Analysis: Pay-TV penetration declines worldwide
As fibre adoption accelerates globally and consumers increasingly turn to alternative forms of entertainment online, multichannel operators, particularly telcos, are beginning to reconsider their video strategies, according to analysts at…
$31m piracy penalty for ChitramTV
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas has entered a Judgment and Injunction against ChitramTV, a popular South Asian pirate IPTV service. The Court found that…
VO, LFP team for illegal IPTV network fight
OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions specilaiist Viaccess-Orca (VO) is joining forces with Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), the governing body that runs the major professional…
Suspended jail term for IPTV fraudster
Westminster City Council’s Trading Standards team, working in partnership with UK intellectual property organisation FACT, have secured a prosecution against an eBay user who was selling IPTV devices online that…
South Korea: Hits on LGU+
Rewind Networks and LYD have announced the launch of Hits on South Korea’s LGU+ IPTV platform on November 16th. Hits will be aired on Channel 147 in HD as part…
Analyst: Pay-TV 3.0 is here
Analyst firm TDG suggests that its vision of the pay-TV industry evolving through three generations is now becoming a reality, noting that at the recent StreamTV World conference, Amazon announced…
Research: 71% US homes still pay-TV subs
Findings from Leichtman Research Group’s study, Pay-TV in the U.S. 2021, indicate that 71 per cent of TV households nationwide have some form of pay-TV service. The percentage of TV…
Forecast: Thailand pay-TV services revenue at $1.1bn in 2026
Pay-TV service revenue in Thailand is expected to grow at a healthy compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.5 per cent from $734 million in 2021 to $1.1 billion in…
Italian pay-TV piracy ring busted
Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) has busted a pay-TV piracy ring and cited some 1,800 people for pay-TV subscription fraud. They were all sold pirated IPTV subscriptions to pay-TV…
Report: Cord-cutting continues to hurt Taiwan pay-TV
The total pay-TV service revenue in Taiwan is expected to decline at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.5 per cent from $1.18 billion in 2020 to $1.15 billion…
Brazil: MultTV partners with MwareTV
MwareTV, a cloud-based multi-tenant TV platform, has announced the formation of a new partnership with shared services provider MultTV. Based in Brazil, MultTV will offer MwareTV’s IPTV/OTT platform to its…
Vewd, Vestel SaaS-based Operator TV solution
OTT software solutions provider Vewd and TV manufacturer Vestel have introduced the Vewd Operator TV, a fully-featured Smart TV with a built-in, content-enriched pay-TV experience which they say will allow…
Netgem TV, Gusto TV partnership
Telco TV specialist Netgem TV is partnering with culinary-focused TV service Gusto TV, with the programmer launching the channel in the UK and Ireland across Netgem TV’s footprint of Ultrafast…
Netgem powers TalkTalk TV 4K
Telco TV specialist Netgem is to supply Netgem TV, its multi-screen operated entertainment platform, to UK multiplay telco TalkTalk Group for the launch of the operator’s next generation TalkTalk 4K…
Analysis: US pay-TV to take $33bn cord-cutting hit
Video cord-cutting is expected to strip nearly $33.6 billion (€29.6bn) in annual revenue from traditional US multichannel services in the five-year outlook, according to analysis from Kagan. The impact of…
US Court levies $7m IPTV piracy judgement
The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has confirmed that the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas entered a Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction against Universe…