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Pay-TV Sees Rise in Portugal

by Yvette Raikes

There was a 27,000 rise in the number of Portuguese pay-TV subscribers in Q2, up 0.7% QoQ, resulting in a total of 3.72 million (up 3.5% YoY), according to regulator Anacom, which attributed the …

Major U.S. Pay TV Providers lost 656,000 Subscribers in 2Q 2017

by Milos Pavlovic

Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) found that the largest pay-TV providers in the US — representing about 95% of the market — lost about 656,000 net video subscribers in 2Q 2017, compared to a …

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U.S. mMVPD Subscribers Largely Pleased with Service Value

by Milos Pavlovic

According to new research from The Diffusion Group (TDG), though virtual pay-TV services are immature and years away from ‘five-9’ reliability, subscribers overwhelmingly consider service value to be very solid. In TDG’s Q2 Benchmarking …

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Hulu Subscribers Prefer Subscription VOD to Legacy Pay TV

by Andrew Fenn

A recent survey by TDG Research shows that over 67% of Hulu subscribers, if asked to choose, would elect to keep their subscription-based streaming services over more traditional pay TV options. The Netflix users …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| SVOD| Vol 24 - Issue 29

IHS: 3.9 Million Cable TV Users Will “Cut the Cord” by 2021

by Andrew Fenn

Pay TV services are declining in the US, according to a new study by IHS Markit. 1.8 million subscribers cancelled their cable TV packages in 2015, with a further 1.3 million being shed in …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 28

VOD and Pay TV in Germany Hits Record €3 Billion Revenue

by Andrew Fenn

Video on-demand and pay TV services in German-speaking locations earned record-high revenue in 2016, according to figures released by broadcast association VPRT. VOD and Pay TV in Germany, Austria and German-language areas in Switzerland …

Google Play Adds HDR to UltraHD Movies

by Bob Raikes

The Flatpanelshd.com blog site has been tracking HDR support from Google Play and now counts 42 movies as being available in UltaHD and HDR including e ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’, ‘Batman vs. Superman’, ‘Fantastic …

City Panorama Takes Wing Above Kazan

by Isaac Oburu

TV just like at home – for Indonesian viewers in Europe. The new bobbles.tv pay TV platform is going on air today. The service for international communities in Europe is launching with seven popular …

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Gfu Study 2017: Age Affects German Buying Interest – VR Interest is Weak

by Bob Raikes

Hans-Joachim Kamp of the GFU pictured at IFA. Image:MekoThe GFU in Germany has conducted a survey of 2,000 households in Germany on trends. 90% of households have PC, followed by TV at 89%, but …

HD pay-TV Subscribers in Latin America to Reach Over 60 million by 2022

by Alan Spencer

According to research by Dataxis, HD pay-TV subscribers in Latin America continues to grow significantly with a penetration rate of HD over the total pay-TV subscribers reaching 37.5%. The last update for the first …

Tags:HDTV| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 26

MEA Region Sees TV Market Growth

by Alan Spencer

According to IDate, TV market growth in the MEA region is being driven largely by sub-Saharan Africa, which it says will be the world’s fastest-growing TV market over the next five years. The figures, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 25

FreeWheel Council for Premium Video Expands into Europe

by Bob Raikes

Following on the development of the FreeWheel Council for Premium Video (FWC) in North America, the FWC announced its European launch, extending its remit to champion the premium video industry on an international level. …