Netflix Closing in on 17 Million Subs
After achieving 14.4 million subscribers outside of the USA in September, Netflix has said that it expects to reach 17 million paying customers by the end of this year.
No UltraHD Breakthrough Next Year
OVAB’s Digital Signage Business Climate Index in the DACH countries shows that UltraHD signage is not expected to reach mainstream adoption next year. The ‘vast majority’ of respondents expected that the technology would have a 5% – 10% market share next year; however, trends point to a single-digit range. Only a ‘very small’ proportion of … Read more
Ocean’s ‘Hybrid’ Screen Arrives in Westfield
Ocean Outdoor has extended its ‘Face @ Westfield’ screens. East Face @ Westfield is 15m x 9m and towers over the West Cross route, the main approach to the shopping centre. It is surrounded by a vinyl wrap (20.2m x 13.3m), which acts as an extension for branding. The LED display has a 20mm pixel … Read more
Pay-TV Climbs in Hungary
Hungarian regulator NMHH has said that there were around 3.4 million pay-TV subscribers in the country at the end of October. More than 2 million were taking cable or IPTV services, of which 1.1 million were digital. Satellite homes stood at almost 900,000, and pay-TV platform MinDig TV Extra had just under 120,000 customers. There … Read more
Premium OTT Set for Significant Growth in Europe
Research commissioned by Vindicia and Ooyala shows that the premium OTT market is set to grow 80% over the next three years. UK consultancy firm MTM says that the UK market will grow from £110-130 million ($172-203 million) to £390 million ($611.2 million); the Dutch market will grow from €15-20 million to €190 million; and … Read more
PS TV Comes to Germany
Sony’s Playstation TV (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 24) box is now available in Germany.
RTL Considers Netflix Rival…
The RTL Group is considering the launch of a Netflix-like SVOD service. Co-CEO Guillaume de Posch told French newspaper La Correspondance de la Presse that he feels it is a shame that US companies, like Netflix, are able to establish themselves in Europe without local competition. In contrast with Netflix CEO Reed Hasting’s remarks about … Read more
Swisscom Launches SVOD Service
Switzerland’s Swisscom has launched a rival SVOD service to Netflix called Teleclub Play. The service offers films, TV shows, documentaries, sports and childrens’ programming for CHF12.90 ($13.20) a month. Around 5,000 titles are currently part of the service, growing to around 7,000 by the end of the year.
Signagelive Wins Lithuanian Contract
Lithuania’s AB ‘Citadele’ bankas has deployed Samsung’s Smart Signage platform, using Signagelive’s SoC software. It is the country’s first financial institution to deploy the product. Signage has been installed in waiting areas in every bank in the country, to promote to new products and services to B2B customers. Each location uses six 40″ displays and … Read more
Sky Deutschland Brings UltraHD Concert to Germany
On 20th December, Sky Deutschland will broadcast a live concert in UltraHD – the first such broadcast in Germany. The Die Fantastischen Vier concert will be sent from Stuttgart’s Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle to four selected households and two multiplex cinemas in Berlin and Munich. Pubs and bars with Sky Sports will also be able to show the … Read more
Spain Not Ready for Digital
More than 1.8 million Spaniards (around 4% of the population) could lose DTT services after the country’s digital switchover is completed on 1st January. People living in areas that are traditionally difficult to distribute to, such as rural villages, may be out of range of signals, unless regional governments extend the signal range – although … Read more
TiVo Tops 5 Million
TiVo raised its subscriber count by 328,000 in Q3 – taking the total subscriber base to 5.1 million.
