Despite slowing economic growth, the number of digital TV households in Latin America will double by 2020. A report by Digital TV Research estimates 152 million digital TV households by 2020. Digital TV will climb from only 17.9 per cent penetration of TV households at end-2010 to just over the halfway mark by end-2014 and […]
Sky has invested a further $5 million in 1Mainstream, an OTT startup company that operates an automated platform for the distribution of linear and on-demand video to Internet-connected devices. The investment, which is in the form of a convertible debt security, builds on the $2 million already invested by Sky in August 2013. 1Mainstream’s platform […]
Scripps Networks Interactive has agreed to pay €584 million for 100 per cent of shares in N-Vision which on completion, directly and indirectly through Polish Television Holdings, will hold approximately 52.7 per cent interest in Polish broadcaster TVN S.A. Scripps Networks Interactive will assume both the debt on level of Polish Television Holding and TVN of […]
The Spanish pay-TV market is gaining subscribers but losing revenue. The pay-TV market reached 4.76 million subs, up 23.32 per cent, but with lower revenue, down 6.98 per cent to €401.3 million, in the third quarter of 2014, according to the latest report from the watchdog CNMC. IPTV, especially Telefónica’s IPTV service Movistar TV, took
A misstatement by Brazilian telecoms regulator Anatel has forced a re-count for pay-TV growth covering December 2014 and January of this year. The initial statement from Anatel said that January’s net pay-TV growth in Brazil was 83,000 subscribers, which would have been the worst January period of the last few years, and a severe slowing […]
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has hit broadcasting giant DirecTV with a writ arguing that the pay-TV operator has deliberately misled millions of subscribers about the costs of viewing its programme line up. The action has started at a Federal Court in San Francisco. The FTC states that DirecTV “deceptively advertised” an apparent one-year […]
Although it was unsuccessful in having the bidding round for Premier League rights for the seasons 2016-2019 delayed, UK quad-play operator Virgin Media is calling on research it has commissioned to back up its Ofcom complaint regarding the joint selling arrangements for live, UK audio-visual media rights for Premier League football matches. According to what […]
The market for streaming video devices at $99 and below has become increasingly crowded and competitive, according to Paul Erickson, Senior Analyst, IHS Technology. Several years ago, Apple TV stood atop a market that featured Roku as its lone true competitor. Today, the market features a broad span of products including the $25 Chromecast HDMI […]
UK digital communications service provider EE has confirmed that Sky’s subscription-free, OTT TV service NOW TV will be available for EE TV customers to access via their smart box from 12th March. The move further enhances the viewing options available to EE TV customers which already includes Freeview with more than 70 channels, as well […]
Digitalsmiths, a TiVo company, has released its Q4 2014 Video Trends Report covering key topics across pay-TV, VoD, OTT, connected devices, and content discovery. Based on the analysis of