Canal+-owned pay-TV operator DStv continues to lose subscribers in Kenya. The latest quarterly numbers have dropped to 248,054 as at March 31st, and down from 270,503 at December 31st 2025. This fall, of 8.3 per cent, is the steepest fall of any of the Kenyan pay-TV systems. The data comes from the Communications Authority of […]
Movistar Plus, the Spanish pay-TV platform, has announced it is “entering a new phase” under the leadership of Alfonso Gómez Palacio “to accelerate growth, strengthen its editorial capabilities, and consolidate its role as one of the key differentiating assets in Movistar’s value proposition”. The new editorial structure will revolve around two major entertainment pillars: content […]
As of December 2025, Italy has 283 TV channels nationwide, operated by just under 100 broadcasters – two‑thirds of them domestic. Excluding duplicates and time‑shifted versions, there are 211 parent channels, according to the 2025 report of the Italian broadcasting association Confindustria Radio TV. High definition has become the standard, with 130 HD channels; for […]
Parks Associates has released its latest white paper, Unified Streaming: Unlocking Next-Gen Advertising, developed in partnership with Philo. The research highlights the challenges in monetising consumer attention and the advantages of unified video platforms that can aggregate across streaming formats, which creates new opportunities for advertisers, platforms, and content providers. The firm’s latest data shows […]
Pay-TV subscribers in South Africa have fallen 9.6 per cent in the year to September 2025 according to data from regulator Icasa. The fall, to well below 7 million, is the lowest for five years. The number of subscribers, says Icasa, was 6.7 million (7.4 million in the previous year) and which in 2021 stood […]
The digital TV industry has transformed dramatically in recent years. Streaming platforms, virtual production stages, cloud-based editing, and international collaboration have created a fast-moving environment where production crews often span several continents. While this global approach opens exciting opportunities for creativity and innovation, it also makes payroll management more complex than ever. Production companies must […]
Spain’s video entertainment market is navigating a different course to many of its European neighbours, exiting the year with renewed stability and a blend of traditional strength and digital evolution. Findings from Futuresource Consulting’s Video Insights Spain report show total consumer spend rising 5 per cent to €5.1 billion in 2025, underpinned by a pay-TV […]
New Zealand’s telco and pay-TV services revenue is forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.2 per cent from $3.2 billion (€2.7bn) in 2024 to $3.4 billion in 2029, mainly supported by the mobile data and fixed broadband service segments, reports GlobalData, the intelligence and productivity platform. GlobalData’s New Zealand Telecom […]
India’s telecom and pay-TV services revenue is forecast to increase a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6 per cent from $46.3 billion (€39.4bn) in 2024 to $61.9 billion in 2029, driven by revenue contributions from mobile data and fixed broadband segments, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s India Telecom Operators […]
The Portuguese pay-TV market ended Q3 2025 with 4.7 million subscribers, a 0.7 per cent increase year-over-year. This represents the lowest annual growth since 2006, according to quarterly data from the National Communications Authority (Anacom). The overwhelming majority (98.3 per cent) of pay-TV subscribers opt for the service as part of a bundle. Fibre optics […]