Multichoice Kenya’s GOtv subsidiary is raising its subscriber fee by 8.5 per cent. Both tiers are affected. GOtv Lite subscribers see their monthly fee rise from Kenyan Shillings 599 to 650, and the premium tier GOtv Plus is upped from KES 849 to 920 (about €8). The price hikes are not unexpected. Multichoice has been […]
The Dutch TV market remains in steady decline, reporting a loss for the fourth consecutive quarter (ending March 2016) with a little than 7.8 million connections, according to Telecompaper’s quarterly report on the Dutch Television Market. During the quarter the market decreased by 8,000 connections or 0.1 per cent, although digital TV grew by 0.4 […]
The news that Sky Deutschland has won the pay-TV broadcast rights for the 4 out of the 5 potential Bundesliga DFL football packages delivered a “strongly favourable outcome” for the broadcaster, observers agree. Moreover, the structure of the auction, which awarded the 5th group of games to Eurosport, was seen as being very beneficial to […]
France’s competition watchdog the Autorité de la Concurrence, has ruled against the proposal for exclusive distribution of beIN Sports channels within Canal Group offers. In a Statement noting the decision, the Canal+ Group said it have to work on alternative solutions to stop the losses at the French Canal+ channels. The pair confirmed on February […]
Sky Deutschland has secured a new agreement ensuring that it will remain “the undisputed home of Bundesliga football” through to 2021. Following a successful outcome to the German Professional Football Association’s (DFL) tender process, Sky will air 572 live matches a season from 2017/18 to 2020/21 across all platforms. The new deal means Sky will […]
In a move the pair say will create a leading integrated telecommunications and media group in New Zealand, pay-TV operator SKY and Vodafone New Zealand are to merge, with the Combined Group having the ability to offer New Zealand’s best entertainment content across all platforms and devices in a rapidly evolving media and telecommunications market. […]
The Brazilian economic downturn is hurting pay-TV in the country. Data from the country’s National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) shows that pay-TV subscriptions have fallen 5.4 per cent since a year ago (to 18.91 million). The data, gathered at the end of April, also shows that the overall subs numbers have fallen 0.3 per cent since […]
Dish Network returned to the debt market on June 8th, saying it would be raising $750 million (€662m) via its Dish DBS Corp subsidiary in the form of new Senior Notes. “The net proceeds of the offering are intended to be used for strategic transactions, which may include wireless and spectrum-related strategic transactions,” said a […]
Portugal’s broadband and pay-TV provider NOS has launched a next generation TV service and the country’s first personal TV service. The UMA interface includes the functionalities most sought after by customers, such as advanced voice control and the NOS TV application, as well as a simpler and more intuitive navigation and an increasingly more customised […]
German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine is reporting that Sky Deutschland has filed a formal complaint in the Dusseldorf regional court about how the nation’s “football live broadcasting rights in TV and the Internet” have been apportioned. The newspaper says that Sky is unhappy with the design of the Bundesliga auction. However, few doubt that the complaint […]