India’s Airtel Digital TV pay-TV operator has broken two sets of records. First, it has moved into positive EBIT territory for the first time. Second, its net subscriber additions for the 3 months to March 31st were the highest in the past 20 quarters. In the quarter to March 31st Airtel Digital TV added 619,000 […]
Sky has announced its first ever global advertising partnership as it continues to take advantage of the growth opportunities created by the successful acquisition of Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia. The new agreement with DHL, the world’s largest logistics company, is the first major deal agreed by Sky Media, the advertising sales division of Sky, […]
Findings from Futuresource Consulting suggest that the relationship between SVoD and pay-TV is relatively complementary in most countries, with pay-TV households more likely to take SVoD services than free-to-air only households, although as SVoD becomes more established, this is less apparent. The eleventh edition of the firm’s twice yearly consumer research programme – Living with […]
Global pay-TV revenues for 138 countries will only grow by $99 million (€87.5m) between 2015 and 2021 to $205.92 billion; having peaked in 2018. This follows 19.5 per cent growth between 2010 and 2015, according to the Digital TV Revenue Forecasts report. North American pay-TV revenues will fall by $13.5 billion between 2015 and 2021. […]
Kuwait’s KIPCO conglomerate, which amongst other investments owns a major (60.5 million) stake in Dubai’s pay-TV operator OSN, saw its Q1 profits jump 13 per cent, with a net profit of $44.7 million ($40 million same period last year). KIPCO’s published quarterly statements do not break out its divisional performances, but its 2015 Annual Report, […]
The season 6 premiere of Game of Thrones has set viewing records for Sky drama with a total of 2.2 million watching the opening episode of HBO’s fantasy epic on Sky Atlantic. About 60,000 viewing tuned in to
Orange Spain has reversed 27-months of declining revenues and has significantly increased its subscribers. In the first quarter of the year, the company managed gained 1.8 per cent in revenues to €1.189 billion. By comparison, in the last quarter of 2015, Orange had a 0.7 per cent decline in revenues and a fall of 1.7 […]
Virgin Media customers who subscribe to Sky Sports and/or Sky Movies will be hit with price hikes of up to 8 per cent from June 1st. The move will see around 880,000 customers paying between £12 (€15.42) and £30 extra a year depending on their package. Virgin Media said the price hike comes as a […]
Home input device and interaction mechanism specialist ruwido has confirmed that it is providing the brand new Sky Q touch remote, designed to deliver a fluid and seamless TV experience. Sky’s premium Sky Q entertainment service – launched in February 2016 after its unveiling in November 2015 – is aimed at making it easier than […]
Altice owner and CEO Patrice Drahi is about to consolidate all the group’s media activities into its SFR telecom subsidiary. According to French Sunday newspaper JDD, the reorganisation, set to be announced April 27th, will also lead to the launch by affiliate group NextRadioTV of two pay-TV sport channels called SFR Sport. Those new channels […]