Analysts at investment bank Jefferies have advised shareholders to hold onto their Viaplay shares despite the broadcaster’s “multi-faceted downgrades” and the talking points which followed on from the company’s Q3 results. The bank, in its snapshot ‘First View’ report, admits that Viaplay’s business is “flagging” and not helped by the “immediate effects of the general […]
Viaplay has reported a 78 per cent year-on-year growth in subscriber numbers, with the pay-OTT service reporting a total of 6.4 million subscribers in Q3 2022. Viaplay reported net sales of SEK3,972 million (€360.8m) in the quarter, up from SEK3,054 million in the same period last year. It had a net loss of SEK86 million, […]
French broadcasters M6 Group and Canal+ have renewed their multi-year agreements for the distribution of all free DTT channels (M6, W9, 6ter, Gulli), pay services (Paris Première, téva, M6 Music, Canal J, Tiji, RFM TV, MCM) and their associated services and features, as well as the SVoD service GulliMax for Canal+ subscribers. This agreement covers the […]
Findings from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) indicate that 66 per cent of TV households in the US have some form of pay-TV service. The percentage of TV households that have a live pay-TV service (via cable, satellite, Telco, or Internet-delivered vMVPD) is down from 79 per cent in 2017, 88 per cent in 2012, and […]
Two men have been sentenced after they illegally sold and retransmitted broadcasts produced by Sky and BT Sport, and further enabled the unauthorised distribution of on-demand films. Following a trial at Canterbury Crown Court in the southeast of England, following an investigation by Kent County Council Trading Standards, Billy Martin from London was sentenced to […]
Media measurement company Nielsen’s latest monthly total TV and streaming snapshot report, The Gauge, reveals that streaming remained the most-watched TV format in September, capturing 36.9 per cent of overall television usage and marking another record-high share for the category. Broadcast also saw an increase in September with its share of TV climbing to 24.2 […]
Virgin Media is offering Stream customers new savings on popular subscriptions including BT Sport, Sky Sports, and Sky Cinema which it says will save customers up to £31 per month in comparison to Sky’s new streaming service. Available immediately, Virgin Media customers who take M350, M500 or Gig1 broadband only packages can get Stream with […]
Netgem, the digital pay-TV provider, has reported that the total number of subscribers to its services reached 470,000 at the end of September 2022, a growth rate of more than 40 per cent over 12 months. Netgem has confirmed its target of half a million subscribers by the end of 2022. The Group continues to […]
Despite a clear and unambiguous call from 112 organisations from across the full breadth of the EU’s cultural, creative and sports sectors, and from 107 Members of the European Parliament, the Commission has not included a legislative initiative to tackle live content piracy in its Work Programme for 2023. A Statement from the Live Content […]
Ofcom has published the latest figures for complaints it has received about the UK’s major home phone, mobile, broadband and pay-TV providers during the three months from April to June 2022. The latest complaints data shows: Overall, complaint volumes during this quarter are broadly in line with the previous three months. Shell Energy continues to generate the […]