Canal+ Group's total subscription portfolio now stands at 10.4 million, an increase of almost 140,000 compared to June 2007. Canal+ premium channel had 5.25 million subscribers and the combined CanalSat/TPS pay packages stood at 5.19 million. Home revenues grew E23 million as ARPU and advertising increased. Group revenues reached E2.254 million, an increase of 4.6% […]

Hans-Holger Albrecht, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented: “The results for the second quarter and first half of 2008 are again at record levels, both in terms of sales and profitability. This quarter marks the fifteenth consecutive quarter of double digit year on year sales growth by MTG.” Meantime, MTG is reported to be among […]

Global shipments of Pay-TV set top boxes (STBs) are on track to grow by nearly 40 per cent by 2012 according to a new Industry “Pay-TV operators around the world continue to use STBs to drive digital services, increase ARPU and reduce subscriber churn,” says Carl Hibbert of Futuresource Consulting, “with innovations such as High […]

From David Del Valle in MadridSogecable’s attempt to increase the value of its pay-TV unit Digital Plus for its eventual sale is being hindered by its competitors in the Spanish TV market. The company has suffered a new setback by losing the pay-TV rights to the European Champions League from 2009, to Mediapro, main shareholder […]

From David Del Valle in Madrid Sogecable’s attempt to increase the value of its pay-TV unit Digital Plus for its eventual sale is being hindered by Sogecable’s attempt to increase the value of its pay-TV unit Digital Plus for its eventual sale is being hindered by its competitors in the Spanish TV market. The company […]

African digital TV consumers are seeking more localised content from the pay-TV industry, and operators are answering the call by developing business models to meet this growing market's demands, according to IMS Research. Sub-Saharan consumers previously limited to only South African content can now enjoy local programming from other countries because of the rise of […]

News Corp is counting on its growing pay-TV businesses to offset any downturn in the advertising economy that would affect its television and print divisions, according to chairman Rupert Murdoch. Speaking after a global advertising conference, Murdoch flagged plans for further activity in the European pay-TV platform market after the company bought a 25 per […]

German pay-TV station Premiere has named two investment banks to represent the interest of all shareholders should News Corp make a takeover offer. Chief Executive Michael Boernicke said while News has raised its stake to 25.01 per cent he had no indication whether they intended to lift their stake to 30 per cent and trigger […]

For the eighth year running, DirecTV has scored higher for customer satisfaction than all major cable TV companies in the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). In this year’s ACSI survey, DirecTV posted an index score of 68, reflecting customers’ overall satisfaction with the service, compared to the cable and satellite TV category, which scored a […]