Fast broadband lifts revenue growth for Europe's cable operators

By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Investments in high-speed broadband networks helped Europe's cable operators such as Liberty Global and Altice accelerate revenue growth in 2014 to 4.6 percent, industry group Cable Europe said on Wednesday. Cable operators in the 28-nation European Union made 21.5 billion euros ($22.8 billion) in revenues last year, with half from broadband and telephony. Cable companies have been competing with traditional telecom operators such as Deutsche Telekom a