Appearing before members of the French Senate’s Culture Committee in Paris, Vivendi CEO Vincent Bolloré and Canal+ Managing Director Maxime Saada have forecast that the pay-TV operator will dip below the 4 million French subscriber level at the end of 2016. Paradoxically, Bolloré assured Senators that new subscriptions have been significantly increasing during June, the […]
Irish adults are considering scrapping their TV licences as online TV viewing increases, Pure Telecom has found. The telco commissioned a survey that revealed more than one-third of adults would consider ditching their TV licence in favour of solely watching internet-reliant TV and video content. The research, carried out by iReach in May 2016, surveyed […]
Multichannel broadcaster UKTV has agreed what it describes as a “landmark” deal with quad-play operator Virgin Media, giving Virgin Media customers access to more UKTV shows than on any other pay-TV platform in the UK or Ireland. UKTV will double the number of programmes available to Virgin Media customers, giving subscribers access to more than […]
In meetings at the FCC, representatives from US pay-TV providers and independent, minority-owned TV networks discussed an alternate path forward in the debate over the FCC’s proposed set-top box mandate. The proposal calls for allowing pay-TV customers to “Ditch the Box” by requiring major TV providers to offer downloadable apps, built on an open technology […]
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) India’s leading media conglomerate, has secured what it describes as a “landmark” agreement with satellite platform DISH and OTT service Sling TV to further strengthen its presence in the US Territory. As a part of the agreement, DISH and Sling TV will carry 27 new channels in addition to the […]
Eurosport has secured a five-year agreement with the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) to show live simulcast coverage in the UK of the Wimbledon Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles finals and daily 90 minute highlights shows for the duration of The Championships, Wimbledon. The partnership with Eurosport has been agreed in line with UK comms […]
Ian Lewis, Director of Sky Cinema Europe, has confirmed that the operator will have an Ultra HD movie proposition by the end of 2016, with announcements on Sky’s UHD strategy expected in the coming weeks. Lewis’s comments came as Sky revealed a rebrand and a relaunch of its UK Sky Movies service to ‘Sky Cinema’ […]
Multichoice Kenya’s GOtv subsidiary is raising its subscriber fee by 8.5 per cent. Both tiers are affected. GOtv Lite subscribers see their monthly fee rise from Kenyan Shillings 599 to 650, and the premium tier GOtv Plus is upped from KES 849 to 920 (about €8). The price hikes are not unexpected. Multichoice has been […]
The Dutch TV market remains in steady decline, reporting a loss for the fourth consecutive quarter (ending March 2016) with a little than 7.8 million connections, according to Telecompaper’s quarterly report on the Dutch Television Market. During the quarter the market decreased by 8,000 connections or 0.1 per cent, although digital TV grew by 0.4 […]
The news that Sky Deutschland has won the pay-TV broadcast rights for the 4 out of the 5 potential Bundesliga DFL football packages delivered a “strongly favourable outcome” for the broadcaster, observers agree. Moreover, the structure of the auction, which awarded the 5th group of games to Eurosport, was seen as being very beneficial to […]