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Global pay TV revenues to stay flat, despite subscriber increases
Subscription and pay-per-view revenues for the top 522 pay TV operators globally will remain flat…
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US pay TV industry reports ‘first ever Q1 subscriber loss’
The largest pay TV providers in the US – representing 95% of the market –…
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Global pay TV revenues ‘to peak in 2017’
Global pay TV revenues will peak in 2017, but will not decline rapidly in the…
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Pay TV services to account for close to 90% of global video market
Pay TV services will account for 89.7% of the global US$314.3 billion video media market…
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Turner, Astro ink Warner TV partnership
The Asian division of Turner and Malaysian pay TV giant Astro have agreed a joint…
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NAB: OTT TV and online sports ‘not disruptive’ to pay TV
The rise of sports-focused online video provider BAMTech and of live online sports is complementary…
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HK’s i-Cable sees possible reprieve ahead of closure deadline
Troubled Hong Kong pay TV operator i-Cable is involved in last-minute moves to secure its…
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North American pay TV use to drop to 75%
Pay TV penetration in North America is set to drop to 75.2% by 2022, from…
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Deloitte: 66% keep pay TV as it is bundled with web access
Two thirds of US pay TV customers say that they keep their TV subscriptions because…
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US ‘cord nils’ figure almost triples in five years
The number of US broadband households that do not subscribe to traditional pay TV services…
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Sky-backed OnPrime TV now available in Germany, Italy and UK on Apple TV
OnPrime TV, the Sky and Cisco-backed OTT TV service targeting migrant groups in the pay…
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Polish pay TV providers slam government plan to levy licence fee
The Polish government has unveiled controversial proposals to collect TV licence fee payments using the…
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Sony makes FTA Italian move as Sky Italia drops AXN channels
Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPTN) is moving into the Italian free-to-air TV market for the…
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Telefónica launches Movistar eSports
Telefónica’s Movistar+ pay TV service has launched its previously announced eSports service following the deal…
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MENA pay TV revenue estimates downgraded
Digital TV Research has downgraded its pay TV revenue forecast for the Middle East and…
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Video and pay TV spend hits US$251.5bn
The combined home video and pay TV market totalled US$251.5 billion globally last year, according…
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Discovery and Sky still talking as deadline looms
Discovery Communications and Sky remain locked in talks about a new carriage deal, with hours…
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GfK: Millennials shun traditional pay TV
Millennials are the group most likely to cut the cord, or to have never had…
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Mediaset to revamp its pay TV strategy
Mediaset is to rethink its pay TV strategy, making its pay TV channels and content…
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Sub-Saharan pay TV customers to almost double by 2022
The number of pay TV customers in Sub-Saharan Africa will almost double between 2016 and…
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Cisco launches consumer test capability for Infinite Video customers
Cisco has launched a new facility to enable customers of its Infinite Video platform to…
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Telcos to account for over half of Western Europe, Lat Am pay TV
Telecoms companies will account for over half of all pay TV subscriptions in Western Europe…
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Divan.tv sees opportunity from Ukraine, no threat from Netflix
Changes in the Ukrainian legal framework for media could give a boost to OTT services,…
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Nordic pay TV chief execs out in Canal Digital restructure
Several country chief executives are leaving Nordic pay TV giant Canal Digital in regional restructure….
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Portugal’s Nos launches AR app as Microsoft HoloLens comes to Europe
Portuguese pay TV provider Nos has launched an augmented reality online TV app using the…
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Pay TV subscriber numbers to climb as revenues stay flat
The world’s top 400 pay TV operators will increase their subscription count from 778 million…
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Ofcom: BT the UK’s most complained about operator in Q2
BT was the UK’s most complained-about pay TV operator in the second quarter, according to…
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More than four in five US TV homes subscribe to pay TV
Some 82% of US TV households subscribe to a pay TV service – down from…
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Layer3 to take on US pay TV giants
A new player is entering the US pay TV market and attempting to rival the…
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Mixed prospects for CEE pay TV
Almost a third the big pay TV operators in central and eastern Europe will shed…