In reporting its Q1 results, BT has revealed that it added 60,000 TV customers in the quarter, bringing its total to 1.2 million. BT Sport average daily audience figures increased 51 per cent, which the telco said was its best performance since launch, reflecting the improvements it had made to the BT TV offering. Adjusted […]
The number of pay-TV subscribers in Central America and the Dominican Republic will grow from 3.58 million in 2014 to 5.57 million in 2018, according to findings in a new report published by Dataxis. As of 2014, pay-TV subscribers accounted for 29.4 per cent of total TV households in Central America and the Dominican Republic, […]
Pay-TV subscription management specialist Paywizard is set to expand internationally with £3.5 million of funding from the Scottish Loan Fund (SLF). The funding boost from the SLF will support Paywizard as it seeks to capitalise on the growing pay-TV and video on demand markets by rolling out its software and services internationally. Having recently announced […]
Sky has published its results for the year ending June 30th 2015, the first to include the results of Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland following their acquisition in November, reporting a 5 per cent increase in group revenue to €15.941 billion. Jeremy Darroch, Group Chief Executive, said the past 12 months had been an outstanding […]
There are certainly no complaints from financial analysts over Sky’s full-year results, issued early July 30th. Typical is Equity analyst Jerry Dellis at investment bank Jefferies, who welcomed the UK’s declining churn rates as proof that the June price hike in the UK has “landed well” with subscribers. Jefferies compliments Sky’s 96,000 Broadband net additions […]
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset will seek retransmission fees from pay-TV operator Sky Italia for the broadcasting of its free-to-air channels on the satellite TV platform. Mediaset executive director, Gina Nieri, said they have been seeking an agreement with Sky Italia, but will now exercise their rights with formal acts in the coming weeks, as this […]
AT&T’s purchase of DirecTV was approved last week in the US market with the main aim of consolidating its position in the domestic broadband market and as a provider of integrated communication services, states a report by global business intelligence firm Dataxis. DirecTV is the second largest pay-TV operator in the US – with 20.35 […]
Subhash Chandra-backed Dish TV has enjoyed its best Q1 for three years in terms of net subscriber additions, at 390,000 (332,000 same period last year). Good as this is it wasn’t quite as favourable as Q4 last year when it added 404,000 net new subs to its total. Nevertheless, Dish’s formal guidance is to expect […]
Ofcom has published a supplementary consultation seeking further evidence as part of its review of the pay-TV ‘wholesale must-offer’ remedy. The review, which Ofcom first consulted on in December 2014, will determine whether regulation requiring Sky to offer its Sky Sports 1 and 2 channels to other pay-TV providers, to ensure fair and effective competition […]
Spain’s Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (National Commission of Markets and Competition) has fined Telefónica and pay-TV operator DTS a total of €15.5 million for anti-competitive behaviour in relation to agreements and concerted action in the acquisition, resale and exploitation of football broadcast rights for the seasons 2012/2013 to 2014/2015. According to […]