Sky Subscribers Rise in Q3
by Raverstead
Sky Deutschland ended Q3’14 with more than 3.9 million subscribers. Sky Premium HD customers rose by 75,000, to exceed 2.3 million.
Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Sky| TV Reception| Vol 21 - Issue 44
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
GfK Releases Digital Media Players 2014 Report
by Raverstead
GfK North America has released the “Digital Media Players 2014” report, looking at the penetration rates and effect on regular TV viewing. The three major companies (Apple, Google, Roku) offering an OTT service to …
Tags:GfK| Large Display Monitor| Media Players| OTT Video| TV Reception| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 48
IPTV Rises as Dutch Cable Shrinks
by Raverstead
Telecompaper has said that 55% of Dutch TV subscribers were taking a cable service in Q3’14. At the same time, fibre networks (IPTV) became the third-largest technology for receiving TV, with almost a 10% …
Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Netherlands| TV Reception| Vol 21 - Issue 47
KPN Loses DTT Subscribers
by Raverstead
KPN’s DTT platform in the Netherlands, Digitenne, is believed to have dropped below 500,000 subscribers. In KPN’s recent results, the Digitenne figure came under the heading ‘Other TV homes’ (508,000), which also included analogue …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Netherlands| Terrestrial (DTT)| TV Reception| Vol 21 - Issue 44
Dish Subscribers Dip in Q3
by Raverstead
Dish Network of the US said its pay-TV subscribers fell by about 12,000 in Q3. The company reported a rise in churn rate, to 1.67% (versus 1.66% last year) and ended the period with …
Tags:Dish Network| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| TV Reception| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 44
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
TV Landscape is Getting More Mobile
by Helen Vince
TV – With TV sales somewhat recovering from a recent downturn, many hope that the TV market is returning to normal. There are also many analysts that have a different view based on changes in …
Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| TV Reception| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21
Dutch Digital Market Slowly Creeps Forward
by Super User
The Dutch digital TV market grew just 0.8% QoQ in Q2’14, according to Telecompaper. Subscribers totalled 6.76 million, from 6.72 million in Q1. The total market, including analogue customers, was 7.71 million, 87.7% of …
Tags:DTV| Large Display Monitor| Netherlands| TV Reception| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21
Streaming Video Popularity Almost Equals Broadcast
by Super User
The popularity of streamed video is now almost equal to broadcast, according to Ericsson. The organisation says that, in 23 countries, 75% of people watch streamed content several times a week, compared to 77% …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| TV Reception| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21
