The growth of pay television continues, as providers embrace multiscreen services to offer subscribers more viewing options, according to the July 2014 Multiscreen Index published by informitv. The report shows a 1.4 per cent increase in digital television subscriber numbers across 100 leading pay-television services around the world in the first quarter of 2014. They […]
Italy’s Mediaset has announced the start of the process of expanding of the shareholder structure of its pay-TV unit, Mediaset Premium, with a view to developing content production and distribution activities across all the pay platforms. Spain’s Telefonica has agreed to purchase a 11.1 per cent stake in Mediaset Premium for €100 million, reflecting an […]
Only a day after rivals Videocon d2h announced it would be launching an Ultra-HD/4K service before the end of this year, TataSky also said that 4K was high in their sights for subscribers. The giant Indian pay-TV operator used a demonstration event in Mumbai on July 4th to showcase the FIFA World Cup quarter-final (France […]
Having reported record unique viewing figures for the USA v Belgium second round match at the World Cup in Brazil, with 1.8 million football fans watching the game live online and via mobile devices, Univision Communications is setting up the pay-TV equivalent of a defensive wall for the remaining eight games, kicking off with the […]
Mediaset, owner of a 22 per cent stake in Canal Plus, has reportedly given the green light to sell its shares to Telefonica, for €350 million. With this deal Telefonica will control 100 per cent of the pay-TV company Canal Plus and become the largest pay-TV operator in the market with over 2.6 million subscribers. […]
Telefonica’s pay-TV service Movistar TV is breaking all subscription records. In just four months the company has surpassed 1 million subscribers – more than 300,000 clients in comparison with the first quarter of the year. It has become the second largest pay TV company in Spain ahead of ONO and will be the first one […]
Discovery Communications has acquired The Living Channel New Zealand Limited, which operates New Zealand pay-TV channels The Living Channel and Food TV. Discovery currently distributes two channels through broadcast platform SKY TV – Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. This acquisition further solidifies Discovery’s commitment to the New Zealand market, increasing its presence to a robust […]
Brian Sullivan, CEO of Sky Deutschland, has extended his contract by two years until the end of 2016, according to German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. James Murdoch, chairman of Sky Deutschland’s supervisory board, is said to have personally negotiated a renewed contract. Sullivan has been CEO of Sky Deutschland since April 1st 2010.
French supermarket chain E. Leclerc is breaking into the pay-TV market with the launch of a TV box starting at €4.99 per month, without any contract. The group, which already sells Réglo Mobile’s prepaid cards giving access to some pay TV DTT channels, now makes up to 65 channels and VoD services available to new […]
According to a poll from media monitoring and marketing agency Kantar Sport, pay-tv channel beIN Sports has recruited almost 864,00 new subs within the last 15 days. With 1.7 million subscribers before the World Cup, Qatar’s beIN Sports could now have reached 2.6 million. These forecasts, which coincide with the beginning of the tournament, are […]