 802.11ac Wi-Fi-enabled.
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Pay TV UHD services draw nearer with NTT trial in JapanApril 28, 2014Japanese telco, NTT is trialing Ultra High Definition (UHD) video delivery for its IPTV service, which is branded NTT Plala Hikari TV. The trial is currently operating as part of the video on demand (VoD) service. Japan-based Sumitomo Electric Network is supplying set-top boxes (STBs) for the trial. These are based on a system on a chip (SoC) solution from Canadian vendor ViXS Systems.
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Facebook's billion-dollar venture into virtual realityApril 01, 2014Facebook has acquired virtual-reality hardware developer Oculus VR for $2.3bn. The purchase is comprised of $1.6bn in stock, $400m in cash and $300m performance-based earnout. Founded in 2012, Oculus VR’s headset, Oculus Rift, came to prominence toward the end of 2012 via a round of crowdfunding enabled by Kickstarter, surpassing its target of $250k by nearly 1,000%. 2013 saw two further investment series, $16m in June and $75m in December. Launch details remain unconfirmed.
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Kudelski to increase market share with Conax acquisitionApril 01, 2014Kudelski, the parent company of Swiss Conditional Access and TV software company Nagravision, is to acquire Conax, the conditional access business of Nordic telecoms and broadcasting company Telenor. Kudelski will pay NOK 1,509M, approximately USD 226M, for Conax and expects to complete the deal within 10 days of announcing the acquisition. This values Conax at 2.4 times its 2013 revenue.
