Spain’s TV ad revenues grew by just 1 per cent in 2017 to €2.14 billion versus €2.12 billion the previous year, according to Infoadex. Nationwide TV channels took €1.93 billion whereas Regional TV stations managed €114.2 million, down 10 per cent. The duopoly Mediaset-Atresmedia controlled the market with an 84.7 per cent share, with Mediaset […]
According to analysis by Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence, the Nordic market for SVoD video services has grown considerably over the last few years in both subscriptions and revenues, increasing its share of total consumer spend for subscription-based video entertainment from 18 per cent in 2016 to 22 per cent […]
Almost 2 out of 5 French Internet user have already used VoD or SVoD services, a steady increase according to Médiamétrie’s VoD360 study. Over the last 12 months, 13 per cent of the population indicated they had rented at least one video, and 20 per cent have used a SVoD service. SVoD’s primary strength lies […]
The number of digital pay-TV subscribers in Eastern Europe will increase from 25.49 million in 2010 to 61.57 million in 2017 and onto 78.08 million by 2023. The Eastern Europe Pay TV Forecasts report from Digital TV Research states that digital pay-TV subs will climb by 27 per cent between 2017 and 2023. “Eastern Europe […]
The unbundling of cable TV packages will accelerate over the next five years, with all major TV networks launching standalone direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming services by 2022, according to a new report from The Diffusion Group, The Future of Direct-to-Consumer Video Services – Analysis & Forecasts, 2018-2028. “Big media
Subscription losses slowed for traditional multichannel video providers in Q4 2017 (quarter ended December 31st, 2017), but the sector still tumbled for the full year, according to data compiled by Kagan, a group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. Combined cable, direct broadcast satellite (DBS) and telecommunication (telco) multichannel subscriptions fell to 94 million, including 91.1 […]
The world’s major satellite operators are facing continuing revenue problems because of an oversupply of orbital capacity, says a report from Northern Sky Research (NSR). The researchers add that the decline is far from over and could extend into 2019. NSR says that capacity leasing prices have fallen, on average, for the third year in […]
Canada’s publicly traded television service providers combined lost almost 20 per cent fewer TV subscribers in 2017 compared to 2016, bucking the trend of accelerating TV cord-cutting in recent years, according to research from Ottawa-based research and consulting firm Boon Dog Professional Services. However, Boon Dog predicts
The proliferation of pay-TV operators in Spain, and the increasingly growth of their penetration in the market, are boosting domestic TV production, easing the creation of new TV producers and opening a new exploitation window for traditional linear TV companies, such as Mediaset and Atresmedia. Atresmedia, operator of Antena 3 and La Sexta among others, […]
The English High Court continues to be dominated by sports and music copyright cases, with all three of the most frequent claimants in 2017 being sport and music bodies, according to RPC, the City-headquartered professional services firm. RPC says that the top three most frequent claimants in the High Court last year were: PPL (Phonographic […]