Comcast has formalised its earlier pre-conditional superior cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Sky. The offer is for $31 billion (€25.4bn). In a Statement, Sky said that as a result of the announcement of the higher cash offer, the Independent Committee was withdrawing its recommendation of the offer announced by […]
Content protection and multiscreen television solutions specialist NAGRA, in collaboration with international research and strategy consultancy MTM, has launched the 2018 Pay-TV Innovation Forum, which seeks to explore and catalyse innovation and growth across the global pay-TV industry, with its initial findings suggesting that 87 per cent of European executives agree
WIND Hellas has announced the launch of its new multi-screen pay-TV service in Greece. The solution is built and operated by Zappware as a turnkey service. “Our end-users will now be able to enjoy a unique TV experience. A smooth integration of all available content in a state-of-the-art video solution is now available on all […]
According to Dataxis research, the global revenues of 80 pay-TV/OTT and telecom players reached $410 billion (€336bn) in Q4 2017. The revenues have grown at a CAGR of 1 per cent, from $381 billion in Q1 2016. Adding further to the analysis, the market share by players based on revenues, shows that
Despite adding 84 million subscribers between 2017 and 2023, subscription and PPV revenues for the world’s top 517 pay-TV operators will fall by $18 billion (€14.67bn) to $183 billion, according to analyst firm Digital TV Research. From the total, 29 pay-TV operators earned more than
La Liga’s goal of selling its TV rights at a higher price for the next three seasons, both internationally and domestically, is not proving successful. The top-flight Spanish football league aims to get around €300 million across Europe and €1 billion per year as a total across international markets (up from €650 million) plus €1.3 […]
The French football league (LFP) looks set to auction the broadcasting rights for the 2020+ seasons in early June. The current TV rights expire in mid-2020 and are shared between Canal+ (which holds the majority of the rights) and rival beIN Sports. The most recent auction raised some €750 million, but it is widely reported […]
AT&T, the US telco giant, has revealed plans to launch a ‘skinny bundle’ of TV channels without sports that will cost $15 a month. The new service, branded AT&T Watch, was announced by Chief Executive Randall Stephenson. AT&T Wireless subscribers would get the service free, Stephenson said. He didn’t specify which channels it would include […]
Jeremy Darroch, Sky Group Chief Executive, has suggested that the broadcaster is “in good shape” and “on track for the full year” as it reported results for the nine months to March 31st 2018. In what Sky described as “strong” financial results, it achieved a 5 per cent increase in like-for-like revenue to £10.1 billion […]
Spain’s football governing body La Liga plans to launch an OTT service, similar to Netflix, with LaLiga 1/2/3 and la Copa del Rey (King’s Cup), if the forthcoming tender for the TV rights for the next three seasons (from 2019) is declared void. La Liga aims to secure €1.3 billion a year for the TV […]