Netflix this week revealed it is raising its prices in the US by 13-18 per cent, its largest price increase ever. To gauge subscriber reactions, StreamingObserver commissioned a survey which produced some stirring results. Most notably, over a quarter subscribers (27 per cent) claim they could cancel Netflix due to the price increase, while 3 per […]
Research from analyst firm The Diffusion Group finds that, while subscriber reaction to Netflix’s recent price increase varies relative to degree, even minor variations may have significant implications. Case in point: at $1 more per month, 16 per cent of Netflix subscribers are likely to either downgrade to a lower tier or cancel Netflix altogether […]
A ‘reveal all’ website has been published by pay-TV operator beIN Media Group which it claims publicly exposes what it describes as the “industrial scale theft” of world sports and entertainment carried out by beoutQ – the Saudi Arabia-based pirate TV channel – and Arabsat – the Riyadh-headquartered satellite provider – for the past 18 […]
The Italian broadcasting (TV and radio) sector was worth €8.8 billion in 2017, down by 1.1 per cent on the previous year, according to figures from AgCom. The free-to-air TV segment accounted for €4.8 billion (54.2 per cent of the total), subscription-based TV services totaled €3.4 billion (38.8 per cent), while revenues from radio services […]
Basque-country based operator Euskaltel has become the first operator in Spain to integrate Amazon’s Prime Video into its TV line-up via its 4K Android-based STBs. The company has beaten Movistar, Vodafone and Orange who are all still negotiating with Amazon for the launch of the service or a possible integration. Vodafone announced in December a […]
The DPP, the media industry’s business change network, has published its annual report on the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to its Member companies. This year’s report has been enabled by DPP Member company Covatic. The report on the trends to emerge from the world’s biggest
US television broadcasting company Sinclair Broadcast Group is to launch STIRR, a free, ad-supported streaming service that will include access to some of the most popular national news, sports, entertainment and digital first channels, a robust video on demand (VoD) library and a new local channel featuring programming based on a user’s location, ensuring that […]
Tim Davie is the latest person to turn down the chance of becoming the new head of the Premier League. Davie, chief executive of commercial division BBC Studios, has confirmed to his team he is staying in his role. The Premier League is searching for a replacement after Susanna Dinnage pulled a u-turn on the […]
Research from analyst firm Parks Associates finds 16 per cent of US broadband households admit to sharing their passwords for their video service accounts with other people. Innovations in Authentication and Personalization Technologies reports that service providers will have a difficult time moving subscribers to new methods of password-free authentication. Only one-third or fewer of […]
Stéphane Israël, CEO at rocket company Arianespace, says that his Ariane 5 rockets will launch at least 5 missions this year, with each launch carrying two satellites. Israël stresses that the overall Arianespace launch count will be much higher thanks to its smaller Vega rocket as well as the use of a ‘westernised’ Russian Soyuz […]