Israel’s Antitrust Authority has determined that it has no powers to halt a proposed price rise by the country’s two major pay-TV providers. However, it is far from certain that the price rises will be allowed. “The Council for Cable TV and Satellite Broadcasting is authorized to approve the price hikes by Hot and Yes, […]
South Africa’s enthusiasm for pay-TV, largely based on the success of Multichoice’s DStv bouquet, will see subscriber numbers reach 7.1 million in 2018, according to a report from analysts at Dataxis.
Rugby League will reach more fans than ever before – both in Australia and globally – under a massive new NRL broadcast deal. The ARL Commission, Nine Network, News Corp Australia, Fox Sports, and Telstra have formed a partnership to provide free to air television, pay television and mobile coverage of Rugby League for five […]
French sports newspaper L’Equipe is reporting that Canal Plus has lost its TV rights to air English Premier League football matches. The rights have been picked up, says the report, by multinational telco and cable operator Altice. L’Equipe says Altice’s new rights kick in from the autumn of 2016, and will run for 3 years. […]
Vodafone Spain is making a full-frontal assault on the pay-TV market with an aggressive promotion for Black Friday, offering subscribers to the Vodafone One convergent service one year of free premium TV. The service normally costs €12 per month, meaning an annual saving of €144 to those contracted the offer before the deadline of December […]
Japan’s SKY Perfect TV pay-TV operation has cracked some of the major problems related to broadcasting 4K/UltraHD. It has just demonstrated at the InterBee electronics show its 4K solutions featuring High Dynamic Range (HDR), described by experts as being needed to deliver more of a ‘wow’ effect to Ultra-HD screens. SKY Perfect TV says it […]
Italian public broadcaster RAI is planning to present a plan to the government that envisages the creation of a pay-TV offering. According to a report in Italian daily La Repubblica, the new director general of RAI, Antonio Campo Dall’Orto, is seeking approval from the government to introduce a subscription-based online service. The plan, which would […]
Parks Associates has published the results of its consumer research project Connected Consumer in Europe, which surveyed broadband households in the UK, Germany, Spain, and France to track adoption and future purchase plans of IoT, smart home, and connected entertainment solutions. The project found that approximately 9 per cent of these Western European broadband households […]
The recent boom in SVoD services, driven by the launch of Netflix, Stan and Presto in Australia has been accompanied by a sharp rise in network data traffic according to a report prepared for Australia’s national broadband network (nbn) by consultancy firm Ovum. Average monthly download usage on the nbn network was 73GB in March […]
Israel’s television regulator has stopped pay-TV operators ‘Yes’ and ‘Hot’ from implementing their planned price rises. Israel’s Council for Cable TV and Satellite Broadcasting chairperson Yifat Ben Hai Segev also said that she would ask the Antitrust Authority director general to examine the timing of the price rises, which were near-simultaneous. According to Israel’s Globes […]