News tagged: Pay-TV

28 August, 2019

SVoD growth offsets fall in Pay-TV subscriptions in Italian video entertainment market

Although consumers are expected to spend no more on video entertainment in 2019 compared to what they did in 2018, there is significant turbulence occurring within the underlying market. 2019 is expected to be a stellar year for both Subscription Video on Demand (SVoD) and Box Office, offsetting a lacklustre year for transactional home video and Pay-TV markets, according to the latest Italian video insights market report from Futuresource Consulting. (more…)

25 June, 2019

Global pay-TV market is losing ground to social video viewing, says Grabyo report

A global report published from Grabyo has found video audiences are watching on social media and online streaming services more often than pay-TV services in all major markets except the UK. (more…)

18 December, 2018

Synamedia turns casual password sharing into incremental revenues for service providers

In advance of CES 2019, Synamedia, the independent video software provider, announced Synamedia Credentials Sharing Insight to help streaming service providers combat the rapid rise in account sharing between friends and families and turn it into a new revenue-generating opportunity. (more…)

19 March, 2018

Investor valuations indicate that traditional TV players must adapt to TV over IP or else face an uncertain future

Internet-driven innovation is accelerating the transformation of the video and TV markets worldwide.12 As a result, we are seeing valuation multiples of new media players completely outperforming those of traditional media players. (more…)

28 February, 2018

The number of households that pay for streaming video services has broken the 250mn mark, says Strategy Analytics

The number of households worldwide which pay for streaming video services such as Netflix and Amazon Video has now broken through the 250 million mark, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics’ TV and Media Strategies service. (more…)

16 January, 2018

How CSPs should approach taking up and offering Pay-TV services

It’s true that communications service providers (CSPs) have a unique opportunity to claim a foothold in the pay-TV market, writes Simon Trudelle, the senior director of product marketing at NAGRA. In the last few years, we’ve seen them increasingly compete with cablecos in providing broadband services and access to video and TV content – the kind of service consumers today expect.

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07 September, 2017

Shifting demographics and premium tiers driving next wave of SVoD growth

Subscription Video on Demand (SVoD) is maintaining its momentum, with Netflix and Amazon continuing to lead the charge in the first half of 2017, despite increased maturity. This is according to the latest biannual ‘Living With Digital’ consumer research report from Futuresource Consulting (more…)

23 August, 2017

Just three months to stop SVOD subscriber churn

Netflix recently reported having more than 100 million subscribers for its SVOD service. And that figure is the tip of the iceberg with the world’s largest video streaming service being available in almost every country with very few exceptions namely China, North-Korea and Syria. (more…)

09 May, 2017

Global video-on-demand enabler Xstream appoints Jacob Barlebo as sales and marketing director

Strengthening its management team, OTT and TV Everywhere enabler Xstream A/S announced the appointment of Jacob Barlebo as global sales and marketing director. (more…)

27 July, 2016

Soaring appetite for on-demand video presents investment opportunity for European CSPs

The availability of fast fixed and mobile next generation networks has significantly changed video consumption habits in Europe, driving mobile video, on-demand video and multi-screen viewing, according to insight from Pyramid Research. (more…)