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Cabovisão rebrands as Nowo, targets 400,000 subs

Portuguese cable TV operator Cabovisão has rebranded as Nowo, with the aim of providing a low-cost alternative to the bundled offers dominating the local market. The basic offer will consist of a package with a 100 Mbps Internet connection and 33 analogue TV channels, costing €19.99 per month. All those who want can then add […]

September 14, 2016From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Research: SVoD eating in to pay-TV

Homes with SVoD subs for Netflix, Prime and others are watching more TV overall than pay TV-only homes and are turning way from pay-TV services. Guy Bisson of Ampere Analysis told

September 12, 2016

Pay-TV execs: ‘Innovation key strategic priority’

Following the earlier release of a number of regional studies, content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA, in partnership with international research and strategy consultancy MTM, has published the global learnings from the Pay-TV Innovation Forum, a comprehensive research programme launched earlier this year which examines the state of pay-TV innovation around the world. […]

September 12, 2016Colin Mann @ IBC

1 in 3 “dump” show if difficult or costly to watch

TiVo has released findings from a sponsored survey of pay-TV and OTT service subscribers in the US, Europe and Asia. The global study is a follow up to Rovi’s 2015 consumer survey, delving deeper into how viewers engage with content and explore the services and devices that make up their entertainment lifestyle. Above all, this […]

September 9, 2016

Video 80% of Internet traffic by 2020

Internet video will account for 80 per cent of total consumer Internet traffic by 2019, compared to 64 per cent currently, according to a report on audio-visual services in the digital era by Rome-based think-tank i-Com. During the period 2010-2014, consumer revenues for SVoD services grew from €40.7 million to €844.1 million in the 22 […]

September 9, 2016From Branislav Pekic in Rome

DStv NOW jumps to 60+ channels

South African pay-TV operator DStv has significantly increased the number of channels it offers users to its DStv Now on-demand app. Seventeen extra channels have been added including choices from MTV, Fox, Nat-Geo and DStv’s own ‘SuperSport’ brands, taking the overall total to more than 60. The DStv Now app is free to all DStv […]

September 9, 2016By Chris Forrester

Zive rebranded SFR Play

SFR Media’s SVOD platform Zive will be rebranded SFR Play before the end of the year, says its managing director Alain Weil. SFR Play is currently the name of the bouquet that already runs movie, discovery, TV series and youth channels as well as Zive. Like Zive, SFR Play will still be integrated to SFR […]

September 8, 2016From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Ericsson, Google partner for consumer pay-TV experience

Ericsson and Google are partnering to extend the reach of the Ericsson cloud-based MediaFirst TV Platform into the Android TV ecosystem, Google’s operating system for the set-top-box. Ericsson MediaFirst is a software-defined, media-optimised end-to-end portfolio suite for the creation, preparation, management and delivery of next generation pay-TV to any screen with an immersive TV viewing […]

September 8, 2016Colin Mann @ IBC

Ericsson powers UKTV virtualised live event broadcast

Media and communications technologist and broadcast services provider Ericsson it is working with multichannel broadcaster UKTV to deliver the UK’s first virtualised live event broadcast. Ericsson’s Virtualized Live Playout service will help UKTV launch and broadcast live events on its network of channels, which includes the UK’s most watched non-public service broadcasting channel, Dave. The […]

September 8, 2016Colin Mann @ IBC

Australia: More SVoD subs than Foxtel pay-TV

Whether it’s dozens of extra channels, streaming on demand, or internet TV through a set-top box, half of Australians now have paid television options in the home, Roy Morgan Research shows—and on-demand subscriptions have just overtaken Foxtel’s broadcast pay-TV. In the six months to August 2016, 9.8 million Australians 14+ (50 per cent) had access […]

September 8, 2016