The joint-venture of Telefónica and Vivendi has tabled another bid for Sogecable’s satellite pay-TV operator Digital+ in the long running sale saga. The amount eventually paid will reflect Digital's future EBITDA performance. For last year Digital+ had EBITDA of E367 million, 10% up on the previous year. At the same time it lost 35,000 subscribers. […]
BSkyB has won permission to appeal against a Competition Appeal Tribunal ruling forcing it to reduce its 17.9% stake in ITV to below 10%. Last November, the Competition Appeal Tribunal rejected an appeal against the original ruling in October 2007 that the deal had restricted competition but Sky went to the Court of Appeal which […]
Satellite radio provider Sirius XM reported that its revenues increased 16 percent in the fourth quarter, its first full quarter as a combined company, to $644 million and were up 18 percent for the full year 2008 to $2.44 billion. Also, despite the bailout investment from Liberty Media, the company said it posted positive adjusted […]
TVN, Poland’s largest listed media group, has agreed to take control of pay-TV platform ‘n’ by buying an additional 26 per cent stake. TVN, which angered investors when it bought 25 per cent of Poland’s smallest satellite operator last year, said in a statement it would pay ITI Group as much as E106 million to […]
Western European digital television subscriptions broke through the 100 million household mark in 2008, according to a report by Strategy Analytics. The report estimates that Western Europe added 17 million net new digital households in 2008. On a platform level, Digital Satellite led in terms of overall subscriptions; however, Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) will fuel […]
According to a study by Rider Research, the economic situation hasn’t slowed growth in the U.S. pay TV market. In fact, the number of U.S. TV subscribers actually increased by 362,000 in the fourth quarter of 2008, led by the telcos with 567,000 net adds. The satellite providers added 199,000 net thanks to DIRECTV’s 301,000 […]
BSkyB is lobbying to have the list of sporting events reserved for free-to-air television abolished in an ongoing government review. Chief executive Jeremy Darroch said Sky would argue for a situation where the World Cup or the Olympics could be shown on pay TV, with sports bodies free to decide where to sell their rights […]
A fifth of subscribers to Sky Movies – at least 891,000 UK households – hadn't watched a single movie on the service in an entire month, according to a YouGov survey on subscription movie viewing habits conducted on behalf of BT Vision. 50 per cent of Sky customers surveyed spend more than £45 (E50.6) on […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome By 2012, pay-TV revenues will surpass advertising income in Italy, according to the latest research by the Milan-based e-Media Institute consultancy. The research indicates that advertising revenues will continue steadily, even after the strong fall in 2009, while revenues from pay-TV, pay per view and video on demand services will […]
Viacom is sympathetic to Time Warner’s “TV Everywhere” says CEO Philippe Dauman who said the company was “very open” to experimenting with models that would allow cable, satellite and telco TV subscribers to view cable content online. “We think it has to be seamless to the consumer, and we’re working [with the distributors] on the […]