The slow retreat of total multichannel video subscriptions picked up speed in the period ended March 31st, according to a report from SNL Kagan. The decline came amid relatively upbeat cable performance, with the platform posting its best first-quarter in eight years. SNL Kagan estimates the combined cable, direct-broadcast satellite (DBS) and telecommunications (telco) sectors […]
Proving itself to be the one bright spot in a challenging set-top box sector, the 4K set-top box market is forecast to quadruple from less than two million units in 2015 to more than 7 million in 2016, and then grow by 46 per cent annually through 2021. According to technology innovation market intelligence specialist […]
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has confirmed to that its pay-TV channels will cease being available through Sky Deutschland in Germany and Austria after June 30th. A ProSiebenSat.1 spokesperson said that they had decided to stop distribution of the channels (Sat.1 emotions, kabel eins classics and ProSieben Fun) when their current contract period ends due to […]
According to TDG research, when forced to choose between legacy pay-TV and streaming services, dual-service users react differently according to their age. The younger the adult, the more likely they are to choose TV streaming services over legacy pay-TV, and vice versa. According to the TDG study, from the pending fifth edition of Benchmarking the […]
The latest data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) seems to indicate that – at long last – the nation’s many “inactive” DTH TV subscriptions may not be quite as severe as thought. India’s six giant DTH operators submit their quarterly numbers to TRAI and in the quarter-year to December 31st the overall […]
According to the Leichtman Research Group, the thirteen largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – added about 10,000 net video subscribers in Q1 2016, compared to a gain of about 170,000 subscribers in Q1 2015. The top pay-TV providers account for 94.2 million subscribers – with […]
Italian pay-TV broadcaster Mediaset Premium is to launch the country’s first sports channel in Ultra HD technology. Mediaset Premium Sport 4K will be available on the Mediaset 1 DTT multiplex (channel 391) and will officially launch on May 28th, with a live broadcast of the UEFA Champions League final in Milan between Real Madrid and […]
Vivendi boss Vincent Bolloré has given a very rare interview to French business newspaper Les Echos, and makes it clear that the Canal Plus premium channel can be saved and was a priority for Vivendi. He said: “Canal Plus will be fixed provided our current agreement with (beIN Sport) is accepted and efficiency measures (within […]
Equity analysts from some of the London investment banks recently sat down with Sky’s senior management and some interesting views emerged, not least with the prospects from the upcoming auctions for Sky’s German football rights. One report, from Exane/BNP-Paribas, said that Sky’s staffers argued that a combination of upselling a wider portfolio of products (broadband, […]
The latest statistics from Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) say that pay-TV subscriptions now top 18 million homes as at December 31st 2015. This represents a 13 per cent uplift from the same period at the end of 2014. Penetration is now 56 per cent of TV homes, helped by growth of some 750,000 net […]