Despite adding 120 million subscribers between 2016 and 2022, subscription and PPV revenues for 522 operators will remain flat at around $185 billion (€165bn) according to analyst firm Digital TV Research. From
Virgin Media is planning to auction the rights to some of the best slots in its TV channel menu. The move, backed by its parent company, Liberty Global, is an attempt to open up a new source of income, according to a report in The Telegraph. Virgin Media said it will be open for all […]
South African conglomerate Naspers is reportedly looking to sell its pay-TV business over Africa. Reports in the local press say that South Africa’s telco giant MTN was one potential buyer. The disposal is said NOT to include Multichoice’s South African pay-TV business, but only those businesses which operate over the rest of Africa. Both Naspers […]
VoD is increasingly popular in Spain with 51 per cent of all Internet users already paying for online TV services, according to the Televidente 2.0 report published by the firm The Cocktail Analysis and Telefónica. The study reveals that IPTV and OTT are taking most of the VoD consumption with 25 per cent of online […]
BBC Worldwide is reported to be considering the closure of its BBC Store, its transactional VoD service, just 18 months after its launch. The Telegraph says the service may shut down the Store after it failed to hit commercial targets. BBC Worldwide launched the download-to-own service in November 2015 with access to a 7,000 hour […]
A technical mishap at the start of a screening of Okja, Netflix’s Cannes movie entry into the festival’s competition for ‘Best Film’, didn’t curb discussion amongst delegates at the importance, threat and perhaps even opportunity for the film and content market from Netflix. Brett Ratner, speaking in Cannes Friday and quoted by trade mag Hollywood […]
Satellite operator ABS is linking with content providers Solar Group to create a new DTH package for the Philippines. The new Free to Air service will be available on C-band via the ABS-6 satellite covering the Philippines. Unlike most Ku-band DTH services, the C-band service will not be susceptible to rain degradation. The free-to-view platform […]
Eutelsat has agreed to sell its 33.69 per cent stake in Madrid-based Hispasat to Abertis. Abertis is itself in the process of being acquired by Italian infrastructure company Atlantia. The agreement follows a process initiated in July last year when Eutelsat exercised a pre-agreed ‘PUT’ option on Abertis. Eutelsat will receive €302 million for its […]
Findings from broadband, media and entertainment industries research and analysis specialist Leichtman Research Group (LRG) indicate that the largest pay-TV providers in the US — representing about 95 per cent of the market — lost about 410,000 net video subscribers in 1Q 2017, compared to a gain of about 10,000 subscribers in 1Q 2016. The […]
US TV brand and streaming content provider TCL has published the results of a new national survey conducted by Ipsos on TV app usage, the proliferation of streaming on the big screen and the popularity of specific apps. According to the survey which uncovered and ranked the Top 25 apps used for streaming on TVs, […]