UK subscription-free satellite TV service Freesat has been cleared by the BBC Trust to offer live pay sports services delivered via broadband. The decision will help to progress Freesat’s ongoing conversations with content providers. The BBC Trust decision comes as Freesat continues to expand its content offering to bring the most attractive line-up of programming […]
YouTube is working on a paid subscription service, tentatively branded ‘Unplugged’, that would offer US customers a bundle of cable TV channels streamed over the Internet, according to a Bloomberg report. The service could debut as soon as next year. Google-owned YouTube has discussed these plans with most major US media companies, including Comcast, NBCUniversal, […]
21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch has suggested that in the long term, the company’s entertainment will be consumed over IP streaming networks, with Fox positioning itself for success in an environment where the customer has a wider choice of how and where to consume the content, and there is no distinction between linear and […]
According to research from Parks Associates, 16 per cent of US broadband households have a sports OTT video service subscription. Although it does not stream live games, NFL Game Pass is the most highly adopted service, with 6 per cent of U.S. broadband households having a subscription compared to 4 per cent for the WWE […]
BT’s investment in exclusive European football rights has been rewarded by increased viewing figures for its TV and sport channels. Reporting its Q4 and FY2016 numbers, the telco revealed that BT Consumer revenue was up 7 per cent reflecting a 20 per cent growth in broadband and TV revenue, helped by its investments in BT […]
Sky’s online TV streaming service NOW TV continues to boost its customer offer with the launch of the NOW TV Kids Pass. Available from June 21st, the service offers an easy way to get kids TV without a contract for £2.99 (€3.77) a month. The NOW TV Kids Pass will let kids watch six dedicated […]
With the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship season four races old, Tata Communications, the Official Connectivity Provider to the sport, has confirmed that it has been selected by Sky to deliver the live broadcast feeds of all 21 Grands Prix – starting with the 2current campaign – over its global superfast fibre network, claimed to […]
The six leading pay-TV operators in the US as ranked in the informitv Multiscreen Index maintained their subscriber numbers in the first quarter of 2016, with a net gain of 33,000 video customers. These six operators still have a total 78.31 million video subscribers between them. AT&T U-verse reported the largest loss of video subscribers. […]
ProSiebenSat.1 Group increased its revenues by 22 per cent to €802 million in the first quarter of 2016. All segments contributed to this. In total, the Group already generated 43 per cent of its revenues outside the TV advertising business. This is an increase of 10 percentage points compared to the previous year. The share […]
In the first quarter of 2016, Swisscom’s net revenue remained virtually unchanged year-on-year at CHF 2,885 million (CHF -8 million or -0.3 per cent). EBITDA rose by 2.9 per cent or CHF 30 million to CHF 1,081 million. The CHF 11 million increase in the Swiss core business can mainly be attributed to lower costs […]