Stéphane Richard, CEO of French telco giant Orange, speaking at an event in Morocco, said that if Canal Plus was up for sale – which it isn’t – he would consider making a bid. “If Canal Plus were up for sale tomorrow, Orange would definitely look into it. Obviously,” Richard told reporters on the fringes […]
Almost half (49 per cent) of premium digital pay-TV customers in the UK are watching less than a fifth of the channels included in their TV packages, according to new research by uSwitch.com, the independent price comparison and switching service. And yet, the average yearly spend for premium pay TV is £508 (€602), or £42.30 […]
According to media analysis firm SNL Kagan, the global set-top box market remains robust. Worldwide STB shipments are on track to reach 273 million in 2016, up slightly from 269 million in 2015, according to SNL Kagan’s report, The set-top box market remains robust. In addition to
The latest issue of the informitv Multiscreen Index of 100 leading pay television service providers worldwide shows a total quarterly increase of 3.45 million subscribers, up by 0.80 per cent over the third quarter of 2016, compared to 3.74 million or 0.95 per cent a year previously. 57 of the 100 services in the Multiscreen […]
Ovum has released its Q3 2016 subscriber growth figures for fixed voice, fixed broadband, and pay TV for the US, as captured in Ovum’s World Broadband Information Service (WBIS). Ovum notes that a triple cord-cutting threat – the loss of subscribers in all three core fixed services – continues to loom over the US. In […]
The Spanish pay-TV market is booming with operators adding 671,000 new subscribers year-on-year as of September 30th, according to CNMC’s Q3 telecoms and TV market report. The three largest operators -Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange- ended September with a total of 5.36 million pay-TV customers, up 12.5 per cent the same month last year, gaining a […]
Dror Ginzberg, Co-Founder & CEO of video creation platform Wochit, has outlined his industry predicitons for 2017, including a decline in pay-TV subscribers; a rise in online sports; and increased video presence on social media platforms. 1. Social media platforms will keep trying to perfect video Ginzberg, firstly commented: “Last year saw Facebook Live’s release in […]
Q3 Dutch TV revenues have seen an increase, driven by summer price hikes from key pay-TV players Ziggo and KPN. Revenues grew by 5.8 per cent to €485 million, according to Telecompaper’s Dutch Television Market 2016-Q3 report. Ziggo’s TV revenues grew by just over 8 per cent in the quarter to around €285 million, whie […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has said it believes the European Commission’s proposal on broadcasters’ online transmissions and retransmissions will enable more Public service media (PSM) content to circulate online without harming the existing prerogatives of rightsholders and broadcasters, suggesting that such bodies need copyright licensing systems which allow them to respond to citizens’ expectations […]
AMC Networks International Iberia has launched Machinima, the first pay-TV channel in Spain dedicated to video games. Machinima is available on Samsung smart TVs, iOS and Android devices and via web streaming for €0.99 a month or €9.99 a year. The service is free for the first month. Eduardo Zulueta, President of AMC Networks International […]