RTL Group has reported that 2015 revenue increased 3.8 per cent to €6,029 million (2014: €5,808 million), mainly driven by increasing revenue at Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, growing digital revenue and favourable exchange rate effects RTL Group said its revenue is well diversified, with 53.7 per cent from broadcast advertising (TV and radio), 22 per cent […]
AT&T-owned pay-broadcaster DirecTV is to create a competitor to Dish Network’s Sling TV service. Sometimes described as pay-TV ‘lite’ or a ‘skinny bundle’, Sling TV has packaged a brought together a package of lower cost channels and all on a simple sign-up and pre-pay plan without complicated sign-up obligations or long-term subscription commitments. By including […]
The latest Australian Multi-Screen Report – from Regional TAM, OzTAM and Nielsen, covering the fourth quarter of 2015 – shows that, despite the proliferation of connected devices, the vast majority of all video viewing in Australia takes place on in-home TV sets. Across all screens and all types of video content – broadcast and non-broadcast […]
Findings from a survey of 1,000 US adults who have at least one paid subscription suggest a nearly unanimous interest for extras and a willingness to pay more for the added benefits that matter to them. More specifically, 90 per cent of consumers are interested in
Tony Hall, Director-General of the BBC, has suggested a fourth element be added to the Reithian vision for the Corporation, telling delegates at the Media & Telecoms Conference 2016 in London that ‘to inspire’ join ‘inform, educate and entertain’. “It is something that the BBC can uniquely do,” he suggested, noting that “overwhelmingly” respondents to […]
The number of paying IPTV subscribers in the Asia Pacific region overtook paying satellite TV ones in 2015, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. Covering 22 countries, the fifth edition of the Digital TV Asia Pacific Forecasts report states that IPTV growth is far from over with 123.5 million subscribers expected by […]
Netflix, as well as its other OTT players, is frequently accused of creating the perfect storm to kill off broadcasting and contributing to the cable and satellite TV ‘cord cutting’ syndrome. ‘Not so’, implies a note from research analysts at MoffettNathanson. “Over the past few years, there have been few narratives as powerful and as […]
US public interest advocacy group Public Knowledge has filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission against Comcast for excluding its Stream TV service from its own data cap. The complaint alleges that Comcast violated its NBC-Universal merger commitments and notes that the company’s behaviour is inconsistent with the FCC’s Open Internet rules. John Bergmayer, […]
The pay-TV market is growing in Spain with 5.43 million subscribers as of the end of the third quarter of the year. A report from the CNMC reveals that the IPTV platforms (xDSL/FTTH) are now leading the growth with 352,000 new subs, followed by cable operators with 65,000 new customers, with satellite losing 166,000 subscribers. […]
A series of recent events suggest that public broadcasting is going through challenging times, but over the next five years, most public broadcasters will actually receive an increase in revenue from public sources, including receiver fees, government grants and other mostly tax-based mechanisms. The financial outlook of public broadcasters is therefore stronger than some of […]