Italian broadcaster Mediaset has initiated legal action before a Milan Court to enforce a contract signed in April with French media group Vivendi. Mediaset is requesting €50 million in damages for each month of delay in the implementation of the agreement as of July 25th, the date when Vivendi allegedly backtracked from the deal. However, the […]
Rovi has it signed a 10-year patent renewal licence agreement with DISH Network in the US. In addition, this agreement will continue DISH’s license to Rovi’s Conversation Services natural language platform, as well as other Rovi products. Tom Carson, president and CEO of Rovi, said, “Our renewal with DISH further validates the long-term value and […]
Following the March 18th announcement that it was creating a free sports channel for all its UK and Ireland subscribers, Sky has confirmed that Sky Sports Mix will launch on August 24th – opening a window on the action shown on Sky Sports every day and shining a light on sport not previously covered on […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, in partnership with MTM, a research and strategy consultancy, have revealed the APAC findings from the Pay-TV Innovation Forum research programme. This latest paper reviews the pay-TV landscape in the Asia Pacific region and confirms that growing competition is driving […]
Pay-TV subscriptions for the top 65 operators across 17 countries covered in the Asia Pacific Pay-TV Operator Forecasts report from Digital TV Research will increase by nearly 100 million from a collective 438 million in 2015 to 536 million by 2021. Covering 87 platforms, these operators will climb from 81 per cent of Asia Pacific […]
The Sunday Telegraph newspaper has reported that pay-TV giant Sky is looking to expand further into Europe, with Spain as a primary target. Sky already owns pay-TV operations in the UK, Italy and Germany. However, if Sky were to enter Spain, it would be the first time that Sky has entered a market where it […]
Vodafone Spain’s offer of all National and International football for just €6 a month for subscribing before the end of August (from September at €18) is the latest move in the ongoing battle for subscribers across the country’s pay-TV operators. All three have launched low cost football offers to boost subscriptions. Telefónica’s Movistar is giving […]
Pay-TV platform bobbles.tv, which delivers TV channels from all over the world has been launched. The service, which can be received throughout Europe via satellite and Internet, is targeting around 14 million people from Asia, Latin America and Africa living and working in Europe. For the launch bobbles.tv will offer 25 Chinese and Indonesian TV […]
Ten leading pay-TV services in the US lost 663,000 subscribers between them in the second quarter of 2016, according to informitv Multiscreen Index. The second quarter is generally a weak season for television subscriptions but some operators managed to reduce their customer losses. These ten services lost 437,100 television customers in twelve months, which was […]
Africa pay-TV subscribers will reach 30 million in 2021, up from 16 million in 2015, according to the latest data published by research firm Dataxis. Digital satellite pay-TV subscribers for 2021 is expected to arrive at 20 million compared to 8 million for digital terrestrial pay TV subscribers. Dataxis estimates that TV households which stand […]