The latest statistics from Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) say that pay-TV subscriptions now top 18 million homes as at December 31st 2015. This represents a 13 per cent uplift from the same period at the end of 2014. Penetration is now 56 per cent of TV homes, helped by growth of some 750,000 net […]
Irdeto, a specialist in digital platform security, has announced that Unifique Franquias has selected Irdeto Cloaked CA to scale and digitise services across its cable and FTTH networks. With Irdeto Cloaked CA, Unifique is now able to securely deploy a unified solution across their cable and FTTH networks, digitalise their analogue cable operations and deploy TV services through […]
Global digital penetration climbed from 40.4 per cent of TV households at end-2010 to 74.6 per cent by end-2015, according to the latest edition of the Digital TV World Databook. About 584 million digital TV homes were added in 138 countries between 2010 and 2015. This doubled the digital TV household total to 1,170 million. […]
UK Minister for Intellectual Property Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe has launched the Government’s intellectual property (IP) enforcement strategy, highlighting the threat of illegal streaming services and set-top boxes. The strategy document – Protecting creativity, supporting innovation: IP enforcement 2020 – lays out the areas that the government sees as the most pressing priorities, and some of […]
A deal with BT Sport will see UK quad-play operator TalkTalk’s TV homes have access to all major UK sports channel, and see all Premier League and UEFA Champions League games available on TalkTalk TV. From June 2016, TalkTalk TV homes will be able to subscribe to BT Sport channels on a rolling monthly contract […]
The IPTV subscriber growth rate has recovered in Q4 2015 compared to Q3 2015 and was the highest in the last eight quarters to December 31st 2015, according to a report from Point Topic. The net additions of 6 million are
The six leading pay-TV operators in the US as ranked in the informitv Multiscreen Index maintained their subscriber numbers in the first quarter of 2016, with a net gain of 33,000 video customers. These six operators still have a total 78.31 million video subscribers between them. AT&T U-verse reported the largest loss of video subscribers. […]
In a move better to compete against OTT and pay-TV services such as Amazon Prime and Sky,UK multi-play operator TalkTalk has unveiled a new subscription-free service to stream, rent, buy and download the latest TV programmes and movies, which it claims are at Britain’s lowest price in comparison to Amazon Prime, iTunes, Sky and BT. […]
Keepixo, a provider of software-based head-end solutions for IPTV and OTT, has unveiled a partnership with Comigo to provide an integrated OTT solution that consists of Comigo’s TV platform and Keepixo’s Genova software suite for IPTV/OTT head-ends. The combined solution represents an end-to-end platform with all the components needed to rapidly deploy an OTT service. […]
A+E Networks UK has signed a new carriage deal with BT TV, securing the long-term availability of the company’s channel portfolio, History, H2, Lifetime and Crime + Investigation, on BT’s platforms. As part of the new agreement, entertainment brand Lifetime, home to recent hit shows Britain’s Next Top Model and Dance Mums with Jennifer Ellison, […]