Findings from a survey of pay-TV and over-the-top (OTT) content subscribers in the US, Europe and Asia suggest the age-old idea of TV watchers being wedded to the couch has officially come to an end. The study – the third phase of a three-part analysis sponsored by Rovi Corporation – investigated trends in contemporary TV […]
Vodafone Spain ended the year with over 1 million TV subscribers with a net gain of 216,000 customers in 2015. The combination of football, Netflix and a converged commercial strategy with Vodafone One are behind the success, according to the company. To strengthen its position in the market, Vodafone has just launched a new offer to […]
2015 was yet another momentous year for television in Sub-Saharan Africa. Most countries missed the ITU’s analogue switch-off deadline of June, but DTT, especially pay DTT, made huge gains. And there is much more to come, partly as Canal Plus unveils its TNT Afrique DTT platform in Francophone countries. However, the number of pay satellite […]
BTIG, the global financial services firm, has published its top 16 predictions and events to watch for in media and tech stocks in 2016: 1. Media Companies Forced to Shorten Sports Rights Amortisation Accounting In 2016, BTIG expects accelerating declines in multichannel video subscribers due to cord-cutting/shaving/nevering, combined with a continued secular decline in TV advertising […]
RAI will surpass Sky Italia in terms of revenue as a result of the new TV licence fee, according to research by Italian investment bank Mediobanca. The new fee, inserted into electricity bills from July 2016, will generate an additional €420 million, or 26 per cent more than currently, for Italy’s public broadcaster. RAI’s total […]
According to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), 2015 was a year characterised by lower customer satisfaction across the board, with few exceptions. Of the 43 industries tracked by ACSI, only five improved, while 30 declined and the rest had no change. Cable MSOS were among the lowest-performing companies. “By and large, the overall customer […]
Netflix’s expansion will continue unabated in 2016, according to Ted Hall, Research Director, IHS Technology, who has taken a look at the top trends to watch out for in the TV industry in the coming year. “Netflix’s 2015 surge has brought in more
According to research firm TDG’s first publicly-released consumer segmentation, Cracking the Code: Segmenting Viewers in the Age of Quantum Video, today’s adult video viewers should be understood in terms of segments so unique that they constitute an entirely new interpretative framework for video strategists. These six categories include: Young Video Minimalists, who watch significantly less […]
Following the successful 2013 raid of five homes in The Netherlands cities of Apeldoorn, Enschede, Vlagtwedde and The Hague, content pirates arrested during these raids have been sentenced at the Zutphen courthouse. Two defendants received 100 hours of community service, two months of conditional imprisonment and two years’ probation. This followed an extensive collaborative effort […]
Portuguese media group Impresa has signed a new distribution deal for its thematic channels with Vodafone Portugal, valid until 2018. The agreement, which commences on January 1st 2016, will see the distribution of the SIC Notícias, SIC Radical, SIC Mulher and SIC Caras. SIC Caras will be available to over 400,000 Vodafone Portugal subscribers for […]