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Pay-TV Climbs in Hungary

by Raverstead

Hungarian regulator NMHH has said that there were around 3.4 million pay-TV subscribers in the country at the end of October. More than 2 million were taking cable or IPTV services, of which 1.1 …

Tags:Hungary| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Antik Has Big Plans for Slovakia

by Raverstead

Antik Telecom, in Slovakia, will launch a hybrid OTT-satellite TV service in Q1’15. There will be six pay-TV packages, with up to 80 channels. The satellite portion will use the DVB-S2 format. Additionally, Antik …

Tags:HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Satellite| Slovakia| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Hungary Breaks 2 Million DTV Subs

by Raverstead

68.9% of pay-TV homes in Hungary were receiving digital TV services in September, said regulator NMHH. More than 2.05 million homes were taking cable and IPTV services, of which almost 1.1 million were digital. …

Tags:Hungary| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| TV Reception| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Pay-TV Rises in Portugal

by Raverstead

Portugese regulator Anacom has said that there were about 3.3 million pay-TV subs in the country at the end of September. The figure represents a net addition of 46,500 QoQ (up 1.4%) and 132,000 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Portugal| TV Reception| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Spanish Pay-TV Rose in Q2

by Raverstead

The number of pay-TV subscribers in Spain increased by 340,000 in Q2’14, says regulator CNMC, to 4.3 million. Telefonica’s Movistar service saw the largest growth, up 91% YoY to 1.2 million. Canal Plus lost …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Spain| TV Reception| Vol 21 - Issue 45

US TV Subscriber Fall Offset by Telco Gains

by Raverstead

Cable and satellite TV services in the USA suffered significant subscriber losses in Q3 – but these were offset by telco provider gains. According to Informitv’s Multiscreen Index, there was a net loss of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| TV Reception| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 45

HD Continues to Grow in LATAM

by Super User

60% of pay-TV subscribers in Latin America will be taking HD services by 2018, according to Dataxis. HD subscribers in the region stood at 13.9 million in Q1’14. Brazil is currently the largest LATAM …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Pay TV| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

Pay-TV Approaches 1 Billion Subscribers

by Super User

ABI Research says that the worldwide market for pay-TV will pass 920 million subscribers by the end of the year. Average ARPU is expected to fall slightly on increased competition (especially from IPTV, which …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Pay-TV Has Declined Since USA’s Digital Switch

by Super User

About 84% of US households take some form of pay-TV service, according to the Leichtman Research Group (LRG). While the number of subscribers has remained fairly flat since 2010, the number of households has …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Pay TV| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Spanish Pay-TV Grows With Multi-Play

by Super User

Pay-TV adoption in Spain is being boosted by combination packages, which roll five services (mobile and landline phone; mobile and fixed internet; and TV) into a single product. According to Spanish regulator the CNMC, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Spain| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Subscribers Rise but Revenues Fall in Europe

by Super User

Revenues will fall for more than 40 European TV operators between 2013 and 2020, says Digital TV Research. Having risen from $33.7 billion in 2010 to $35.8 billion in 2013, the firm expects revenues …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21