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GfK: Pay-TV defectors outnumber desirers

Almost one-third of all US consumers – over 70 million people – are thinking of making changes to their paid TV service, with pay-TV ‘Defectors’ more than twice as common as ‘Desirers’ of more TV service. These are among the findings of a new GfK MRI report, Cord Evolution, that

December 11, 2015

Doubts over Sling TV growth

There are reports that Sling TV, the US ‘pay-TV lite’ service operated by DISH TV, has less than 500,000 subscribers. The story started with a commentary from Dan Rayburn on his StreamingMedia website, and whatever the truth is, the facts are not helped by DISH declining to specifically say how many subs Sling TV has. […]

December 11, 2015By Chris Forrester

Mediaset chases 2m with €1 pay-TV bundle

Christmas has come early for Italian pay-TV subscribers, as Mediaset Premium has launched a one-off offer with the goal of closing the year with 2 million subscribers (currently at 1.9 million). The pay-TV platform is offering a subscription package for the rock bottom price of €1 per month (previously €26), valid for 12 months. The […]

December 10, 2015From Branislav Pekic in Rome

49% consumers believe media services free by 2025

A Xerox State of Customer Service in 2015 survey reveals that almost half (49 per cent) of consumers believe that they will not have to pay for their media services by 2025 – regardless if they prefer traditional media (48 per cent) such as film, TV, music, radio, news and sports outlets established in the […]

December 10, 2015

TiVo: TV content still dominates across generations

According to findings from TiVo’s Third Annual Millennial Video Entertainment Survey, Millennials still consume TV shows more than any other type of video content, even if they’re not watching the content from a traditional paid TV provider. Seventy-three per cent of Millennials report they watch network and cable TV shows regularly. Older generations showed virtually […]

December 9, 2015

PwC: 23% cord-trimmed in 2014

A PwC survey found that 23 per cent of pay-TV subscribers engaged in cord-trimming in the last year. The report found that more TV audiences are choosing to downsize or opt out of their pay-TV services. The PwC study found that 79 per cent of consumers in the US subscribe to a traditional cable, satellite […]

December 9, 2015

South African TV households will grow 10% by 2018

Research from Dataxis shows the total number of South African TV households will grow 10 per cent from end-2015 to end-2018 when they will number almost 13.3 million. Over the same time, however, the percentage of TV households relying on Free-To-Air (FTA) terrestrial television services will fall from 48.2 per cent to 34.5 per cent […]

December 9, 2015

Pay-TV gains momentum in Spain

Convergent packages along with better infrastructure is driving pay-TV growth with almost one in four (24.4 per cent) of homes in the country receiving pay-TV services as of the end of first half other year, according to the latest report from the regulator CNMC. At the end of the second quarter, there were 5.5 million subscribers, […]

December 8, 2015From David del Valle in Madrid

Portugal sees 5.4% growth in pay-TV subs

Portugal ended the third quarter of 2015 with 3.47 million pay-TV subscribers, up 1.2 per cent on the previous quarter and 5.4 per cent more than in the same period last year. According to the quarterly report of the National Communications Authority (Anacom), the penetration rate for the service has now reached 85.5 per cent. […]

December 8, 2015From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Virgin: Put all Premier League games on live TV

Tom Mockridge, the head of Virgin Media, has called on the Premier League to allow all 380 matches per season to be broadcast live on television. Although Mockridge does not expect the media regulator Ofcom to dismiss the Premier League’s existing deals, he said he would welcome such changes to the next contract, starting in […]

December 7, 2015