Multinational cable, fibre, telecommunications, content and media company Altice N.V. is to separate Altice USA Inc. from Altice N.V. (which will be renamed Altice Europe). The separation will enable each business to focus more on the distinct opportunities for value creation in their respective markets and ensure greater transparency for investors. Altice NV aims to […]
Netflix has released highlights from the December data from its ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best primetime Netflix streaming experience. In Poland, Play and Inea experienced the largest speed gains in December. Play saw its speeds gain by 0.58 Megabits per second (Mbps), bringing its average […]
A SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket suffered a complete loss of a highly secret military satellite, codename Zuma, following its launch on Sunday. There will be a formal investigation into the events of Sunday evening but initial, although unconfirmed, reports suggest that the classified satellite failed to separate from the rocket’s upper stage. The lower (1st) stage […]
Research by broadband comparison website Broadband Genie has discovered over two thirds (62 per cent) of the public do not feel broadband advertising is honest; while 30 per cent believe they have been misled by it. Speed was identified as the area where most (74 per cent) felt misled. Current rules allow broadband providers to […]
Music Business Worldwide (MBW) is reporting that music streaming service has added some 20 million paying subscribers since March last year. MBW says Spotify now counts 70 million subscribers. Equity analysts at investment bank Exane/BNPP say this is clearly good news for Spotify, but also helps Vivendi-backed Universal Music Group (UMG). “Spotify is the largest […]
Research from Ampere Analysis has identified a large and affluent group of sports fans who can, and do pay, a significant premium to watch their favourite teams and competitions. The sports package consumers have on their TV subscription has the potential to be either a deal maker or a deal breaker. In the UK, just […]
The number of pay-TV subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa will increase by 74 per cent between 2017 and 2023 to reach 40.89 million. However, the Sub-Saharan Africa Pay-TV Forecasts report from Digital TV Research estimates that subscriber growth will outstrip revenue progress. Pay-TV revenues will climb by 41 per cent to $6.64 billion (€5.52bn) by 2023, […]
A Christmas treat of box-sets has helped BBC iPlayer achieve its best week on record. Viewers spent more time and streamed more programmes on BBC iPlayer than in any previous week. Christmas week (Monday December 25th to Sunday December 31st) was BBC iPlayer’s best-ever week, both for requests (69.2 million) and for weekly hours (25.6 […]
A month or so from now Europe’s two giant satellite operators will unveil their latest results. Eutelsat’s half-year figures will emerge on February 16th, while SES will publish its full year numbers on February 23rd. However, equity advisors at investment bank Deutsche Bank have already compiled a ‘state of the industry’ report, and say that […]
Americans are relying less on television for their news, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis. Just 50 per cent of US adults now get news regularly from television, down from 57 per cent a year prior in early 2016. But that audience drain varies across the three television sectors: local, network and cable. […]