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Spanish Pay-TV Subscriptions Rising

by Isaac Oburu

Parks Associates has announced new research showing 16% of Spanish pay-TV households subscribed to pay TV for the first time last year. ‘Connected Consumer in Europe’ reveals that Spanish consumers are more likely than …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| Spain| Vol 23 - Issue 08

Netflix Helps Pay-TV

by Tom Allen

IHS has found that integrating Netflix into traditional pay-TV services had a net positive impact on pay-TV operators’ performance. However, the firm warns that such a partnership is not appropriate for all, especially operators …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| Pay TV| Vol 23 - Issue 06

Roku Advances OTT Offerings for Operators; Announces Development of Hybrid Set-Top Box and Enhanced Home Screen for Roku Powered Partners

by Isaac Oburu

Roku Inc. today announced that it is developing a hybrid set-top box that will be available for production by Roku Powered partners later this year. The new Roku Powered hybrid set-top box will enable …

Tags:Pay TV| Roku

FCC Wants to Open STB Market

by Tom Allen

Tom Wheeler, chair of the FCC, is circulating a vote for a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which will be voted on by the FCC on the 18th February. The Notice deals with consumer freedom …

IHS: 2016 Will be Flexible Displays and Cheap VR

by Tom Allen

IHS has asked its analysts for their top predictions for the coming year, amassing them all in a new white paper (http://tinyurl.com/z2czht5). Many of the predictions revolve around China and the country’s future. Displays …

50% of Consumers Will Use Mobile Payments by 2018

by Tom Allen

Mobile payments are gaining traction in developed countries, says Gartner; half of consumers in mature markets are expected to use smartphones or wearables for mobile payments by 2018. The trend is especially prominent in …

Dish Subscribers Continue to Fall

by Tom Allen

DISH Network has said that it added approximately 751,000 gross new pay-TV subscribers in Q3, compared to approx 691,000 gross in the same period last year. However, net pay-TV subscribers declined 23,000, compared to …

Tags:Dish Network| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Vimeo Follows 4k Uploads With Streaming

by Tom Allen

VoD platform Vimeo has begun to roll out UltraHD content for streaming to all users, following the introduction of an upload and download service last year. Initially only available through a browser, the feature …

Millenials Affect Pay-TV Market, Says Gartner

by Tom Allen

Gartner’s Derek O’Donnell has shared the company’s predictions for the pay-TV market ahead of CES 2016. Gartner predicts that worldwide end-user spending on video media services will reach $316 billion next year: a 6% …

Tags:CES 2016| Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Tricolor Brings UHD to Russia

by Tom Allen

An UltraHD package is now being broadcast by Tricolor TV in Russia. Subscribers to Tricolor get access to the two channels, which consists of films, documentaries, sports and entertainment programmes, at no extra cost. …

Pay-TV Subs Enjoy Small Rise

by Tom Allen

The top 100 pay-TV providers worldwide increased their subscriber base by 0.95% YoY in Q3’15, according to Informitv’s Multiscreen Index. They accounted for around 380 million subscribers, adding 3.74 million customers in the quarter. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 48| Worldwide

Spanish Pay-TV Rises

by Tom Allen

Spanish regulator CNMC has shown pay-TV services in the country added 1.4 million subscribers in the last year. There were 5.4 million subscribers at the end of Q1’15 – a 36% rise from Q1’14. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Spain| Vol 22 - Issue 46