The evidence is mounting that even though cable TV customers are not cutting the cord en masse, they are cutting back. Research from Altman Vilandrie & Co, suggests that about 20 per cent of consumers now shave pay TV services, spending progressively less on their packages as more of what they want to watch becomes […]
Oprah Winfrey, not for the first time, is discovering that having your name above the station’s door is no guarantee of success. Her Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has been on air in the US since the start of last year, but losses continue. Winfrey assumed the CEO and Chief Creative Officer role last summer. She […]
The social and political turmoil that has rocked the Middle East and North Africa region has resulted in liberalisation measures which will open up the pay-TV sector, according to research firm Digital TV Research. Digital TV penetration for the 16 countries covered in its Digital TV Middle East & North Africa report is already approaching […]
Spain’s largest cable company ONO remained in the black in 2011 for the third consecutive year. The company made a profit of €50 million, up 7.8 per cent on the previous year. Total revenues increased by 1 per cent to €1.485 billion and the EBITDA grew by 3.2 per cent to €348 million. The launch […]
Ziggo, the Dutch cable provider, will offer a fifth of the company’s outstanding shares in an initial public offering that could raise up to €745 million. The IPO will see private equity funds Warburg Pincus and Cinven – which created Ziggo by acquiring and merging three smaller cable networks in 2006 – selling off 35 […]
Commissioner Neelie Kroes, Vice President, European Commission, has confirmed in a meeting with European cable CEOs in Brussels that the European Commission opposes draft legislation by the legislator in the Netherlands to force cable operators to open up their networks to third parties Two particular amendments related to the Dutch implementation of EU Telecom Directive […]
As the Eurozone is officially pronounced as technically in recession again, new year-end numbers released by Cable Europe confirm that the upward trajectory set by Europe’s cable operators in recent years was maintained in 2011, with the industry reporting faster overall growth than in 2010. The figures point to the cable industry’s continued success in […]
Mike Fries, CEO of Liberty Global, revealed that its Horizon gateway STB will begin roll out this Spring. Speaking at Cable Congress, Fries said it would be available in Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and The Netherlands before the end of 2012. The price to subscribers would be revealed soon, he said, adding that the box “was […]
ONO, the largest cable operator in Spain, and TiVo have confirmed that following their initial launch in Madrid and Barcelona, its next generation hybrid television offering is now available to ONO fibre optic subscribers in Valencia. ONO fibre optic customers in Valencia can now access high-definition HD and 3D video content as well as a […]
Stiff competition from digital cable operators has forced India’s biggest DTH television company, Dish TV, to partner with neighbourhood cable operators, opening up a new front in the war between the DTH and cable industries. India’s top four metros – Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata – will replace all analogue television networks with digital transmission […]