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NOW TV on new Apple TV

Sky’s online streaming service NOW TV is now available on the new Apple TV, giving UK users access to live action from all seven Sky Sports channels and popula shows on 13 pay-TV channels. Gidon Katz, Director of NOW TV, said: “We are pleased to be able to offer our range of flexible and great value […]

November 4, 2015

MyHD relaunches, plans 4K

Dubai-based MyHD Media is in the process of relaunching. It lost its former CEO (Cliff Nelson) a few months ago in July and appointed Samir Safer to take over. Safer comes with experience, not least winning a claimed 500,000 subscribers to its Kathmandu-based Dish Media Network in Nepal. Dish Nepal, as at June 2015, said […]

November 3, 2015By Chris Forrester

beIN adds entertainment to pay-TV offering

Following advanced-television.com’s revelation that beIN was planning to launch a movie service for the Middle East, the operator has confirmed that it is to offer a complete pay-TV proposition of sports, movies and entertainment available to customers through a single regional pay-TV platform, an initiative that it says democratises pay-TV in MENA. Marking its twelfth […]

November 2, 2015By Colin Mann

Analyst: Broadband shift will mitigate cable’s TV subs loss

Rising demand for broadband services will compensate for the loss in TV video subscribers and help sustain industry growth through 2016, says Moody’s Investors Service. As a result, the rating agency maintains its stable outlook on the US cable industry. Broadband subscribers outnumbered total video subscribers in Moody’s rated universe for the first time at […]

November 2, 2015

Optus scores Premier League rights

Australian quad-play operator Optus has won the bid for the exclusive Australian rights to the Barclays Premier League for three seasons, commencing in August 2016. This includes live broadcast coverage and digital rights for broadband and mobile for all 380 Premier League games, every season. The rights were previously held by Fox. Allen Lew, Chief […]

November 2, 2015By Colin Mann

Sky to unveil 4K STB next month?

Sky is set to unveil its next generation Sky STB on November 18th. A cryptic invite to a product launch invites journalists to “see how we’re changing TV again”, and introduces the hashtag #SetTVFree. Tentatively dubbed “SkyQ”, the STB is reported to offer multi-screen viewing so family members can each watch different shows on varying […]

October 30, 2015

Greece: FOX Sports HD on Nova

Nova, the largest pay-TV platform in Greece, has partnered with Fox International Channels to provide an unprecedented range of international sporting events and sports programming to all Nova 3Play subscribers. Fox Sports HD, available for the first time in Greece, is available effective immediately on channel 314 of Nova’s bouquet. Programming will include: ·     NFL (from […]

October 30, 2015

BT TV sees record quarter

BT’s TV service has reported its best ever quarter with its coverage of Champions League football proving to be a major draw. The telco giant, which paid £900 million (€1.255bn) to grab the exclusive TV rights from pay-TV operator Sky and commercial pubcaster ITV, signed up 106,000 new TV customers in the three months to […]

October 29, 2015

Over 75% of LatAm pay-TV subs can access TVE

A Dataxis report reveals there is a total of 53 TV Everywhere (TVE) platforms up to the second quarter of 2015 in South America and Mexico (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela), 15 corresponding to programmers and 38 belonging to pay-TV operators. Besides, the “TV Everywhere Market in Latin […]

October 29, 2015

TWC puts brake on cord-cutting

Time Warner Cable reported its seventh straight quarter of improved basic video subscriber losses, shedding just 7,000 in the third quarter, its best since 2006. “I’m very excited about the operating momentum reflected in our third-quarter results. Subscriber growth was the strongest in years; revenue growth accelerated; and we continued to make significant investments in […]

October 29, 2015