The number of pay-TV subs in North America [Canada and the US] will fall by 10 million from 112 million in the peak year of 2012 to 102 million in 2022 according to Digital TV Research. Although this marks a 9 per cent decline, this does not indicate a massive cord-cutting problem. However, the number […]
American consumers’ status as a binge watching, streaming, multitasking nation enters 2017 with strong momentum according to Deloitte’s 11th Digital Democracy Survey. With 84 per cent of Americans on social networks – social media has evolved well beyond ‘socialising’ and is being used to discover new content, get news and resolve customer service issues. “American […]
UK pay-TV service Sky is adding voice search and new personalisation features to its Sky Q platform, which it says will make it quicker and easier for people to access to the movies, shows and sports they love to watch. With voice search, viewers can find TV by pressing and holding the voice button on […]
As predicted by advanced-television.com on March 16th, Stéphane Richard, Chairman and CEO of French quad-play telco Orange and Richard Plepler, Chairman and CEO of HBO, have renewed their multi-year carriage agreement initiated during the creation of OCS, Orange’s group of dedicated premium movies and TV series channels, which was scheduled to end late 2018. With […]
China-backed StarTimes Media says it is ramping up its pay-TV presence in Africa. StarTimes Media’s Kenyan VP Mark Lisboa, speaking at an event in Nairobi where he introduced a range of digital TV sets, said that by the end of this year StarTimes would be active in 20 African countries. Currently the broadcaster is active […]
Media commentator Andrew Neil has suggested that SVoD services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime are now better placed to be major disruptors in the broadcasting industry, a scenario he had discounted a year previously. Delivering an Industry Overview at the SES Satellite Monitor Conference in London, Neil admitted that at the 2016 event, he […]
Mexico overtook Brazil in 2016 to become Latin America’s largest pay-TV market, despite Brazil having twice as many TV households. Brazil has been losing subscribers since November 2014 whereas Mexico has benefitted from strong adoption of prepaid satellite TV. Mexico will strengthen its position, taking 30 per cent of the region’s pay-TV subs by 2022, […]
According to findings from Leichtman Research Group (LRG), the largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – lost about 795,000 net video subscribers in 2016, compared to a pro forma loss of about 445,000 subscribers in 2015. The top pay-TV providers account for 93.6 million subscribers – […]
Research from market research and consulting company Parks Associates reveals that 20 per cent of US pay-TV subscribers say they are dissatisfied with their pay-TV service, representing a 100 per cent increase since early 2013. The firm’s report – TV Services: Changing the Channel Package – indicates that only one-third of pay-TV subscribers are very […]
South Africa’s ruling political party, the African National Congress (ANC), has issued a White Paper ahead of its national party conference at the end of June, saying that a new strategy to encourage rival broadcasters to compete with DStv/Multichoice is needed, and that the country must open up the TV subscription TV market. The ANC […]