Some 43.7 million people now receive TV by satellite, cable or IPTV in France, representing 75 per cent of the country’s population. According to figures released by Mediamétrie in its bi-yearly pay-TV audience study, DTH reception has declined over the last four years to 15.2 million people, while cable is on the rise with 5.6 […]
Sky Italia, Mediaset and RAI accounted for about 90 per cent of the revenues in the Italian TV market in 2015, according to the annual report from Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom). Satellite pay-TV broadcaster Sky Italia is the market leader, with a 32.5 per cent share (-1 per cent y/y), followed by commercial broadcaster and […]
Shareholders of pay-TV operator Sky Network Television have voted in favour of a merger with Vodafone New Zealand. Sky intends to buy all the shares in Vodafone NZ for 3.44 billion New Zealand dollars (€2.21bn), to be funded by payment of NZ$1.25 billion in cash and the issue of new Sky shares at a price […]
There’s talk again of consolidation within the Indian DTH pay-TV market. The rumour-mill suggests that Videocon d2h is looking to sell out, and that market-leader Dish TV could be the acquirer – which it firmly denies and adding the usual “we do not comment on market speculation and rumour”. But a well-researched report on India’s […]
The worldwide number of pay-TV subscribers reported by the informitv Multiscreen Index rose by 6.90 million or 1.68 per cent in the first quarter of 2016. 60 of the 100 leading pay-TV services in the latest Multiscreen Index report showed net subscriber gains in the quarter. The greatest quarterly subscriber gains were
The Setanta brand has ceased to exist in Ireland with Eir’s acquisition of the group resulting in a name change across the TV package. Eir Sport, the new name for the former Setanta Sports package, has been unveiled over six months after the former purchased the latter. Calling it a “fresh and modern identity”, Eir’s […]
The European Audiovisual Observatory has published its first report on pan-European media groups on the basis of data gathered in the MAVISE database. Focusing on a selection of major pan-European groups in both the broadcast and the distribution markets, the report outlines some of the key players, their geographical footprint, their position in a range […]
Last week Naspers, which owns the Multichoice/DStv and GOtv pay-TV brands over Africa, said it was freezing subscription prices for its subscribers. An analysis of its latest numbers shows the reasons: While DStv in South Africa enjoyed a 6 per cent uptick in subscriber numbers, its Premier tier subs numbers have reduced from 23 per […]
Struggling Brazilian telco Oi, currently in the local version of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, is pushing a pre-payment scheme for its pay-TV bouquet. Would-be subscribers can buy the top-up cards at Oi’s shops and sales points for their cellular phones. Oi is offering 15-day and full month options. On June 29th a Brazilian court approved […]
The reign of pay-TV and television networks as the most stable, predictable and highest-margin segments of the US media industry is rapidly eroding, Moody’s Investors Service states in a new report. OTT services and digital ad platforms such as