Global citizens movement Avaaz has launched what it describes as an “unprecedented” public interest legal challenge to Britain’s broadcasting regulator, filing papers in court seeking a judicial review of Ofcom’s decision to clear the proposed takeover of Sky by 21st Century Fox. In June 2017, Ofcom found that if Sky was fully owned by Fox, […]
Pay-TV subscribers in the US are growing increasingly satisfied with OTT streaming TV services versus traditional cable TV, but they also are spending nearly an hour more a week watching regularly scheduled television programming than they did two years ago. That increasingly complex consumer relationship with streaming and cable television is explored in detail in […]
BT has continued its run as the UK’s most complained about ISP, according to Ofcom data. The company attracted 28 complaints per 100,000 customers for the service during Q2 (April to June 2017). BT has now been ranked the worst out of the UK’s six major broadband providers for the fifth quarter in a row, […]
The pay-TV market in US fell to 0.1 per cent to reach 100.2 million subscribers in the second quarter of 2017 compared to the previous quarter. However, linear OTT pay-TV continue to add subscribers (+49.6 per cent with 4.4 million subscribers) and thus contribute to the prevention of the global trend of market erosion that […]
TiVo has released its 18th edition of its quarterly Video Trends Report, covering key topics across pay-TV, VoD, OTT, TV Everywhere, streaming devices, home assistant devices and content discovery. Based on a survey of over 3,050 consumers, TiVo’s Q2 2017 Online Video and Pay-TV Trends Report illuminates many insights, including: 1. The state of pay-TV […]
Zai Bennett, Director of Programmes for Sky UK, has called for the broadcasting industry to be more transparent in the way it reports viewing numbers, noting that the way people are watching TV is changing dramatically, and suggesting that broadcasters are underselling themselves. In a blog post, Bennett notes that while traditional ‘linear’ viewing is […]
Traditional television and TV advertising is still alive and kicking – even among those that exclusively use SVoD services such as Amazon and Netflix, research from YouGov suggests. The Broadcast to Narrowcast report divides
Consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that about 79 per cent of US TV households subscribe to some form of pay-TV service. This is down from 84 per cent in 2014, 88 per cent in 2010, and 81 per cent in 2004. Among TV households
The Canal + Group is partnering with Apple to offer 4K Ultra HD content on the Apple TV 4K with: Live events: the best match of every day of Ligue 1 with a new experience 4K Ultra HD Original Canal + productions in 4K Ultra HD A selection of films, series, documentaries in 4K Ultra […]
Multichoice Zimbabwe has cut the price it charges in cash-strapped Zimbabwe, and introduced a lower-cost bundle ‘DStv Lite’. The new pricing structure came into use on September 26th. Zimbabwe-based subscribers to DStv have to pay in US dollars or an equivalent ‘hard’ currency. The new prices are: Premium: down from $72 to $65 Compact Plus: […]