More than a third (36 per cent) of TV viewers in Italy are paying for on-demand services, well below the European (50 per cent) and global (65 per cent) averages. The Global Video on Demand Survey by Nielsen reveals that those accessing on-demand services in Italy do so mainly through smartphone (48 per cent) and […]
The region covered by Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama and Dominican Republic reached 3.7 million pay-TV subscribers by end of 2015, continuing its growth trend. The total subscribers by the end of Q4 2015 represents an growth of 13.5 per cent compared with the same period for the previous year, reports Dataxis. The […]
Nearly seven in 10 (69 per cent) Britons online now report their household pays a subscription to watch live broadcast or on-demand programming, according to Nielsen’s Global Video-on-Demand Report. The most popular TV subscription format in the UK is satellite (e.g. Sky), cited by 37 per cent of respondents. Cable (e.g. Virgin and BT) is […]
Despite a rapidly evolving media landscape where consumers have more choices than ever in the way they consume video entertainment, traditional TV still reigns as the preferred platform globally, according to findings from consumer analysis specialist Nielsen, which report that just over one-quarter of global online respondents (26 per cent) say they pay to watch […]
When too many channels are combined with the inability to find something to watch, a better experience is needed. A white paper released by Digitalsmiths, entitled The War Between OTT and Pay-TV, discusses how and why OTT experiences are more enticing than Pay-TV experiences. Because many OTT streaming services are largely carousel-driven, Digitalsmiths added a […]
Digitalsmiths’ Q4 2015 Pay-TV and Online Video Trends report shows that 73.6 per cent of respondents in the US would like to choose only the channels they want to watch. While skinny bundles are the new trend in TV packages, the amount of respondents who would like an à la carte channel option decreased for […]
The number of pay-TV subs in North America [Canada and the US] will fall from 112 million in the peak year of 2012 to 106 million in 2021, according to the fifth edition of the Digital TV North America Forecasts report. According to Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at Digital TV Research, at first glance, this […]
Incumbent telco operators StarHub and Singtel may see a drop in pay-TV subscribers as Netflix officially begins its services in Singapore, according to a report by OCBC Bank. OCBC noted that the market appears to be reaching its saturation point, with Singtel only managing to add 1,000 new subscribers in Q4 and StarHub losing 6,000 […]
Media commentator Andrew Neil has predicted that Sky’s new premium-level pay-TV offering Sky Q will be the development that kick starts the market for Ultra HD TV. Delivering a ‘State of the Industry’ keynote address at the SES Satellite Monitor event in London, Neil, the launch Chairman of the original Sky DTH service in the […]
According to findings from media financial intelligence specialist SNL Kagan, the downward trajectory of the US multichannel segment continued in the fourth quarter of 2015 despite a resurgence in cable subscriptions and solid direct-broadcast satellite (DBS) results, suggesting a share shift rather than a retreat from cord cutting. SNL Kagan estimates the combined cable, DBS […]