UK multiplay telco Virgin Media O2 has announced two changes to its Executive Committee as the company dials up its customer-first focus, accelerates its digital transformation strategy and doubles down on key growth initiatives to drive long-term commercial momentum. Ulrik Bengtsson, the former Chief Executive of William Hill, has joined the company as Chief Operating […]

Further to the announcement of Sky Sports as its preferred bidder earlier in April, the EFL, which runs the three football leagues below the Premier League, has called a meeting of all Clubs for May 5th to consider proposals for a new domestic broadcast agreement from 2024/25 onwards. The League has been in an exclusive […]

Ofcom has published the latest figures for complaints the regulator has received about the UK’s major broadband, pay-TV providers, mobile and landline covering the period between October and December 2022. The data shows: Shell Energy continued to be the most complained-about broadband and landline provider, attracting more complaints about its service than in the previous […]

MultiChoice Nigeria has announced an upward review of prices on its DStv and GOtv packages. According to a message to customers, the new rates will begin from May 1st. The pay-TV operator said the price adjustment was due to the rising costs of business operations. The new price rises by 17 per cent and is […]

Viaplay, the streaming service owned by Swedish media company Viaplay Group, has reported that paying subscribers in Q1 were up up 60 per cent YoY to 7.64 million, with 325,000 subscribers added QoQ. Viaplay’s Nordic revenues were up 36 per cent YoY  to SEK1,211 million (€106.7m) on an organic basis, while international revenues were up […]

More than half of low-income UK households are in the dark about bargain broadband deals that could save them around £200 (€226) a year, with just 5 per cent of eligible households signed up to a discounted package, according to research from comms regulator Ofcom. These special offers, known as social tariffs, are available to […]

Global pay TV revenues peaked in 2016 at $199 billion (€181.6bn), according to the Global Pay TV Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. Revenues will fall to $125 billion in 2028 – down from $151 billion in 2022. This comes despite the number of pay-TV subscribers remaining at just under 1 billion. Pay-TV […]

The total telecom and pay-TV services revenue in Japan is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.7 per cent over the forecast period 2022-2027, exceeding $130 billion (€118.4bn), mainly supported by the mobile data and fixed broadband service segments, according to GlobalData, the data and analytics company. GlobalData’s Japan Telecom […]

Communications infrastructure and media services provider Arqiva has been selected by digital platform cybersecurity specialist Irdeto to continue their partnership on the delivery of broadcast platforms to an audience of over 21 million people across 50 countries in South and Sub-Saharan Africa. Under the terms of the contract, Arqiva will provide managed services to Irdeto, […]

Sky Sports is set to retain the live football coverage rights to the English Football League (EFL) having been announced as the preferred bidder for the tiers below the English Premier League. “The EFL has now completed a full and comprehensive review of the multiple ITT submissions received as part of its broadcast rights sales […]