OTT video services to climb to US$51.4 billion in 2022 creating more pressure on traditional pay-TV services, according to ABI Research.
Netflix to reach 201m subs by 2023
Digital TV Research forecasts that Netflix will have 201 million streaming subscribers by 2023, up by 82% from 111 million at end-2017.
Kagan numbers: Vodafone signs €18.4B deal for Liberty Global’s German, eastern European assets
Vodafone, which is Germany’s second-largest mobile network behind Deutsche Telekom, entered the fixed-line market through a 2013 takeover of Kabel Deutschland, then Germany’s largest cable network, for $10 billion.
In the US, sports is main reason for 27% of pay-TV subscribers
New research from Parks Associates shows that 27% of US pay-TV households agree that sports programming is the primary reason they subscribe to their pay-TV service.
52% of US homes have both pay-TV and OTT
52% of US broadband households have a subscription to both pay-TV and one or more OTT video services, according to Parks Associates.
FSS satellite capacity pricing levels showing near-term stabilisation
According to Euroconsult’s latest report, FSS Capacity Pricing Trends, the combination of oversupply from the addition of traditional satellite capacity in certain areas along with the unrelenting rollouts of HTS […]
IHS Markit: cord cutting takes toll in 14 markets
The cord-cutting trend that threatens the future of the global pay-TV industry was not confined solely to the US in 2017; total pay-TV subscriptions also declined in 13 other markets.
White Paper: Unlock the Hidden Power of HTML with Flow
Product manufacturers are increasingly using energy efficient, GPU enabled, multi-core silicon, but traditional HTML5 browser architectures only make use of a fraction of the available performance.
Freeview put on demand content into TV guide
Freeview has launched its on-demand content showcase on Channel 100 for Freeview Play viewers. It’s the first time the platform has integrated on-demand content into the linear TV guide.
Analysis: political shockwaves reversed MENA pay TV growth
Online subscription video market in MENA grew at a rate that was six times faster than pay TV in 2017, as political shockwaves reversed pay TV growth, according to Constantinos […]