During the first quarter of 2011, Chile added 43,000 net new pay TV subscribers taking the overall total to 1.97 million users, according to data from Chile’s Telecoms ministry. The largest operator gain was with Telefónica which recorded almost 18,000 new users. The core audience was numbered at just 882,000 DTH subscribers, and 1.09 million […]
The world’s most read English language newspaper has been dramatically closed as News Corp tries desperately to maintain credibility and shore up its bid for BSkyB. This Sunday’s paper will be the last and all copy sale proceeds will be given to charity. Almost every hour of each day this week more damaging revelations have […]
Comments by the Prime Minister David Cameron this morning make it more likely that Ofcom will step in sooner rather than later to apply the ‘fit and proper person(s)’ test of the Broadcasting Act to News Corp in its bid for BSkyB in the light of the News International voice mail hacking scandal. Speaking ahead […]
Companies offering OTT content are exploring new strategic ways to monetize their services, which will drive service revenues in the world OTT market at an average compounded annual growth rate of 32% through to 2016, reaching $16.4 billion, forecasts IMS Research. OTT subscriptions, such as ones offered by Netflix Watch Instantly and Hulu Plus, are […]
Pay TV operators will increasingly need to add new services such as Spotify and YouView to their bundles to keep existing subscribers and attract new ones. Although the simple packaging of telecoms and media products at a discounted rate might not seem like the most innovative strategy, it has proved to be the most powerful […]
Although soon-to-be-released figures suggest that video consumption has slipped into third place in terms of consumer spend behind cable and satellite subscriptions and ISP subscriptions, Lavinia Carey, Director General of the British Video Association contends that with appropriate actions, the sector’s position can be restored. Participating in the Industry Leadership Debate on ‘Owning a slice […]
Sky Italia, the Italian pay-television unit of News Corp, has pulled a Mediaset channel from its offering in the latest row between the country’s two largest private broadcasters. Sky Italia said it had pulled the Mediaset Plus channel because Mediaset was not providing the kind of content expected under its contract. Mediaset Plus showed the […]
Asia-Pacific telcos are forecast to see service revenues from DSL, fibre broadband and IPTV rise from $52.5 billion in 2010 to $79.5 billion in 2016 according to ABI Research. Significant revenue growth will come from fibre broadband and IPTV services, offset slightly by some declines in broadband DSL. China’s Triple-Play Net Convergence initiative has already […]
Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, has finally published the results of the consultation launched on 3 March on the undertakings in lieu offered by News Corporation in relation to their proposed merger with BSkyB. Alongside this he has also published subsequent advice from Ofcom and the OFT and […]
Just three per cent of pay-to-view customers report have ‘cut the cord’ and cancelled their television service in favour of other viewing options, according to the 2011 US Residential Pay-to-View Study from influential marketing information services company J.D. Power and Associates. The inaugural study provides insights concerning attitudes, viewing preferences, behaviour patterns, awareness and experiences […]