upc cablecom has reported that the number of television customers dropped slightly in H1: as of June 30th 2014 the Swiss cableco had 1,415,300 active digital basic connections (- 6,400 in the second quarter) and thus remains the biggest television provider in Switzerland by a clear margin. The multimedia platform Horizon, combining TV, Internet and […]
DirecTV‘s CEO Mike White says the broadcaster will be able to supply 4K/Ultra-HD content later this year as ‘on demand’ offerings, and says full 4K transmissions are on track for 2015 or 2016. “I’m certainly excited about [4K]. We expect to be able to do 4K VoD before the end of the year. We’re working […]
Mediaset, Italy’s largest broadcaster controlled by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has reported a Q2 loss as a slowdown in southern Europe cut demand for advertising. The net loss was €8.1 million ($10.9 million) compared with a €20.8 million profit a year earlier. Sales were little changed at €904 million. Mediaset is working to improve […]
Telefonica is on track to reach its target of 1.5 million pay-TV subs in 2014. The company reached 1.4 million subscribers to its pay-TV service Movistar TV at the end of July, after signing up 200,000 clients in a single month. The company has doubled the number of subscribers in a year thanks to its […]
Pay-TV cord-cutting is now an undeniable phenomenon in a large number of European markets as 12 countries witnessed a decline in overall pay TV uptake in the first quarter of 2014, according to IHS Technology’s latest European pay-TV Update. Six of these markets are seeing their second quarter of decline, suggesting a sustained softening of […]
Time Warner Cable reported in a mixed second quarter with basic video subscriber and high-speed data customer additions beating year-over-year marks, but missing analysts’ consensus estimates. TWC lost 147,000 basic video customers in the quarter, a 22 per cent improvement over the same period last year, but far short of analysts’ consensus estimates of a […]
A majority of Australians believe individuals involved in the supply of pirated television should be prosecuted and punished, according to research conducted by market research company Auspoll. Sixty per cent of respondents agreed that individuals who facilitate piracy should face prosecution. Only 11 per cent disagreed. Fifty-three per cent believe government should ‘do more’ to […]
BT has reported strong demand for fibre broadband lines in Q1, but growth in its pay-TV business has slowed. Group revenues were down 2 per cent on last year to £4.4 billion (€5.5bn), with only the consumer division posting growth. Adjusted pre-tax profits were up 7 per cent to £638 million. BT TV added just […]
In a further controversial move affecting the French pay-TV industry, following the decision by broadcast regulator the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel to deny applications from three channels to migrate from pay-TV channels on France’s digital terrestrial TV platform to become free-to-air, France’s competition watchdog, the Autorité de la concurrence, has suspended the agreement between the […]
At the end of June Brazil’s pay-TV universe had grown another 210,000 subscribers during the month and taking the nation’s total to within a whisker 19 million, (18.97 million, or 29.02 per cent of TV homes. Carlos Slim-backed America Movil