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Dish’s Pay-TV Numbers are Flat

by Tom Allen

Dish has said that around 2.601 million gross new pay-TV subscribers joined the company in 2014; slightly down from the 2.666 million joining in 2013. Average monthly churn was effectively flat, growing from 1.58% …

Tags:Dish Network| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Orange Achieves Double-Digit TV Rise

by Tom Allen

Orange had almost 7.2 million IPTV and satellite TV customers at the end of Q4 – a 10.4% YoY increase.

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 08

German HD Climbs Rapidly

by Tom Allen

More than 3 million households were subscribed to SES’ HD+ platform in Germany at the end of last year. 1.65 million were paying for the service as of 31st December: a 17% increase compared …

Tags:Cable| Germany| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Satellite| SES| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Cable TV Falls in Double Digits

by Tom Allen

According to Nielsen data, cable TV viewing in the USA was down 12.7% in January, as OTT services continue to gain popularity. Nomura Research, which highlighted the findings, called it ‘one of the worst …

Tags:Cable| Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Pay TV| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Pay-TV Expected to Rise 5% in 2014

by Tom Allen

ABI Research believes that global subscribers to pay-TV services passed 924 million last year, a 5% YoY rise. The fastest rise will come from IPTV (up 14%), followed by satellite (7%), while cable and …

Tags:APAC| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| North America| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 08| Worldwide

Apple TV Zombie Rises Again

by Tom Allen

Apple is (apparently) writing the next chapter in the story of its long-rumoured TV service (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 10). Having failed to secure content deals with TV providers, the company is now …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| TV Viewing| Vol 22 - Issue 07

MaxLinear to Acquire Entropic

by Helen Vince

Maxlinear has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Entropic Communications for approximately $287 million.  The company said that the acquisition will broaden MaxLinear’s analogue/mixed-signal business, including bringing new customer relationships in MaxLinear’s most recent …

Tags:broadband| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 06

South Africa Dominates African Pay-TV

by Tom Allen

Sub-Saharan African pay-TV revenues will climb from $3.54 billion last year to $6.22 billion in 2020, says Digital TV Research (DTVR). Revenues will be $4.12 billion, up from $1.73 billion, excluding South Africa. Satellite …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Pay TV| Satellite| Terrestrial (DTT)| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Pay-TV Doubles in MENA

by Tom Allen

Pay-TV homes in the MENA region will double between 2010 and 2020, to 21.3 million, according to Digital TV Research. 18% of households in MENA legitimately paid for TV signals last year, set to …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Pay TV| Satellite| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Cable and IPTV Rule Hungary

by Tom Allen

Hungarian regulator NMHH has said that there were 3.4 million pay-TV subscribers in the country at the end of 2014. More than 2 million received cable or IPTV services, 55% of whom were digital. …

Tags:Broadcast| Hungary| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| TV (Television)| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Housing Deal Sees Gains for Unitymedia

by Tom Allen

Following a deal signed with German housing company Nassauische Heimstätte/Wohnstadt, Unitymedia Kabel BW has gained an additional 60,000 subscribing households in more than 140 towns. Unitymedia will supply the apartments of Nassauische Heimstätte with TV, …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 05