Following the premiere of Gomorrah Season 3 in Italy in November, LA-based TV data analytics firm Parrot Analytics found that the series maintained its dominance into the New Year, ranking #1 in Italy in January 2018. When it premiered, the highest-recorded demand for the series was 25 per cent more than the same period for Season 2. Sky Italia […]
21st Century Fox has strengthened its offer to protect the independence of Sky’s loss-making Sky News channel in a bid to overcome regulatory concerns about the takeover of the parent company. Ofcom has previously said that Fox’s $15.7 billion deal to buy the 61 per cent of Sky it does not already own should be […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has unveiled the top trends it expects to impact the pay-TV industry in 2018. “There are significant opportunities for
The overall US video and pay-TV market continues its healthy overall growth and is set to reach $140 billion (€113.5bn) by the end of 2018, according to a video entertainment report from Futuresource Consulting. This is despite the continuously evolving and challenging landscape. Whilst the US is a global leader in digital adoption, it continues […]
Canal+ International has launched a pay-TV bouquet in Myanmar (Burma), targeting 1 million subscribers over the next five years. Canal+ Myanmar has been launched in partnership with local group Forever and includes eight Canal+ original channels for which local productions have been commissioned. Two packages are available: one composed of 36 channels for €2.80 per […]
Pay-TV penetration is breaking all records in Spain. In the third quarter of 2017, subscriber numbers grew by 6.6 per cent year-on-year to over 6.4 million, the highest ever, according to CNMC. Telefónica’s Movistar Plus leads the market both in terms of subscribers and revenues. The company had 3.7 billion subscribers as of the end […]
MultiChoice is increasing subscription fees by at least 4 per cent for its South African viewers from April 1st, and as much as 5.5 per cent for subscribers to its DStv ‘Compact’ cluster of channels, and 6 per cent for its DStv ‘Family’ and DStv ‘Select’ bundles. DStv’s top tier, all inclusive bundle will pay […]
Unfortunately for me, I support a football team who often have the nil end of a score line and often, frankly, they play so badly they are lucky to get nil. If Sky and BT were in a pay-TV performance league there would be a lot of places between them: Sky headed for the Champions […]
International broadcasters invested a record £1.02 billion (€1.15bn) in the UK in 2017, an increase of more than 50 per cent on the comparable figure (£679m) in 2011, according to independent research commissioned by UK trade body the Commercial Broadcasters Association, who warns that this investment is at risk unless the Government secures access to […]
A London High Court Judge has approved a legal challenge by global citizens movement Avaaz against Ofcom, calling to question the regulator’s decision that Fox and the Murdoch family could be trusted to fully control Sky. Honourable Mr Justice Morris ruled that Avaaz’s case against Ofcom’s ‘fit and proper’ ruling in the Fox/Sky bid is […]