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Research: Satellite TV to overtake cable by 2015 in Western Europe

By 2015, satellite TV will overtake cable TV in terms of TV households, with IPTV expected to grow 10 per cent a year, suggests research consultancy Infocom. Western Europe posted over 182 million TV households at end-2010, 40 per cent of which are watching TV via terrestrial platforms, 27 per cent via Cable TV, and […]

May 20, 2011

Research: Telco TV and Internet TV capture share from cable TV in mature markets

According to new market data from ABI Research, 11.3 million pay-TV subscribers were added at the end of first quarter of 2011. “By the end of 2011, the total number of pay-TV subscriptions is expected to exceed 759 million,” says practice director Jason Blackwell of ABI Research. Cable TV still maintains the largest market share; […]

May 20, 2011

Venezuela hits 2.6m pay TV subs

Pay TV subscriptions in Venezuela hit 2.57 million, as at the end of March this year. Venezuela’s National Telecommunications Commission said that according to preliminary figures – which might well grow – some 45,000 net new subs have been added since December 2010. However, this is well down on the net 232,000 who signed up […]

May 20, 2011By Chris Forrester

Turkey’s Show TV up for sale?

Turkey’s Cukurova Holdings, which also controls pay-TV platform Digiturk, is looking to sell a 49 per cent stake in its popular general entertainment channel Show TV. Reports suggest that the stake could be sold to US private equity players in order to reduce Cukurova’s heavy tax debts.  KKR and Texas Pacific are both named as […]

May 18, 2011By Chris Forrester

BSkyB: ‘3D can be new HD’

BSkyB head of 3D John Cassy said at Informa’s 3D World Forum that intends “to do for 3D what it has done for HD.” He said Sky would roll out 3D in the same way it has done with HD and would propel UK to be a world leader in the technology. But he said […]

May 17, 2011

Research: CEE IPTV revenues to reach €270m

Bundled services provision has become one of the most successful ways to prevent customers from churning in telecoms world in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). One of their main components is often IPTV. Although the IPTV market is in the early stage of development, changes in media consumption are likely to ensure the market stable […]

May 16, 2011

Research: ABC tops ‘Must Keep’ TV brands

ABC is back on top as the leading ‘must keep’ TV brand in the US and even potential cord-cutters have their list of networks and cable channels they can’t do without, according to the latest edition of  Solutions Research Group’s ‘Must Keep TV’ report. The fourth edition of the independent tracking survey is based on […]

May 16, 2011

Murdoch exercises Rotana option

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has boosted its stake in Arabic music-to-films broadcaster Rotana Media Group. A year ago, News Corp bought nine per cent of Rotana, which is owned by Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed, and with that purchase struck a deal which gave News Corp an option to double its stake within 18 months. News […]

May 16, 2011By Chris Forrester

Telefonica pay-TV up 9%

Weak first-quarter results at Telefonica showed the damage of the stagnant economy in Spain, with the numbers rescued by strong performance in Latin America. And worldwide the group added 9 per cent to its pay-TV subscriber base – 2.865 million compared to 2.613 million last March. Overall the group had a 2 per cent fall […]

May 13, 2011

FIFA, UEFA challenge UK FTA rules

World soccer’s governing bodies FIFA and UEFA have appealed against a European ruling that the World Cup and European Championships must be on free-to-air TV in the UK. In February, the European Court ruled the UK could keep the events on a of “a protected list” of events shown for free. It means the two […]

May 12, 2011