21st Century Fox saw its revenue drop to $6.1 billion (€5.6bn) for its first quarter of 2016, falling six per cent from $6.5 billion for the same period in the prior year. The media giant blamed lower cinema ticket takings as part of the reason behind the results. Revenue for its film division collapsed to $1.8 […]
Data from Juniper Research has found that online eSports services, such as Twitch, will grow to over 310 million by 2020, increasing from 133 million this year and bringing in almost $1 billion in revenues from subscriptions alone. By comparison, 2020 will see eSports audiences surpass the levels of the NFL tournament and approach that […]
Free’s fibre subscribers in France now have access to the country’s first 4K TV channel – Festival 4K – included in the basic offer of their Freebox package. The French telco launched the first 4K box in March 2015 and is now also the first operator to broadcast a 4K channel, marking a new key […]
As the countdown to seasonal specials begins, Brits are gearing up to watch a total of 296 million hours of TV per day over the Christmas period. According to research from programmatic technology experts RadiumOne, Brits over 16 will watch an average of 5.7 hours of TV a day this Christmas across various screens, with a […]
More than 20 per cent of broadband households with Internet-connected CE use streaming media players the most for online video Connected CE research from Parks Associates finds a steadily increasing number of US broadband households are turning to a streaming media player first when looking for online content. Currently, 21 per cent of US broadband households with […]
A study from Northern Sky Research (NSR) states that annual revenues per leased FSS transponder among the 22 operators tracked in NSR’s latest report declined from $2.05 million to $1.94 million during the past year, with pricing pressures coming to fruition through a combination of currency exchange rate fluctuations (for example, JSAT’s typical rental fell […]
Set-Top-Box market in the SAARC (South Asia) region has registered record growth in third quarter of 2015, as rapid digitisation in the phase 3 cities of India is driving the demand for STBs. With the pay-tv industry in all major SAARC countries moving toward digitisation – mandatory or voluntary – STBs of all kind from […]
Steadily increasing line rental charges in the UK have been masked by falling prices for broadband services according to a report from broadbandchoices.co.uk. With many providers now offering ‘free’ broadband deals, the average monthly cost has decreased by 73 per cent since 2009. However, the average line rental price has risen by 56 per cent […]
The Colombian pay-TV market will reach 5.3 million households (HHs) by 2018, according to data published today by Dataxis. This figure will represent a 3.4 per cent increase when compared to end-2015. According to the report, households with CATV pay-TV services will account for 64.8 per cent of total Pay TV HHs in Colombia in […]
Intelsat and Japan’s SkyPerfect JSAT are to cooperate again on the building of a new satellite, Horizons 3e. The new project will replicate the design of Intelsat’s all-new Epic series of high-throughput satellites. Horizons 3e will be placed at 169 degrees East and has a launch date in the second-half of 2018 . Horizons 3e […]