Hot on the heels of its German counterpart’s success, Sky Italia has secured exclusive live rights to all UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches from the 2018/19 season through to 2020/21, significantly strengthening Sky’s position as the leading sports content provider in Italy. The rights had previously been held by Mediaset. Sky has acquired […]
UK pay-TV platforms Sky and Virgin Media have formed a strategic partnership that they say will enable businesses both big and small to benefit further from advanced TV advertising across both Virgin TV and Sky platforms. Advertisers will be able to target a potential audience over time of more than 30 million viewers, putting it […]
IBB Consulting, consulting firm guiding business and technology innovation at the convergence of media, broadband, and mobility, has revealed its latest insights into the market for paid OTT or SVoD services. In a survey of 1,051 US online consumer adults that subscribe to at least one paid OTT service, IBB found that a majority of […]
Italian DTH platform Tivùsat has surpassed 3 million active smart cards, representing over 9 per cent of Italian households. Since launching on July 31st 2009, the satellite-based platform has seen constant growth, especially after the completion of the analogue switch-off in Italy. The positive trend has continued in the first months of 2017. Tivùsat distributes […]
According to PwC’s Global Entertainment & Media (E&M) Outlook 2017-2021 the UK’s E&M sector will grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3 per cent from 2017-2021 adding £10 billion (€11.4bn) to its value to the economy over five years. Overall, revenue will grow from £62 billion in 2016 to £72 billion by 2021 […]
TiVo has published the 17th edition of its quarterly video trends report (previously the Digitalsmiths Quarterly Video Trends Report), including insights on pay-TV vs OTT user experiences, live sporting event viewing via social media, ideal price per channel for à la carte cable/satellite offerings, and more. Based on a survey of more than 3,000 consumers, […]
During a 3-day period in May 2017, CutCableToday conducted an online survey of 753 random US TV viewers through SurveyMonkey. The goal was to find out how TV consumers feel about sports programming on a number of different levels. The multiple choice questions asked were:
Datuk Rohana Rozhan, CEO of pay-TV operator Astro Malaysia, says she knows nothing of the market rumours suggesting that the company is making a bid for India’s Reliance Digital TV. The rumours, initially reported by The Times of India, stated that Astro Malaysia Holdings was conducting due diligence prior to making a bid. However, Rohana, […]
The telecommunications ministry (Mintel) in Ecuador has abandoned plans to switch off its analogue TV broadcasting, originally planned for this month. Mintel says that adoption of DTT is not now likely until this time next year. Local press reports add, perhaps cynically, “if then”. The ministry says it has delayed analogue switch-off because it wanted […]
Ooyala has released its Q1 2017 Global Video Index, revealing, for the first time, long-form content represents the majority of time spent watching video on every screen. This quarter’s report also tracks variances in video consumption between the East and West coasts of the US, the continued growth of mobile, as well as emerging trends […]