1.6bn video viewers in 2015
Parks Associates estimates there will be 1.6 billion video viewers worldwide in 2015, increasing to 1.9 billion in 2019. The global LTE user base will top
May 11, 2015
France: 700 MHz applications confirmed for July
The call for applications for the 700 MHz DTT band auction to French telecoms is set for early July, Sébastien Soriano, the president of telecom regulatory body Arcep, confirmed. The final round for the allocation of these frequencies to operators, for an estimated €2 billion, will take place before the end of 2015. From December […]
May 11, 2015From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris
Top US pay-TV add 1.3m subs in 3 years
The informitv Multiscreen Index shows that the top 10 pay-TV services in the US collectively gained 54,800 digital television subscribers in the first quarter of 2015. With all the results from the top 10 services that report numbers now in, the combined subscriber counts show an improvement on the loss of 232,100 over the previous […]
May 11, 2015
Dish reports $3.7bn Q1 revenue
Dish Network reported revenue totaling $3.7 billion for the quarter ending March 31st, compared to $3.6 billion (€3.3bn) for the corresponding period in 2014. Net income attributable to DISH Network totaled $351 million for the quarter, compared to $176 million from the year-ago quarter. The US satellite broadcaster activated approximately 554,000 gross new pay-TV subscribers […]
May 11, 2015
4K STBs for Dish Network
EchoStar’s CEO Michael Dugan says that the company is in the “tail-end” of the product development cycles of its latest set-top box, and it will start shipping to its main customer Dish Network later this year. “One of the products and which we are most excited is the already announced 4K Joey, the first 4K […]
May 11, 2015By Chris Forrester
Netflix absorbs 21% of traffic in Argentina
The impact of OTT content provider Netflix is having a dramatic effect on cable MSOs in Argentina. Fibertel, the broadband division of Cablevisión Argentina, says that 21 per cent of its online video traffic is taken by consumers watching Netflix output. Taking video content as a whole,
May 11, 2015By Chris Forrester
OTT drama, crisis?
If you are of a certain age, you know that a tiny number of TV dramas get remembered long after the vast majority have faded away like the disappearing dot on a switched-off antique TV. The Forsyth Saga and The Avengers were certainly ‘appointment to view’ and would, doubtless, have been big binge blockbusters had […]
May 11, 2015
Spotify to add video streaming
Spotify is reportedly working on a video-streaming service that will complement its music platform. The privately-owned Swedish group is set to unveil the service at a launch event in New York on May 20th. The Spotify video service will not rival the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime, but support the company’s core music service. […]
May 11, 2015
1 in 3 would rather “lose a finger than broadband”
One in three say they would rather lose a finger than go without a connection to the internet, according to a survey of 2,500 UK residents by broadband, TV and mobile comparison site Cable.co.uk. When asked
May 11, 2015
Echostar Mobile to launch 2016
In January last year US-based Echostar bought the ailing Solaris Mobile S-band transmission system that is orbiting on a Eutelsat satellite. On May 15th Echostar CEO Michael Dugan told analysts that the new business, Echostar Mobile, would go ‘live’ over Europe in mid-2016. The system is waiting for the launch of a new satellite, Echostar-21. […]
May 11, 2015