Despite economic growth concerns, pay-TV subscriptions for Asia Pacific’s top 68 operators will increase by 74 per cent from a collective 376 million in 2014 to 535 million by 2020, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. These operators from 20 countries will climb from 75 per cent of Asia Pacific pay TV […]

Findings from the latest Video Trends Report from personalised content discovery technology specialist Digitalsmiths, a TiVo company, suggest that nearly 80 per cent of survey respondents are interested in an à la carte pay-TV service where they can select, and pay for only the channels they want to watch. Based on the premise that the […]

UK comms regulator Ofcom has revealed its latest figures relating to the volume of consumer complaints it received against the major providers of telecoms and pay-TV services. The latest report covers the three-month period from April to June 2015 (Q2), and includes complaints made about 13 providers of fixed line telephone, fixed line broadband, pay […]

After more than a decade of digital disruption, the African entertainment and media industry has entered a new landscape – one where the media is no longer divided into distinct traditional and digital spheres, according to a report from PwC. The Outlook forecasts that South Africa’s entertainment and media industry is expected to grow from […]

Local reports in South Africa say that StarTimes Group, the operators of the struggling On Digital Media/Top TV pay-TV broadcaster, is having to lay off staff. In a circular to staff StarTimes SA managing director Mike Dearham told employees the company was in an unsustainable position and needed to act if it was to stay […]

Traditional operators will need to keep a close eye on telcos’ rising interest in the TV space as operators make their mark both in Western Europe and other key regions. Following a number of false starts in Western Europe, IPTV homes are now a viable platform, hitting 27 million in 2014, 15 per cent of […]

Altice Group has sold Portuguese cable operator Cabovisão and Oni, a small telecom operator providing services for business customers, to Apax France for an undisclosed price. Altice had set a book value of €115.0 million for the two operators (of which €17.90 for Cabovisão) in its H1 2015 financials, well below the €300 million valuation […]

Pan-African pay TV platforms are set to boom, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. According to the Eastern Europe Middle East & Africa Pay TV Operator Forecasts report, pay DTT platform GOtv will gain 5.84 million subs between 2014 and 2020 to reach 7.50 million – more than quadruple its 2014 total. […]

Sky has completed the acquisition of the remaining shares in Sky Deutschland. With 100 per cent ownership of Sky Deutschland, Sky says it is able to take full advantage of future growth opportunities across each of its five territories, and share strengths and expertise from across the group to serve customers better, accelerate innovation and […]