2015 was yet another momentous year for television in Sub-Saharan Africa. Most countries missed the ITU’s analogue switch-off deadline of June, but DTT, especially pay DTT, made huge gains.
Sky Deutschland expects rising pay-TV penetration
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland expects strong growth of the pay-TV markets in Germany and Austria.
Largest US pay-TV providers lose 190,000 subs
The thirteen largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 % of the market – lost about 190,000 net video subscribers in 3Q 2015, compared to a loss […]
Internet drives Kabel Deutschland
Broadband internet access has been the draught horse of Kabel Deutschland in Q2 2015/16 with Germany’s largest cable operator increasing its number of internet customers by 98,000 to 2.8 million […]
Top pay-TV operators to add 200 million subs
Pay-TV subscriptions for 338 operators across 89 countries will increase by 200 million from a collective 704 million in 2014 to 904 million by 2020, according to a new report […]
Pay-TV viewing beats Netflix, YouTube in US
Measured by minutes of viewing time, traditional pay-TV accounts for 80% of viewing video time in the US.
African operators lead regional pay-TV surge
Pan-African pay-TV platforms are set to boom, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
83% of all US homes subscribe to pay-TV
83% of all US households subscribe to some form of pay-TV service, according to the Leichtman Research Group.
US pay TV subscribers down, but ARPU up
The total number of US pay TV subscribers decline by 479,000 in 2Q15, but ARPU is up, says Strategy Analytics.
25% of US pay-TV subscribers change their subscription
One-quarter of pay-TV subscribers made changes to their service over the past 12 months, according to Parks Associates.