James Murdoch is to become Chairman of Sky, succeeding Nick Ferguson, Chairman since 2012, who will step down from the Sky Board at the end of April after 12 years as a Director. Murdoch previously served as Chairman of the former BSkyB from 2007 to 2012, but resigned in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal […]
Sky Q, which the broadcaster describes as the next generation of TV, will go on sale in February with Sky’s lowest ever set-up cost for a brand new premium product launch. Set-up costs for Sky Q will be from just £99 (€130). The typical monthly cost for existing Sky+ customers will be around £12 extra […]
In its half-year results (to December 31st), Sky says that an overall 337,000 new customers joined Sky in Q2 and helping “the highest UK and Ireland customer growth for 10 years”. Sky’s customers bought 1.1 million new products. UK & Ireland growth during Q2 was 205,000, with 146,000 new TV customers jhoining in the pre-Christmas […]
Customers of Spanish operator Jazztel, acquired by Orange Spain in July last year, will finally be able to access Orange’s pay-TV service this weekend following Orange completing the integration process of both platforms. All Jazztel ADSL and fibre-optic subscribers will be able to access Orange’s pay-TV offer in full, with the football package including La […]
Research from Parks Associates suggests that average monthly spending on Internet-based subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) services among US broadband households increased from $3.71 per month in 2012 to $6.19 per month in 2015. Content Strategies: Survival in the New Video World examines new business models emerging from the increasing consumption of OTT content, including new experiments […]
More than three-quarters (88 per cent) of millennials engage in second screen behaviours when watching video content, the highest percentage of any demographic, according to a study from US trade body the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), formerly the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The report,
SES’ German HD platform HD+ recorded an 11.3 per cent increase in subscribers in 2015. HD+ had 1.84 million subscribers at year-end 2015, compared to 1.65 million at year-end 2014. In addition, HD+ had over 1.1 million customers in their six-month free-trial period. Users of HD+ have access to more than 50 HD channels, comprised […]
Based on Q3 2015 figures for pay-TV globally, you’d be forgiven for thinking pay-TV players were halting the decline. However, an Ampere Analysis report looks behind the top lines to unearth the long term trend that suggests the picture is not as rosy as the headline statistics suggest. Report highlights:
A diverse group of programmers, content creators, civic groups and television providers have launched the ‘Future of TV Coalition’ to celebrate and promote the thriving innovation that is revolutionising the video viewing experience – giving American audiences more and better choices than ever before of what, where, when and how to watch TV programming. The […]
Sky will unveil its pricing structure for its new SkyQ Ultra-HD set-top box during its latest quarter’s results announcements on January 29th. Analyst reports suggest the new ‘all in’ pricing model will start above the current £90 per month for Sky’s all-embracing top-level sports & movies bundles. Equity analysts at investment bank Nomura suggested to […]