Data Centre
Cord-cutting trends “exaggerated” in US
"Too often, advertising, media and marketing industry professionals perpetuate false beliefs"
pay TV
TVBEverywhere
Sports TV viewers tend to be ‘sticky’ with pay-TV
New study finds sports TV fans are not cord-cutters
Data Centre
Pay-TV subscriptions reach one billion worldwide
Pay-TV subs increased by 26 million in 2018
Features
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
Business
Pay-TV Innovation Forum prioritises sports rights and data
Pay-TV providers forecast a wider range of pricing and packaging options
TVBEverywhere
Half of potential US Disney Plus subscribers plan to cancel another subscription
Pay-TV could be the biggest loser
TVBEverywhere
Increased broadband usage “indicates cord-cutting”
OVBI studies consumers across the US and Europe
Features
A crowded OTT market means opportunity ahead for telcos
Kamal Bhadada, president, CMI, Tata Consultancy Services, explores potential value for telco businesses
Data Centre
Smartphones “most popular” means of watching sport
Linear sport rights acquisitions slow the rate of cord-cutting
Data Centre
US cord cutting approaching parity with pay-TV
US pay-TV households predicted to fall to 86.5 million in 2019
Data Centre
‘Cord-stacking’ on the rise
Increasing number of households combining pay-TV, Premium Channel and SVoD services
Business
NAGRA: tier-one sports rights “mission critical” for pay-TV companies
Emphasises need to limit impact of sports streaming piracy
Data Centre
Password sharing, piracy will cost $12.5 billion by 2024
Impact on revenues will grow by 38 per cent from its current $9.1 billion
Features
The three landscapes of digitalisation pay-TV operators must navigate
By Ivan Verbesselt, senior VP marketing, NAGRA
Business
NAGRA, MTM publish 2019 Pay-TV Innovation Forum findings
Senior pay-TV and content provider executives identify five priorities for the industry
Data Centre
“More than half of UK audience” considers cord-cutting
Six in 10 consumers watch video most frequently on a smartphone
TVBEverywhere
Insight TV launches on Ahí+
Spanish service operates in small communities and remote areas
Content
WWE, BT Sport sign pay-TV agreement
Wrestling to be available live on the channel from January 2020
Data Centre
Pay-TV revenues ‘have reached their peak’
Pay-TV revenues peaked in 2016 at $205 billion according to Digital TV Research
Data Centre
Netflix and Amazon streaming revenues “double those of UK broadcasters”
Streaming giants made £1.1bn in UK revenues last year
Business
Canal Plus acquires pay-TV operator M7 Group
Brings Canal Plus’ customer base to 12 million across Europe
Data Centre
Telcos ‘will control 56 per cent of Western Europe’s pay-TV subscribers by 2024’
Pay-TV revenues to decline by 13.1 per cent over five years
Business
OTT monitoring and compliance market ‘to expand by 16 per cent in five years’
Frost & Sullivan forecasts the market to reach $149.7 million by 2024
Data Centre
Europeans juggle ‘multiple TV services to get the content they want’
On-screen programme guides and UIs remain critical tools for finding content to watch
Data Centre
A quarter of UK households ‘likely to cancel pay-TV service’
Parks Associates publishes IoT in the UK - Entertainment Products and Services report
Data Centre
Cord-cutting on the rise in Europe
The UK saw a net decline of 424,000 pay-TV homes in 2018
Business
Comcast plans NBC-Sky news channel
Comcast's revenues boosted by Sky acquisition in late 2018
TVBEverywhere
Nick+ launches on Cosmote TV in Greece
Gives subscribers access to over 400 hours of Nickelodeon content across streaming devices
Data Centre
Eastern European pay-TV revenues ‘will peak in 2019’
Expected to fall to $6.59 billion by 2024
TVBEverywhere
Virgin Media TV integrates Amazon Prime Video
Makes Amazon's streaming service available to four million Virgin customers
Data Centre
Danish SVoD spend rises 30 per cent
Accounted for a fifth of total video consumer spend in 2018
Production & Post
Viacom to open Manchester and Madrid production centres
Expansion planned to support English and Spanish-language production
Business
NAGRA and MTM launch 2019 Pay-TV Innovation Forum
Programme will research the challenges facing pay-TV service providers
Data Centre
Third of all TV watched in the UK is now streamed
Customer dissatisfaction with the content on pay-TV packages is driving up popularity of streaming services
TVBEverywhere
STV unveils ad-free SVoD service
STV Player+ will allow subscribers to view STV content in Europe
Features
It’s showtime for pay-per-view, and for carrier billing
By Anthony Baladi, commercial director, Fonix
Business
BT Sport selects Paywizard for pay-per-view support
Provides BT Sport with a full subscriber onboarding service
Data Centre
IPTV named fastest-growing pay-TV platform of 2018
Analysis by Kagan breaks down the multichannel economy's five-year future
Data Centre
‘Inevitable’ 2019 will see SVoD and D2C casualties
3Vision's TV Industry Trends surveyed senior media executives for their views on the media landscape in 2019
Content
D2C services set to disrupt pay-TV market in 2019
Impact of D2C products is likely "to come to a head" with the expected launch of Disney+ later this year
Technology
VO partners with Technicolor for simplified Android TV delivery
Provides highest security levels for premium video content protection