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 […]
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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
Perform Group, the digital sports content and media company, has confirmed an exclusive deal to broadcast live and on-demand English Premier League matches in Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein from the start of the 2016-17 season. Sky Deutschland was the previous Premier League rights holder in German-speaking Europe. The three-year deal also allows Perform to broadcast […]
In a move to boost pay-TV subscriptions to Movistar Plus, Telefonica has launched its Screen Fusion campaign to give its customers free smart TVs with offer access to only its own pay-TV platform. From December 14th, new subscribers to the Movistar Fusion+ 300Mbps fibre service will be able to choose between a 32” TV set […]
As Sky announces its $0.3 million investment in TV4 Entertainment, an Ampere Analysis report looks at the company’s investments in start-ups and next generation assets. With 11 such investments now under its belt since its start-up strategy began, how is the broadcaster future-proofing itself against the changing TV landscape? Ampere has identified five core developments […]
Spain’s top flight football league La Liga has agreed a domestic television deal worth €2.65 billion. Including international rights deals struck in the summer, La Liga’s overall television revenue has risen from €800 million a season to nearly €1.5 billion a season. Telefónica subsidiary Movistar will have first choice of one match from each round […]
Digitalsmiths, a TiVo company and a specialist in personalised content discovery technology has released the 12th edition of its quarterly Video Trends Report covering key topics across pay-TV, VoD, PPV, OTT, TV Everywhere, connected devices, and content discovery. Digitalsmiths’ surveys seek real consumer opinions to
Orange Spain has launched a full-frontal assault on the country’s 200,000-plus bars, restaurants and cafeterias to bring them on board its pay-TV service. The company has launched a convergent package including a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) 30Mbps connection, a 4G+ mobile line and the Orange TV football package featuring La Liga and Champions League games, among other […]