Following UK comms regulator Ofcom's March ruling on the wholesale price that BSkyB could charge rival operators, and the recent deal between carriage and channel sale agreement between Sky and Virgin Media, the cable operator is to pass on savings to customers this summer, by offering Sky's premium channels at simple, newly reduced prices. From […]

Virgin Media says Ofcom has been too lenient with BskyB and has lodged an appeal against the broadcasting regulator's efforts to set fair prices for the market in Premier League football coverage. In its case to the Competition Appeals Tribunal, the cabler challenges Ofcom's wholesale pricing regime set for BSkyB's Sky Sports 1 and 2 […]

Canal Plus is once again ready to hit the international expansion trail, according to Chief executive Bertrand Meheut. He told Dow Jones the company was targeting a number of overseas pay-TV providers. Last year it failed, in a joint bid with Telefonica, to take over the Spanish platform Digital Plus.

Australian telco Telstra has come under fire after pay-TV provider Foxtel made an application to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) to allow its Internet television service to be available only to Telstra’s broadband customers. The move has led to calls of anti-competitiveness against Telstra, with the competition watchdog to review whether Foxtel can […]

From Branislav Pekic in Rome The number of pay-TV dwellings in Portugal reached 2.6 million at the end of the first quarter, an increase of 277,000 over the same period of 2009 and 69,000 more than in the previous quarter. According to data from regulator Anacom, Zon TV Cabo is still the market leader with […]

Sky Italia has a “monopolistic position” in the country and the Mediaset chairman warned legal disputes between the companies will continue until there is a level playing field. Fedele Confalonieri, a close friend of Mediaset owner Silivio Berlusconi, dismissed protests from the satellite broadcaster that it should be allowed to broadcast pay-TV channels on the […]

BskyB, which delisted from the New York Stock Exchange last month, has said it will now list its shares on OTCQX, the over-the-counter marketplace. It joins 112 other companies in trading through the OTCQX, a market created in 2007 and owned by Pink OTC.

From Nik Roseveare in London Sky will broadcast the finale of LOST at 5am on Monday 24th May on Sky1 and Sky1 HD as a simulcast with ABC’s broadcast on the US west coast. The scheduling move aims to prevent viewers from seeking illegal downloads of the finale – and to save UK fans of […]

Pay-TV market growth slowed in 2009 due to the recession. However, 2010 is expected to be a better year as operators have been signing up new subscribers, and existing subscribers are migrating to premium channels and advanced services. “As a result of the positive market outlook for pay TV,” says ABI Research practice director Jason […]

Asia dominates worldwide Pay TV, accounting for slightly more than 50 per cent of subscribers in 2010, reports In-Stat. China alone will encompass 26.3 per cent of the total, followed by the rest of Asia Pacific at 22.3 per cent, North America 15.3 per cent and W. Europe 15.6 per cent. While IPTV grew faster […]