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Global pay-TV will reach 907m in 2013

The global pay-TV market added nearly 47 million subscribers in 2012 reaching a total of 864 million subscribers. “The growth in satellite, cable, and IPTV markets was strong, although digital terrestrial TV growth was flat in 2012. ABI Research expects that the pay-TV market will continue to grow in 2013 to reach 907 million subscribers,” […]

December 18, 2012

Study: European cord-cutting looms

IDATE has published a study on cord-cutting, based on a detailed analysis of the US market, the world’s most advanced, so that lessons can be drawn for Europe. Cord-cutting is emerging and indicates a much broader set of upheavals in the television industry. First, the economic crisis fuels tensions surrounding the primary income of the […]

December 17, 2012

OTT, economy take toll on US cable

Although US cable operators have some good news to celebrate in 2012, having posted their best third-quarter performance in terms of video subscribers in at least two years, they still lost nearly half a million subscribers during the period as competition from IPTV services from telcos such as Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-verse continued to […]

December 11, 2012

Time Warner warns ‘underperforming’ networks carriage

Time Warner Cable is giving cable networks a warning that they will be dropped if they aren’t worth their carriage fee and are considered to be “underperforming”. TWC is facing programming costs that have risen 30 per cent since 2008, and had only increased rates 15 per cent in the same timeframe. CEO Glenn Britt […]

December 4, 2012By Chris Forrester

Cable ONE selects TiVo for next-generation TV experience

Cable ONE, the USA’s 10th largest Cable MSO, has become the latest cable operator to offer the TiVo multi-screen, multi-source experience to its subscribers. The operator has selected TiVo as its exclusive software provider for all new DVRs purchased, and plans to offer its subscribers TiVo’s user experience and next-generation video services starting with TiVo’s […]

November 28, 2012

Cable TV losing subs to satellite and IPTV

Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its November 2012 Pay TV Services and Subscribers report. “Ongoing challenging economic conditions in the key revenue-generating markets of North America and Western Europe have resulted in slowing subscriber and revenue growth in the cable TV market,” notes Jeff Heynen, directing analyst for broadband access and […]

November 21, 2012

Bewkes: ‘Cord nevers are the danger’

Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes claims “cord cutting” is overstated and that the phenomenon is limited to a small segment of low income Americans. But he does see danger in “cord nevers,” younger people who never acquire cable in the first place. For them it is a question of different habits and expectations. Bewkes pointed […]

November 19, 2012

Kabel Deutschland Q2 revenue up 8.3%

German cable operator Kabel Deutschland has reported a Q2 net profit of €61 million, compared to net profit of €36 million in the same period last fiscal year. Total revenues added up to €453 million in the quarter, with an annual growth rate of 5.5 per cent. Revenue growth accelerated to 8.3 per cent in […]

November 13, 2012

EC: Cable key in achieving Digital Agenda

Cable Europe, the trade body for Europe’s broadband cable sector, has noted the European Commission’s recognition of the industry’s contribution to the progress in achieving the Digital Agenda. The European Commission recently released a report that it commissioned to help tell the story of progress in executing Europe’s Digital Agenda. According to Cable Europe, the […]

November 9, 2012By Colin Mann

Numericable reports positive Q3

France’s Numericable says its triple-play, quadruple-play and fibre subscriber bases have significantly grown over Q3 of 2012 to 1.2 million. Following its investment into fibre, Numericable claims leadership with over 4.694 million households passed and 585,000 very fast broadband subscribers. For the third quarter of 2012, the group posted revenue of €214 million, up 0.9 […]

November 9, 2012