Findings from analyst firm Leichtman Research Group indicate that the largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – lost about 1,325,000 net video subscribers in Q1 2019, compared to a pro forma net loss of about 305,000 subscribers in Q1 2018. The top pay-TV providers now account […]
Italian broadcasting group Mediaset reported net revenues of €718.2 million in the first quarter of 2019, compared to €839.2 million for the period January-March 2018. The Italian market accounted for €492.1 million, with Spain contributing €226.1 million, both down year-on-year due to a slowdown in the advertising market. Group EBIT increased significantly from €28.7 million […]
Broadband, phone and TV customers must be told when their contract is coming to an end, and shown the best deals available, under new rules announced by UK comms regulator Ofcom. Ofcom wants customers to be able to take advantage of choice in broadband, phone and TV, and get the best deals for their needs. […]
Xandr, AT&T’s advanced advertising and analytics company, announced new television research on Entertainment Discovery and Tune-In as it relates to the power of premium content and the role of advertising. Xandr partnered with Insight Strategy Group to conduct a nationwide survey among 2,000 TV viewers. The findings unpack the state-of-show discovery, identifying the optimal role […]
Eutelsat has turned in another quarter of disappointing, and in the process issued its fifth downgrade in the past seven quarters. This time, Eutelsat cut its current year’s trading guidance (which ends on June 30th) from “slight growth” (+1 per cent) which it trimmed to “broadly stable” in October, to yesterday’s anticipated cut of -3 […]
The BBC’s 5G broadcast radio trial in Stronsay, Orkney, has been extended until the end of September 2019. The trial began in February with residents in Stronsay becoming some of the first people in the world to receive live radio broadcasts over 5G mobile networks. The trial has proven extremely popular with participants, with initial […]
A European Space Agency (ESA) researcher says that the impending launch of the first batch of Elon Musk’s ‘Starlink’ Low Earth orbiting satellites could herald the start of the Kessler Syndrome, and turn space into a dangerous minefield. The Kessler effect talks about two satellites colliding in orbit, and that then kick-starting other collisions in […]
As previously reported, two US Republican senators have called on the FCC to take speedy action on the proposed C-band auction. A bank’s special report says that the prospects for investors in SES (and by implication Intelsat) are now potentially capable of considerable upside benefits states Exane/BNPP. “On our weighted-volume assumptions, we believe that the […]
A report from the User Experience Strategies (UXS) group at Strategy Analytics investigating why consumers should shift to 5G, has found that while 5G will produce upgraded speeds with improvements focused on spectrum/channel optimisation and high frequency usage, consumers need more understanding of the benefits of 5G to overcome consumer scepticism to adoption. Key report […]
Research from analysis firm Parks Associates shows that approximately 22 per cent of US broadband households use an antenna to watch over-the-air broadcasts. Households with both antennas and pay-TV subscribe to multiple OTT video services and are more likely to own connected entertainment devices than are average broadband households or pay-TV-only households. “We see two […]