The total number of pay-tv subscribers in Africa reached approximately 23.7 million at the end of the second quarter, according to Datxis. This represents a quarter on quarter growth of […]
US linear OTT pay-TV reaches 4.4 million subs
The pay-TV market in the US fell to 0.1% to reach 100.2 million subscribers in the second quarter of 2017 compared to the previous quarter, according to Dataxis.
US pay-TV universe shrinks to 79% of households
New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that about 79% of US TV households nationwide subscribe to some form of pay-TV service.
Global pay-TV subscriber reached 1.05 billion in Q2 2017
The global pay-TV subscribers reached 1.05 billion after crossing the one billion marks for the year ending 2016, according to the latest data published by Dataxis for the second quarter […]
Pay-TV faces unprecedented global transformation
Nagra’s 2017 Pay-TV Innovation Forum highlights that the pay-TV industry is in a period of unprecedented global change, with many service providers facing a perfect storm of slowing growth, intensifying […]
US pay-TV subscriber losses come in better than expected in Q2
In the US, the legacy multichannel universe lost a record number of customers in the quarter ended June 30, 2017, but managed to keep the decline below the symbolic one-million […]
Survey: there is a limit to premium sports costs
The exorbitant sums of money spent on securing sports TV rights have been controversial, but for broadcasters the alternative is losing a huge number of customers to rivals with deeper […]
Pay-TV and VOD reach record turnover in Germany
The turnover generated by pay-TV channels and paid-for video-on-demand (VOD) services has increased in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland in 2016 by around 11% to over €3 billion for the […]
Russian pay-TV falters
The pay-TV market in Russia has stagnated, growing by only 3%, or 270,000 subscribers, in the first half of this year.
US pay-TV market lost 612,000 subscribers in Q1 2017
The US pay-TV market started 2017 with a slight decline.