Total Asia Pacific DTH pay-TV subscribers grew 9 per cent in 2014 to more than 61 million in 2014 while industry revenue grew 5 per cent to top $9 billion, according to a new research report published by industry analysts Media Partners Asia (MPA). India, Malaysia and the Philippines remain
Sports content often has the most expensive TV subscription prices, but a survey by Clearleap says it isn’t how cable companies can deter cord-cutting. Sixty-seven per cent of US cable subscribers said sports weren’t the reason they kept their service, the survey reveals. As more traditional television migrates online outside traditional pay-TV subscriptions, live sports […]
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset is targeting 200,000 new subscribers for its pay-TV service, Mediaset Premium, by the end of the year, taking the total to two million. According to Mediaset Premium CEO, Franco Ricci, the pay-TV platform currently has 1.77 million subscribers, to which should be added pre-paid cards. At the end of 2014, Mediaset […]
India’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises is heralding a major breakthrough in its fight against content piracy with the news of a successful raid by Delhi Police which found illegal tapping and unauthorised uploading of live content of popular Indian Television Channels such as ZEE TV, Star Plus, Colors, and Sony TV on pirate websites. After carrying […]
Pirated pay-TV in Peru represents 52 per cent of total connections, according to Martha Ochoa, Executive Director of Alianza contra Piratería de Televisión Paga (the Alliance Against Pay Television Piracy). Ochoa revealed the findings at a briefing where the involvement of local operators DirecTV, Claro and Movistar in the Alliance was confirmed. Ochoa advised that […]
According to US consumer body Consumer Reports’ new telecom service ratings, consumers continued to express dissatisfaction with their TV and Internet providers, giving most poor reviews for value and overall satisfaction. According to the ratings,
The Indian press is reporting that India’s TataSky pay-TV operation has shelved plans for an IPO. In 2013 it had talked of a float of 25 per cent of the company in order to raise 20 billion Indian Rupees (about $312 million). India’s Economic Times is reporting that TataSky will instead raise INR18 billion by […]
The number of pay satellite TV [DBS or DTH] homes will reach 265 million by 2020, up from 203 million at end-2014 and 143 million at end-2010, according to a report from Digital TV Research. Covering 138 countries, the Global Satellite TV Forecasts report estimates that India will continue to lead the sector, with 66.9 […]
Helped by an extra (net) 1.5 million DTH pay-TV subs acquired during the past year, and a total subscriber base of 12.9 million, India’s Dish TV reported 2015 net total income from operations up 10.9 per cent, and EBITDA up 17.5 percent. The broadcaster’s net profit was INR 350 million (€5 million). Dish added 404,000 […]
A report from strategy consultant Arthur D. Little and banker Exane BNP Paribas predicts that telcos have a key role to play in the intensifying battle between traditional media providers (free-to-air, pay-TV and radio) and OTT (Over-The-Top) content services such as Netflix and Spotify, by offering services to