May 8 2017
Global pay TV revenues will peak in 2017, but will not decline rapidly in the five years afterwards due to gains in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, according to new research. The Digital TV Research report claims that pay TV revenues will reach US$202 billion worldwide this year but will remain as high as […]
Apr 12 2017
The Spanish National Police and Europol have announced a successful raid of one of the largest European illegal IPTV streaming businesses with 12 locations raided in Spain and Bulgaria and eight arrests. After an investigation started by the Premier League as part of a global effort to combat illegal online redistribution of its live broadcasts, […]
Feb 28 2017
TV content piracy and illicit downloads caused French rights-holders a €1.35 billion loss in 2016, with 13 million Internet users involved in the practice, stabilising at 27 per cent of users. According to a study from consultancy EY consulting there was no reduction in piracy despite the growth of legitimate offerings. “Injecting back this loss […]
Aug 16 2016
Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that the eleven largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – lost about 665,000 net video subscribers in 2Q 2016, compared to a loss of about 545,000 subscribers in 2Q 2015. The top pay-TV providers account for 93.75 million subscribers – […]
Aug 1 2016
Ofcom is proposing to make switching pay TV providers an easier process, under new proposals that will affect customers of landline, broadband and pay TV services. The regulator has launched a consultation about ways consumers can be helped during the switching process – for both standalone and bundled landline, broadband and pay TV services – […]
Jul 21 2016
Pay TV and paid video-on-demand revenues in Europe’s German-speaking countries is forecast to pass the €3 billion threshold this year, according to German commercial broadcasters’ association the VPRT. According to the organisation, pay TV and paid VoD revenues grew by 12% in Germany last year to reach €2.5 billion, while revenues across Germany, Austria and […]
Mar 17 2016
Nearly seven in 10 (69 per cent) Britons online now report their household pays a subscription to watch live broadcast or on-demand programming, according to Nielsen’s Global Video-on-Demand Report. The most popular TV subscription format in the UK is satellite (e.g. Sky), cited by 37 per cent of respondents. Cable (e.g. Virgin and BT) is […]
Mar 10 2016
The number of pay-TV subscribers in Portugal increased by 5 per cent last year compared to 2014, to 3.52 million, an above-average rise in the last five years (4.6 per cent). According to Portugal’s National Communications Authority (Anacom), the pay-TV sector added over 167,000 new customers in 2015, while the penetration rate reached 86.6 per […]
Jul 10 2015
Ofcom should amend the scope of its Digital Communications Review to include pay TV, so it can address high prices and a lack of competition in the UK market, according to the CEO of BT’s consumer division, John Petter. In a speech to the Broadcasting Press Guild yesterday, Peter said there were market failings in […]
Dec 2 2014
More than six in ten (62%) households pay for TV, spending an average of £33 per month however, according to new research from price comparison and switching service uSwitch.com, almost a third (30%) claim it isn’t good value for money. TV users find that a large proportion of the channels they pay for are completely […]
Jun 10 2014
ITV Encore has today launched on Sky. The new channel is the broadcaster’s first major return to Pay-TV for more than a decade, it is exclusive to Sky customers. ITV Encore, which aims to be a showcase for the “best of contemporary British ITV drama”. The centrepiece of the launch of the channel, ITV’s first major […]
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Jun 19 2017
Global pay-TV revenues up $32bn
Pay-TV revenues for 138 countries increased by $32 billion (€28.56bn) between 2010 and 2016 to reach $202 billion. However, only $1.23 billion was added in 2016, according to the Global Pay TV Revenue Databook from Digital TV Research. “Despite its pay-TV revenues being higher in 2016 than in 2010, North America peaked in 2015,” advised […]
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By Expat • International News • Tags: Digital TV Research, Global Pay TV Revenue Databook, Pay TV