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Analysis: US cord cutting slows but trend continues

The US pay-TV market took another hit in the third quarter of 2015 officially losing 393,000 customers, while a re-report by AT&T took even more customers out of the market. This is an improvement over the previous quarter (decline of 608,000 homes) and while three companies saw positive net additions, there are underlying causes for […]

November 10, 2015

Canada: Record TV subs loss

Canada’s publicly traded television service providers combined lost almost seven times more TV subscribers in the nine‐month period ended September 30th 2015 compared to the same period in 2014, according to research from consulting firm Boon Dog. The big TV service providers combined lost a record 153,000 TV subscribers in their respective three fiscal 2015 […]

November 10, 2015

ICASA allows ODM business transfer

On Digital Media (ODM), the South African pay-TV broadcaster, is being allowed to transfer its transmission licences to Star Times Group.  South Africa media regulator ICASA approved the transfer November 9th. ODM traded as TopTV. The transfer is also a major step forward in ending the complex and troubled transfer of the business to StarTimes […]

November 10, 2015By Chris Forrester

TWC in Roku IP streaming trial

Time Warner Cable (TWC) has launched The TWC TV Roku Trial in New York City, its first IP-only video trial. Participants will experience TWC’s video service delivered through its secure and managed network using a Roku Streaming Player rather than leasing a traditional set-top box. As an incentive for participating in the trial, participants will […]

November 10, 2015

US pay-TV sub decline slows

The 10 leading pay-TV services in the US managed to maintain more of their subscribers over the third quarter of 2015 according to informitv’s Multiscreen Index. Their combined subscriber losses were lower than some analysts had anticipated. The top ten services in the US that report numbers recorded a total net loss of 128,400 subscribers […]

November 9, 2015

Telefonica reports 2.5m pay-TV subs

Telefónica had 2.5 million TV customers in Spain at the end of September, up 275,000 quarter-on-quarter and up 1.6 million compared with the same period last year. The company’s Movistar Fusión bundled offering had four million customers at the end of the period, accounting for close to 90 per cent of gross additions for the […]

November 9, 2015From David Del Valle in Madrid

KIPCO denies OSN sold to Qataris

Kuwait Projects Company (KIPCO) issued a statement on November 8th to deny local reports that it had sold its stake in pay-TV operator OSN to the Qatar Investment Authority. The statement appeared on the Kuwait Stock Exchange. However, while the reports may be rumour only it is well-known that KIPCO has been searching for a […]

November 9, 2015By Chris Forrester

Africa pay-TV subs at 16m

Total pay-TV subscriptions across Africa amounted to 15.9 million as of Q2 2015, according to the research from Dataxis, an increase of 18 per cent over the 13.4 million recorded in the same period last year. DTH is still the dominant platform across the region with 12.6 million subs end June, an increase of 17 […]

November 9, 2015

Dish grows profit, subs falter

US pay-TV broadcaster Dish Network has reported revenue totalling $3.73 billion (€3.45bn) for the quarter ending September 30th 2015, compared to $3.68 billion for the corresponding period in 2014. Subscriber-related revenue increased to $3.7 billion from $3.65 billion in the year-ago period. Net income attributable to Dish Network totalled $196 million for the quarter, compared […]

November 9, 2015

Arab satellite pay-TV operators provide 280 channels

Research and analysis by the Arab Advisors Group reveals that as of October 2015 the four satellite pay-TV operators, broadcasting from the region, offered a combined total of 280 channels. OSN is the leader in terms of the number of offered channels. Four satellite pay-TV providers broadcast from the Arab World. Namely: Orbit Showtime Network […]

November 9, 2015