For the first time in the company’s history, the DirecTV Group will end 2015 with more pay-TV subscribers in Latin America than in its native US market, according to research from global business intelligence firm Dataxis. As of Q3 2014, 51.7 per cent of
India’s Videocon d2h pay-TV operation has issued a line-up of 4K programming for its imminent launch. A lot of Indian viewers will want to tap into next week’s coverage of the ICC Cricket World Cup, with many of the key matches being captured in 4K and carried in partnership with Star India which is the […]
Over 65 per cent of people in the UK who are signed up to a bundle of communications services, value their broadband access more than their pay-TV service, fixed-line phone or even their mobile phone service, according to findings from global technology analyst company CCS Insight. This puts broadband providers such as BT, Sky and […]
As widely anticipated, Sky Sports will offer exclusively live coverage of The Open from 2017 thanks to a new five year partnership with The R&A, in a move that sees coverage move from free-to-air coverage on the BBC after nearly 60 years to pay-TV. Sky Sports has been awarded the exclusive live rights to golf’s […]
The number of pay-TV homes in the Middle East and North Africa will double between 2010 and 2020 to 21.3 million, according to a new 208-page report from Digital TV Research. Turkey will account for 37 per cent of the 2020 total. According to the fourth edition of Digital TV Middle East & North Africa […]
An authoritative report in the UK’s Sunday Telegraph says that Sky is bringing its launch of 4K transmissions forward dramatically to this spring. Sky, says the report, will launch its all-new ‘Project Ethan’ Ultra-HD set-top box to help counter the threat from BT’s exclusive deal to screen European Champions League and Europa League football. The […]
Australian operator Foxtel has confirmed the availability of its new subscription TV, Broadband and Home Phone bundles which bring together its subscription cable and satellite TV service with new Broadband and Home Phone services delivered over one of Australia’s largest telecommunications networks. It claims the move will see its customers getting even greater value and […]
Movistar and HBO have signed an agreement that will see TV series such as Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire and Girls distributed via Telefonica’s online VoD service. Movistar TV will offer the first three seasons of Game of Thrones and the first four seasons of Boardwalk Empire. Three seasons each of In Treatment and Girls […]
India is frequently cited for its huge – and growing – DTH subscriber numbers of a combined 70.33 million. But a report from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) tells a different story. TRAI says that the total number of inactive subscribers grew by 5.99 per cent (q-o-q, and during the July-Sept 2014 period). […]
UK pay-TV operator Sky is set to add a range of mobile voice and data services to its customer offering for the first time following agreement of a new partnership with Telefónica UK which will see it become a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO). Under the terms of the multi-year deal, Telefónica UK will give […]