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83% of US Households Subscribe to a Pay TV service

by Milos Pavlovic

New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) finds that about 83% of all households nationwide subscribe to some form of pay-TV service. The percentage of households that subscribe to a pay-TV service …

Tags:Market Data| Pay TV| USA

US Pay TV Firms Post Worst Ever Subscriber Losses

by Helen Vince

A new report from IHS shows that US pay TV companies suffered their worst ever quarterly video subscriber losses in Q2, losing 658,450 subscribers. According to IHS, this is the first time non-cable pay …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Portugal Pay-TV Subs Rise With Fibre Popularity

by Tom Allen

Pay-TV subscribers in Portugal rose 1.1% (33,000) QoQ and 5.6% (183,000) YoY in Q2, ending the period at 3.43 million customers. Most growth came from the rising popularity of fibre optic connections. Cable TV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Portugal| Vol 22 - Issue 34

400,000 Customers Leave US Pay-TV

by Tom Allen

Image: Reuters The top 10 pay-TV providers in the USA lost 400,000 subscribers in Q2’15, according to Informitiv’s Multiscreen Index. This wipes out a small gain earlier in the year, although still represents less …

Germans Enjoy Paid VoD

by Tom Allen

Emnid, a market research institute, has found that 28% of German internet users subscribe to paid VoD services, such as Netflix. The number rises amongst 16-24 and 25-34 year-olds, to 42% and 47%, respectively. …

So “the Germans won’t spend money on TV”?

by Bob Raikes

It was back to the office with a bang this week for me. Because of staff vacations, I had to work close to full time on our newsletters. Next week, we are planning our …

Pay TV Booms in DACH

by Bob Raikes

The Association of Commercial Broadcasters and Audiovisual Services in Germany (VPRT) has said that new record figures were achieved in the German Pay TV market. Revenues reached €2.05 billion in Germany, €2.2 billion in …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Telefónica, Canal+ Deal Challenged in Spain

by Helen Vince

According to reports in the Spanish media, Vodafone and Orange have lodged separate appeals in Spain’s High Court over the conditions of Telefonica’s acquisition of Canal+. Spain’s competition authority, the CNMC, approved Telefonica’s acquisition …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Pay TV| Spain| Vol 22 - Issue 29

TV Operators See Cloud as Complement, Not Competitor

by Tom Allen

Pay-TV operators are facing growing pressure from OTT operators, and bundled offerings from telecom companies. These companies must provide new application experiences that can reach the market quickly and be delivered consistently across devices. …

Tags:Cloud TV| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 27

IHS Records First STB Contraction Since 2002

by Tom Allen

The pay-TV set-top box (STB) market shrank for the first time in over a decade last year, says IHS. From $15.9 billion in 2013, the market fell to $15.3 billion. It is the first …

Pay-TV to Pass 1 Billion in 2017

by Tom Allen

There were more than 900 million pay-TV customers worldwide in Q1’15, according to ABI Research – representing 48% technology penetration. The market is forecast to grow ‘steadily’ over the next five years, with the …

Parks: OTT Market Continues to Change

by Tom Allen

Parks Associates has forecast that global OTT revenues will rise from sub-$9 billion to more than $19 billion in 2019. In the USA and UK, 57% of broadband households subscribe to such a service, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 25