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Business

Is sports broadcasting becoming too commercial?

John Griffiths, chief commercial officer at Spicy Mango, takes a look at the sports broadcasting landscape and why segmented subscriptions are likely to be...

Media Management

SaaS is here, but is the industry ready to turn and face the strange?

Paul Segre, CEO at Synamedia, considers how SaaS can help the media industry during its golden years

Media Delivery

Analyst: Global pay-TV market set for highs and lows over next five years

Between 2021 and 2027, 86 countries are predicted to add pay-TV subs and 52 countries will lose subscribers

Media Consumption

Analysts: Ukraine war will see Eastern European pay-TV subs drop, but not as disrupted as OTT market

Russia is expected to lose 5 million pay-TV subscribers between 2021 and 2027 partly as sanctions worsen the economic situation

Media Delivery

Analysts: Western Europe pay-TV subs to drop to 100 million by 2027

Digital TV Research predicts IPTV will overtake satellite TV in 2026 to become the most lucrative platform

Media Consumption

Analyst: US pay-TV viewers continue to cut the cord

Number of households without a pay-TV subscription will rise from 11.34 million in 2010 to 72.86 million in 2027 according to Digital TV Research

Media Consumption

Sports fans are ready for the Winter Olympics

Matt Del Percio from Altman Solon takes a look at the results of a fan survey of five major Winter Games nations shows strong...

Business

Kagan: Global pay-TV households are still growing

The number of households subscribing to pay-TV operators continues to grow despite a predicted drop in penetration

Media Consumption

Vewd and Vestel partner on SaaS smart TV solution for pay-TV operators

The companies have come together to develop what they call a "Turnkey solution positions operators of all sizes to win the retail smart...

Media Consumption

British consumers prefer streaming to pay-TV

Roku’s The Streaming Decade report shows that British viewers are evolving away from pay-TV to streaming content, creating new advertising opportunities for content providers

Media Consumption

Ofcom: Netflix more popular with UK viewers than pay-TV

Broadcast TV’s share of all adults’ total viewing dropped from 67 per cent in 2019 to 61 per cent

Media Delivery

Report: Most sports fans want to watch on streaming platforms only

A new report by Grabyo suggests that the pay-TV market will only have a 28 per cent customer share of global sports fans by...

Media Consumption

Analysts: Pay-TV market fragments as it matures

The top 50 pay-TV operators are predicted to lose 20 million subscribers over the next five years

Business

24i acquires Danish pay-TV platform Nordija

Company is looking to expand its TV as a Service offering

Business

Pay-TV revenues to drop by a quarter over 10 years

Analysts believe revenues peaked at $201 billion in 2016

Media Delivery

Analyst: Global pay-TV subs to continue to rise

New forecast from Digital TV Research suggests China and India alone will provide just over half of the world's pay-TV subscribers

Media Delivery

Analyst: Pay-TV’s loss will be digital’s gain in Eastern Europe

Pay-TV will still lead its digital counterpart in terms of overall subscribers

Media Delivery

The streaming wars are over. Nobody won. So, what now?

Gideon Gilboa, EVP Product and Marketing at Kaltura, explains that the time is ripe for pay-TV providers to rise to the challenge of the...

Media Management

How the pay-TV industry can employ data to rise to the challenge of Covid

NAGRA's Jacques-Edouard Guillemot explains how real-time access to and analysis of data can help pay-TV operators be more resilient and able to adapt quickly...

Business

Analyst: Global pay-TV revenues decrease, but subscriptions are going up

"Despite poor results in some countries, there is still plenty of life left in pay-TV," said Digital TV Research.

Business

Broadcasters rule out allowing Premier League clubs to sell PPV matches

Clubs want to stream matches that aren't available on pay-TV channels as a way to recoup some of their lost revenues

Business

Sports rights holders should ‘adopt a hybrid media model’ in the wake of coronavirus

New report projects revenue generated by sports media rights in 2020 will fall by a third compared to 2019

Business

Sky retained 99 per cent of subscribers during lockdown

"Pausing sports subscriptions was a masterstroke that allowed the company to retain the vast proportion of customers" analyst tells TVBEurope

Business

New report paints mixed picture for Europe’s football rights landscape

Enders Analysis releases ‘European football: An opportunity to reset’ report highlighting a ‘mixed bag’ of outlooks for leagues and broadcasters that should be seized...