The pressure on traditional multichannel subscriptions abated in the second quarter, a positive direction that is further supported by the forwarded momentum of virtual services Sling TV and DirecTV Now, according to the Q2 2018 US Multichannel Subscriber Report by Kagan.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: pay-TV market grows 60%
With growth fuelled by the demand for triple-play services and premium content, the Balkan market of Bosnia and Herzegovina has grown by 60% over the last five years.
In the US, legacy multichannel subscriptions remain under pressure
Traditional multichannel video losses in the first quarter in 2018 showed modest improvement over the same period in 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.
Kagan: International content owners go OTT in Western Europe
International content owners go direct-to-consumer in Western Europe , according to the latest report from Kagan, the TMT research arm of S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Nordics SVOD shows enormous growth
The Nordic market for S-VOD services has grown considerably over the last few years in both subscriptions and revenues.
Kagan: US pay-TV subs log record 3.7% drop in 2017
Subscription losses slowed for traditional multichannel video providers in Q4 2017 (quarter ended Dec. 31, 2017), but the sector still tumbled for the full year, according to data compiled by Kagan, a group within S&P Global Market Intelligence.
European SVOD market to nearly double by 2022
The OTT subscription online video-on-demand market in Europe should keep growing over the next five years, with Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence.
SpotX releases insights on OTT advertising
SpotX has released findings from its TV is Total Video: Predicting OTT and the Future of Video Advertising report.
Kagan: pay-TV losses top symbolic 1-million threshold
Legacy multichannel customer defections accelerated in the quarter ended September 30, 2017, coming in just shy of the 1.2-million mark, according to Kagan.