According to market-foresight advisory firm ABI Research, the growth of subscription OTT services has been driving the changing trends in the pay-TV landscape. OTT video services have attracted hundreds of millions of subscribers worldwide, causing pressure on traditional pay-TV operators. This OTT growth trend is expected to continue, reaching a subscriber base of 400 million […]
Vodafone Spain ended the fiscal year at March 31st with a 2.1 per cent rise in its revenues to €4.5 million and an EBITDA increase of 5 per cent. The company significantly increased its subscribers with its convergent package Vodafone One now reaching over 2.5 million, up 154,000 on the previous year. FTTH subscribers amounted […]
One market analyst described Eutelsat Q3 results, released May 14th, as “idiosyncratic”. They were best described as flat, with CEO Rodolphe Belmer explaining that Eutelsat’s extremely important Hotbird prime video slot was holding steady in terms of revenues and with a fill rate that was showing a modest growth helped by favourable renewals and new […]
Pirate DTT channels are increasingly proliferating in Spain, above all in the local DTT Market and the South of Spain in the Region of Andalucía. The Andalucía Audiovisual Council (CAA) has reported the illegal presence of 121 DTT frequencies in Andalucía. The illegal DTT predominantly broadcast clairvoyance programmes (83 per cent) and religious programmes (11 […]
The adoption of SVoD services in France has so far been slower than other major western markets. Consulting firm Ampere Analysis’s comparison of the content catalogues of SVoD players in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and the US reveals that of the six markets, France has less content and far lower levels of localisation […]
Fulfilling a commitment to the European game’s governing body when it secured exclusive rights to UEFA’s flagship club tournaments, UK multiplay telco BT has confirmed that free Real Madrid v Liverpool live streaming will be provided exclusively by BT Sport as the UEFA Champions League final is made available for absolutely anyone to watch online […]
Netflix has released April data from its ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best primetime Netflix streaming experience. Several ISPs in Asia saw significant speed gains in April. The biggest speed increase on the index this month went to Indonesia’s Indosat-Fibre. The ISP saw speeds jump to […]
Sixty-five SVoD platforms are currently available in France, a three-fold increase over 2010, according to a joint study released at the Cannes Film Festival by TV regulator CSA and funding body CNC. However, the more successful platforms are those who invest important financial means into content. Accordingly, the dominant platforms are Netflix with 3,5 million […]
CBS and Nielsen are working on a collaboration that will deliver Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) in live linear national broadcast television in the US, helping to actualise and progress addressable advertising. Powered by Nielsen Gracenote ACR (Automatic Content Recognition), the solution will use frame-accurate video recognition technology for precise ad detection and content insertion in […]
India’s latest high-capacity GSAT-11 satellite was recalled from its launch site in French Guiana on April 25th, and an expected launch date of May 25th scrubbed. The satellite, the heaviest-ever Indian craft, was returned to India for further testing with a focus on its electrical systems after an expensive in-orbit failure on March 29th by […]