The four major TV broadcasters in Italy (Mediaset, Sky Italia, RAI and La7) saw a 3.5 per cent annual drop in revenues during 2013 to €8.97 billion (-9 per cent over the past five years), according to the R&S report of Mediobanca, mainly due to a 9.5 per cent fall in advertising revenues (-15.5 per […]
Sky has sold its online betting and gaming business, Sky Betting & Gaming (Sky Bet), to CVC Capital Partners (CVC) in a deal which values Sky Bet at £800 million (€1.018bn). The sale releases the value for Sky that has been created in Sky Bet, and enables the enlarged Sky to focus on pay-TV across […]
According to findings from consulting and analyst firm Euroconsult, the global satellite pay-TV industry has observed strong growth in the past five years despite an increasingly competitive TV landscape where IPTV, DTT and connected entertainment services have rapidly expanded their reach. The satellite industry specialist’s newly released report, Satellite Pay-TV: Key Economics & Prospects, also […]
Canadian multimedia company Bell Media has unveiled its next-generation subscription on-demand video streaming service. Formerly given the working title ‘Project Latte’, Kevin Crull, President, Bell Media introduced Canada to CraveTV, which the company says costs about as much as a latte, offering premium television, for $4/month, bringing simplicity, ubiquity, accessibility, and premium content to Canadian […]
Sixty-two per cent of UK households pay for TV, spending an average of £33 (€42) per month but, according to new research from price comparison and switching service uSwitch.com, almost a third (30 per cent) claim it isn’t good value for money. TV users find
While digital media players clearly enable use of streaming video and other platforms that enhance viewer control, new GfK research suggests that they may actually provide a net gain for traditional TV viewing. The report, Digital Media Players 2014, shows that
Mediaset Premium Spa, the new unit within which all pay-TV activities of Italy’s Mediaset Group have been placed, is now operational. A total of 267 employees already working for RTI/Mediaset will be transferred to Mediaset Premium Spa. The balance sheet, dated 30 September 2014, shows a total turnover of more than €2 billion and EBIT […]
International entertainment group MTG has announced that Russian digital satellite TV platform Raduga TV will cease broadcasting on 5 December 2014, as it has not been granted the required broadcasting licence from the local media regulator. MTG will continue to enhance the content and technology of its Russian pay-TV channel business Viasat, and will launch […]
The market is full of rumours that this or that that telephony operator wants to buy, merge or somehow absorb a rival or two, especially if that rival has TV-related assets. Widely talked about are discussions between Vodafone and Liberty Global’s European operations. BT (the former British Telecom, and which used to own cellular operator […]
(Author’s note: This story refers to On Digital Media/Top TV and not to any other similarly named business) Johannesburg-based pay-TV operator On Digital Media (which traded as TopTV) is still going through a business rescue plan which will see its assets transferred to China’s StarTimes group. But the process has proved to be something of […]