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Twitter Enters the Video Streaming Business

by Norbert Hildebrand

Twitter announced the release of a new app that allows users of Apple TV, Amazon Fire and Xbox One to view live stream video available anywhere on Twitter. This new app is not only …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Streaming Video| Vol 23 - Issue 37

More Hungarians Enjoying Digital TV

by Isaac Oburu

NMHH has revealed that more pay-TV homes are now receiving digital services in Hungary. Data provided by top ten providers of pay-TV services showed that the figure was at 73.5% of the subscribers are …

Tags:DTV| Hungary| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 23 - Issue 35

Digital TV Up in Germany, but Commercial HD Stumbles

by Yvette Raikes

The Digitalisation Report for 2016, published by the German media authorities, says that 35 million (or 92.3%) of German households now receive digital TV services. The percentage is 82.1% of those using cable, the …

Tags:DTV| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 23 - Issue 35

Streaming Video Customer Satisfaction Highest When Paired with Pay TV

by Isaac Oburu

Overall satisfaction with paid streaming video service is highest among cord stackers—customers who subscribe to a traditional cable/satellite service in addition to streaming video service—according to the J.D. Power 2016 Streaming Video Satisfaction Study,? …

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Samsung & Nagra Have USB CA Dongle for Smart TVs

by Milos Pavlovic

Samsung and Nagra have co-developed a USB dongle that can be used to allow access to Pay TV on Samsung sets equipped with USB connectors. The TVKey system allows protection even of 4K and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Security| Vol 23 - Issue 34

Hulu Ends Free Streaming Service

by Tom Allen

Hulu is planning to stop the ad-supported free streaming service it has been offering for quite some time. Hulu has teamed up with Yahoo to create a streaming service “Yahoo View” from Yahoo and …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Streaming Video| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Top U.S. pay TV Operators Lose 665,000 Subscribers

by Isaac Oburu

A report by Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) has found that pay-TV providers with the largest market share in the U.S. in terms of subscribers, lost about 665,000 net video subscribers in Q2″16. Q2 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Telekom Austria Increases Subscriber Base

by Isaac Oburu

Telekom Austria recorded growth in Q2’16. Total subscribers at the end of June were 470,900, up from 466,600 in Q1. In Croatia, subscribers grew from 194,300 to 196,900. Slovenian subscribers were up from 42,600 …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Tricolor TV Launches UltraHD Package

by Isaac Oburu

Russia’s pay-TV operator Tricolor TV has launched a commercial UltraHD package that consists of three channels: Tricolor Ultra HD, Insight UHD, and Fashion One.

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Russia| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Rogers TV Subscribers Down in Q2

by Isaac Oburu

Rogers Communications, a Canadian communications and media company has announced its operating results. Rogers recorded a drop in total TV subscribers to 23,000 in Q2’16 from 32,000 in Q2’15.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| North America| Pay TV| Vol 23 - Issue 29

AT&T Records 25 Million Subscribers in Q2

by Isaac Oburu

AT&T recorded a drop of 49,000 total video subscribers in Q2’16. Satelite subscribers rose to 342,000 in the same quarter. U-verse TV subscribers declined 391,000. Total AT&T video subscribers for the quarter were 25.3 …

Tags:AT&T| DirecTV| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 29

German Pay-TV Revenues to Increase this Year

by Isaac Oburu

German commercial broadcasters’ association VPRT has projected that pay-TV and VoD revenues in Europe’s German-speaking countries will pass €3 billion this year. VPRT predicts that revenues will grow by between 8% and 11% this …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 23 - Issue 29