Following advanced-television.com’s revelation that beIN was planning to launch a movie service for the Middle East, the operator has confirmed that it is to offer a complete pay-TV proposition of sports, movies and entertainment available to customers through a single regional pay-TV platform, an initiative that it says democratises pay-TV in MENA. Marking its twelfth […]
Rising demand for broadband services will compensate for the loss in TV video subscribers and help sustain industry growth through 2016, says Moody’s Investors Service. As a result, the rating agency maintains its stable outlook on the US cable industry. Broadband subscribers outnumbered total video subscribers in Moody’s rated universe for the first time at […]
Australian quad-play operator Optus has won the bid for the exclusive Australian rights to the Barclays Premier League for three seasons, commencing in August 2016. This includes live broadcast coverage and digital rights for broadband and mobile for all 380 Premier League games, every season. The rights were previously held by Fox. Allen Lew, Chief […]
Sky is set to unveil its next generation Sky STB on November 18th. A cryptic invite to a product launch invites journalists to “see how we’re changing TV again”, and introduces the hashtag #SetTVFree. Tentatively dubbed “SkyQ”, the STB is reported to offer multi-screen viewing so family members can each watch different shows on varying […]
Nova, the largest pay-TV platform in Greece, has partnered with Fox International Channels to provide an unprecedented range of international sporting events and sports programming to all Nova 3Play subscribers. Fox Sports HD, available for the first time in Greece, is available effective immediately on channel 314 of Nova’s bouquet. Programming will include: · NFL (from […]
BT’s TV service has reported its best ever quarter with its coverage of Champions League football proving to be a major draw. The telco giant, which paid £900 million (€1.255bn) to grab the exclusive TV rights from pay-TV operator Sky and commercial pubcaster ITV, signed up 106,000 new TV customers in the three months to […]
A Dataxis report reveals there is a total of 53 TV Everywhere (TVE) platforms up to the second quarter of 2015 in South America and Mexico (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela), 15 corresponding to programmers and 38 belonging to pay-TV operators. Besides, the “TV Everywhere Market in Latin […]
Time Warner Cable reported its seventh straight quarter of improved basic video subscriber losses, shedding just 7,000 in the third quarter, its best since 2006. “I’m very excited about the operating momentum reflected in our third-quarter results. Subscriber growth was the strongest in years; revenue growth accelerated; and we continued to make significant investments in […]
National broadcaster Vietnam Television (VTV) has revealed will disinvest from the pay-TV market by selling most of its stakes in three major providers, whose combined market share is almost 73 per cent. VTV will sell 49 per cent stake in VTVcab, which boasts two million subscribers mainly in the northern region, Hoang Ngoc Huan, CEO […]
The traditional TV channels business is entering a period of flux, according to new analysis from critical information and insight source IHS. “The core concept of the channel is fragmenting, as audience behaviour is changing and broadcasters are adapting to meet evolving viewer needs,” said Ted Hall, research director at IHS Technology. “The traditional linear […]