Spain’s pay-TV operators have turned their back on rights holder Mediapro over the football TV rights to the Champions League and Europa League for the next three seasons, 2018-2021. Vodafone eventually refused to bid for the rights, whereas Telefónica and Orange submitted an offer much lower than that required by Mediapro. The remaining operators are […]
The online video market in Western Europe continues to grow, with international media players continuously expanding in new territories, according to Michail Chandakas, Associate Research Analyst – Media & Communications (TMT) at Kagan, a division of S&P Global Market Intelligence. In a briefing note, shared with advanced-television.com, the following key takeaways are identified: The online […]
21st Century Fox says it is cooperating with the European Commission after officials raided its Fox Network offices in London. Competition authorities are said to have seized documents relating to sport media rights. Other companies involved in sports rights have also received what the EC called “unannounced inspections”. “The commission has concerns that the companies […]
Seeking to expand and develop its presence in Europe, Playboy TV has enlisted media company Marc Dorcel to manage, from May 1st 2018, its television business including linear channel programming, exclusive distribution and management of the VoD content offering. The agreement will cover Europe (except UK, Spain and Portugal), Africa and Middle East. “As Playboy […]
Parks Associates’ 360 View: Access and Entertainment Services in U.S. Broadband Households reveals that 10 per cent of US broadband households switched providers, downgraded their service, or cancelled pay-TV service in the past 12 months, primarily because of a negative perception of the service value, including statements that the “service wasn’t worth the monthly cost” […]
Ninety-five million additional pay-TV subscribers are set to be added between 2017 and 2023 to take the global total to 1.1 billion, according to Digital TV Research. Based on forecasts for 138 countries, the number of pay-TV subscribers passed 1 billion in 2017. The Global Pay TV Subscriber Forecasts report concludes that IPTV will win […]
New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group indicates that 18-34 year-olds account for 53 per cent of adults in the US that have a live streaming Internet-delivered pay-TV service (such as Sling TV, DirecTV NOW, PlayStation Vue, Hulu with Live TV, or You Tube TV). Overall, 11 per cent of adults ages 18-44 currently have […]
Avril Blondelot, Content Insights Director at Eurodata TV Worldwide has presented the latest trends in terms of TV content, noting the continued appeal of the medium and its willingness to try new approaches. Speaking at Industry Spotlight conference of MIPTV in Cannes, she said that at a time when international hits are becoming scarce, we are […]
Pay-TV operators worldwide are continuing to invest in advanced STBs, according to research firm Dataxis. As part of its permanent Advanced STB tracker, Dataxis analysed the details of more than 240 deals made by operators worldwide in the last three years. In terms of figures, APAC and Europe are by far the leaders compared to […]
Slovenia ended the fourth quarter of 2017 with a 78.2 per cent penetration rate for the pay-TV service, up from 73.8 per cent a year earlier. According to the quarterly report of Slovenia’s Agency for Communications Networks and Services (Akos), IPTV was the main distribution technology, accounting for 52.7 per cent of total pay-TV accesses […]