Strategy Analytics has published a comparison of pay-TV service prices covering 31 of the OECD countries, showing significant price differences between countries and providers. The Teligen division of Strategy Analytics has produced a new report; “Pay-TV prices in OECD countries, May 2015”; showing significant differences in pay-TV prices even
James Murdoch, chief executive of 21st Century Fox, has revealed that the company intends to take full control of Sky, four years after it was forced to drop its plans to acquire BSkyB in the wake of a phone hacking scandal which embroiled News Corporation. In a detailed interview in the Hollywood Reporter (together with […]
Three quarters of English football fans (77 per cent) would like more live Premier League games available on TV, new research reveals. The research, carried out among more than 1,000 football fans and commissioned by Virgin Media, reveals that two-thirds believe the rising cost of Premier League live TV rights means they will pay too […]
Sky’s British and European Q1 results were in the main better than expected. Equity analysts praised the pay-TV broadcaster’s broadband efforts which resulted in the best growth (+133,000) for two years. The market’s view is that Sky’s “aggressively priced” dual-play offering is resonating with consumers, and not just established DTH clients. Sky’s European numbers were, […]
French media and entertainment group Vivendi has asked the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (French securities regulator) for an inquiry subsequent to the release of what it terms ‘false information’ suggesting there had been a 10 per cent drop in the number of Canal+ subscribers for September 2015, which negatively impacted its share price. Vivendi was […]
By the end of 2019, almost 85 per cent of UK households will have signed up to bundles of at least two telecom and media services from the same provider. According to a multiplay services forecast by CCS Insight, multiplay services will continue to disrupt the market. Telecom and media companies will be forced to […]
The media and entertainment (M&E) industry is expected to generate higher margins than several leading stock market indices, according to an EY report. Spotlight on profitable growth: Media & Entertainment Vol. VIII provides a performance comparison of the overall M&E business to major stock market indices as well as a ranking of 11 M&E industry […]
Research from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech on the home services market – covering broadband, fixed landline and paid television – has revealed that premium sports content is still a major draw for UK consumers, despite the market being awash with value-driven propositions. The data, for the three months ending 30 September, shows Sky, BT and Virgin […]
Darren Childs, CEO of multi-channel programmer UKTV, has warned that the television industry risks losing its talent to digital if it doesn’t change the way TV feels. Noting a high percentage (44 per cent) of public-school educated individuals working in the entertainment industry, he told the Broadcasting Press Guild that it it was not great […]
Sky delivers its Q1 results for its 2015-2016 financial year on October 21st, and there are anxieties that Sky’s UK DTH base might be in decline. The concerns were highlighted by equity analysts at Jefferies in a report to investors on October 15th. Despite these concerns the overall news is positive. The report expects Sky […]