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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

24i acquires Danish pay-TV platform Nordija

Company is looking to expand its TV as a Service offering

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

Analysts believe revenues peaked at $201 billion in 2016

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

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...

Global streaming accounts predicted to surpass pay-TV numbers by end of 2020

New figures from GlobalData

Pay TV market set for change by 2025

New Digital TV research suggests two-thirds of pay TV operators will gain subscribers by 2025, but that subs growth will be led by those...

Media Consumption

Pay-TV revenues set for $150 billion hit

According to Digital TV Research, pay-TV revenues for 138 countries peaked in 2016 at $202 billion.

Entertainment industry set for $160 billion hit from coronavirus

New figures from Ampere Analysis

Media Consumption

Global pay-TV subs predicted to reach 1.06 billion by 2025

IPTV predicted to add 84 million subscribers between 2019 and 2025

Western Europe pay-TV subs “to fall below 100 million”

“IPTV is gaining subscribers at the expense of the other pay-TV platforms"

Eastern Europe “to add 10 million digital pay-TV subscribers” by 2025

Digital TV Research expects Russia to account for half of region’s pay-TV subscribers

Sky, BT stand to lose £1 billion in sport shut-down

"Negotiating pay cuts with players is as difficult as herding cats"

Media Consumption

European pay-TV platforms introduce free packages during lockdown

Canal Plus, Telefonica and Orange offer free subscriptions

Sports broadcasters “face pressure” amid coronavirus

"Broadcasters have more capacity and better tech than ever before," says media analyst

Three-quarters of pay-TV viewers ‘will cut the cord in the next five years’

Grabyo surveyed 13,000 customers across 11 territories

BT’s NOW TV integration is a “long overdue move”

Analyst Paolo Pescatore calls offering "a last ditch effort to be successful in TV"

Pay-TV operators could score a Six Nations match

Possible new investor wants to sell one match per round to pay-TV operators

SVoD stacking climbs in Europe, US

Consumers increasingly combining SVoD products with free TV services

European TV subscriptions get the cut

Sky had a net loss of subscribers for the first time

Which flavour of Android is right for your pay-TV business?

Tim Pearson, senior director, product marketing, NAGRA, explains the pros and cons of different Android TV distributions

Eurosport to be France’s official pay-TV 2020 Olympic Games broadcaster

Partnership agreed with Canal+ Group and France Télévisions

Netflix reaches “over 300 million pay-TV households”

Now available on all major pay-TV operators in France

UEFA could expand streaming service

"We just want to have alternative options"

Cord-cutting trends “exaggerated” in US

"Too often, advertising, media and marketing industry professionals perpetuate false beliefs"

Sports TV viewers tend to be ‘sticky’ with pay-TV

New study finds sports TV fans are not cord-cutters

Pay-TV subscriptions reach one billion worldwide

Pay-TV subs increased by 26 million in 2018

Could sports OTT be a new pay-TV opportunity?

Simon Trudelle, senior director, product marketing, NAGRA, discusses the implications of the rise in sports OTT for traditional pay-TV providers

Pay-TV Innovation Forum prioritises sports rights and data

Pay-TV providers forecast a wider range of pricing and packaging options

Half of potential US Disney Plus subscribers plan to cancel another subscription

Pay-TV could be the biggest loser

Increased broadband usage “indicates cord-cutting”

OVBI studies consumers across the US and Europe

A crowded OTT market means opportunity ahead for telcos

Kamal Bhadada, president, CMI, Tata Consultancy Services, explores potential value for telco businesses

Smartphones “most popular” means of watching sport

Linear sport rights acquisitions slow the rate of cord-cutting