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TalkTalk aims to offer 1 Gbps to 60% of UK homes
2015-01-09 09:40:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) UK ISP TalkTalk aims eventually to offer 1 Gbps FttP internet to 50 to 60 percent of UK homes and a huge number of business premises by focusing on its CityFibre projects for towns and cities with over 150,00 to 200,000 residents, currently being trialled in York. TalkTalk Business managing director Charles Bligh told the Huawei Broadband Forum in London that to prove the concept the joint-venture must cut the cost per connection to under GBP 500 and achieve a 30-40 percent adoption rate. Although specific addition locations have not been discussed, Bligh said, previous reports have named Coventry and Aberdeen. Technical trials will take place in the next few weeks to connect the first businesses and consumers in early 2015.
TalkTalk Group acquires Blinkbox from Tesco
2015-01-08 09:30:25| Digital TV News
TalkTalk has acquired the blinkbox Movies business and the Tesco broadband and fixed line voice base from Tesco Plc. The assets have been acquired free of debt and as a single transaction for cash.
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TalkTalk buys Tesco broadband, Blinkbox movies
2015-01-08 09:27:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) UK ISP TalkTalk has acquired financially strapped supermarket chain Tesco's Blinkbox VoD movie and TV series business and its broadband and voice customers, debt free and as a single cash transaction. Blinkbox's technical expertise in multi-platform, multi-device content delivery and incremental content relationships are complementary to its buyer's strategy of being the best value for money TV provider in the UK, TalkTalk says, adding that TalkTalk is the fastest growing TV platform in the UK with more than 1.2 million customers. The acquisition will help TalkTalk deliver key initiatives significantly faster, such as offering a pay 'TV anywhere' app. TalkTalk said integration of Blinkbox will begin immediately. Benefits and synergies from restructuring the combined platform are expected to be felt from the end of the year. Tesco's broadband and voice base represents about 75,000 broadband and 20,000 voice subscribers, who will be transferred to the TalkTalk network in the coming months. TalkTalk does not disclose financial details, but the Telegraph writes that Tesco will raise GBP 5 million from the sale.
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TalkTalk buys Tesco Broadband, Blinkbox streaming service
2015-01-08 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
U.K. telco talks up TV anywhere opportunity; bolsters broadband base by 75,000 households.
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TalkTalk is frontrunner to buy Blinkbox - report
2014-12-30 09:20:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) UK operator TalkTalk has emerged as the frontrunner to purchase supermarket chain Tesco's lossmaking SVOD service Blinkbox, people familiar with the situation told the Financial Times. A deal could be announced as early as the week of 5 January 2015, when Tesco's new CEO, Dave Lewis, unveils a strategy to turn Tesco around. An acquisition would strengthen the TalkTalk TV business, which is the UK's fastest growing TV provider with over 1.2 million customers. Blinkbox has not revealed the size of its customer base. Talks are ongoing and the deal may not be completed, said two people familiar with the matter, adding that the purchase price for Blinkbox would be small due to the service's losses. Vodafone has also previously looked at Blinkbox. Tesco and TalkTalk would not comment.
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