Time Warner Cable (TWC) has launched The TWC TV Roku Trial in New York City, its first IP-only video trial. Participants will experience TWC’s video service delivered through its secure and managed network using a Roku Streaming Player rather than leasing a traditional set-top box. As an incentive for participating in the trial, participants will […]
The 10 leading pay-TV services in the US managed to maintain more of their subscribers over the third quarter of 2015 according to informitv’s Multiscreen Index. Their combined subscriber losses were lower than some analysts had anticipated. The top ten services in the US that report numbers recorded a total net loss of 128,400 subscribers […]
Telefónica had 2.5 million TV customers in Spain at the end of September, up 275,000 quarter-on-quarter and up 1.6 million compared with the same period last year. The company’s Movistar Fusión bundled offering had four million customers at the end of the period, accounting for close to 90 per cent of gross additions for the […]
Kuwait Projects Company (KIPCO) issued a statement on November 8th to deny local reports that it had sold its stake in pay-TV operator OSN to the Qatar Investment Authority. The statement appeared on the Kuwait Stock Exchange. However, while the reports may be rumour only it is well-known that KIPCO has been searching for a […]
Total pay-TV subscriptions across Africa amounted to 15.9 million as of Q2 2015, according to the research from Dataxis, an increase of 18 per cent over the 13.4 million recorded in the same period last year. DTH is still the dominant platform across the region with 12.6 million subs end June, an increase of 17 […]
US pay-TV broadcaster Dish Network has reported revenue totalling $3.73 billion (€3.45bn) for the quarter ending September 30th 2015, compared to $3.68 billion for the corresponding period in 2014. Subscriber-related revenue increased to $3.7 billion from $3.65 billion in the year-ago period. Net income attributable to Dish Network totalled $196 million for the quarter, compared […]
Research and analysis by the Arab Advisors Group reveals that as of October 2015 the four satellite pay-TV operators, broadcasting from the region, offered a combined total of 280 channels. OSN is the leader in terms of the number of offered channels. Four satellite pay-TV providers broadcast from the Arab World. Namely: Orbit Showtime Network […]
Sky will look at the possibility of expanding into other European markets either through its main platform or its online proposition, Chief Executive Jeremy Darroch has told a conference in Dublin. The group, formed from the combination of Britain’s BSkyB, Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia, currently serves 21 million customers in Britain, Ireland, Italy, Germany […]
Time Warner has reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 30th 2015. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bewkes said: “We had another very good quarter, with Revenues up 5 per cent and strong growth in Adjusted Operating Income, which totaled $1.8 billion. Our revenue growth was led by Warner Bros and Home Box […]
The Colombian pay-TV market will reach 5.3 million households (HHs) by 2018, according to data published today by Dataxis. This figure will represent a 3.4 per cent increase when compared to end-2015. According to the report, households with CATV pay-TV services will account for 64.8 per cent of total Pay TV HHs in Colombia in […]