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Carriage Revenues Database - North AmericaNovember 26, 2019Granular information on carriage revenue for channels in the US and Canada at a channel level.Subscribers Only
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Channel Distribution DatabaseNovember 26, 2019Database of channel reach including free to air channels, pay TV channels and online subscriptions. The database also includes channel groups' platform strategies.Subscribers Only
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Google launches YouTube TV, as US virtual pay TV market becomes increasingly crowdedApril 28, 2017YouTube TV, Google’s virtual pay TV offering, has launched in five US cities. The service, which is limited to New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago and Philadelphia costs $35 per month when signing up on Android devices or on the computer, and $39.99 per month when billed through Apple’s App Store. YouTube TV is expected to roll out to more markets in the coming months.
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TV Channel Database: All data pivotFebruary 28, 2017This database provides an complete pivoted data set for channel intelligence, including market data and forecasts covering 63 countries.Subscribers Only
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Latin American pay TV set back by economic frailtyOctober 28, 2016The Latin American pay TV business (in Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina), while still not a mature business, is also not immune to the general slowdown in pay TV seen in other regions. In Q2 2016 there was a significant decline in pay TV video subscriber additions. There was a net gain of 493,740 pay TV video subscribers in Q2 2016, the weakest growth since Q1 2009.Subscribers Only
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Latin America pay TV Q4 2015 & FY 2015July 07, 2016In the LatAm countries covered, the majority saw unemployment increase, inflation increase and entertainment spending decrease in 2015 – all contributing to the lowest pay TV growth since 2009.Subscribers Only
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State of the Canadian pay TV market Q4 2015 and Q1 2016July 07, 2016The effects of cord-cutting continue to intensify, Canadian pay TV had its largest video quarterly loss in history, losing 71,300 subscribers, setting up 2016 to be another disappointing year.Subscribers Only
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State of the Canadian pay TV market Q3 2015 Improvements at IPTV soften the blow for pay TVJanuary 20, 2016The economy isn’t the only problem for pay TV operators; more broadband-only video options exist in Q3 than at any other time in Canadian pay TV history.Subscribers Only
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Latin America pay TV Q2 2015: Satellite growth continuesJanuary 07, 2016Unlike more developed media markets, Latin America (Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, and Peru) offers significant room for video subscriber growth: pay TV penetration across these six countries reached 45% in Q2 2015.Subscribers Only
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State of the Canadian pay TV market Q2 2015 - Cord-cutting leaves its mark on pay TVSeptember 30, 2015The loss of nearly 65,000 total video subscribers is a blow to Canadian pay TV. Not only was Q2 2015 the weakest in recent history in terms of IPTV net additions, but it represented the single greatest quarterly loss for pay TV as a whole.Subscribers Only
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State of the Latam pay TV operator market Q1 2015 - Low penetration means big opportunityAugust 13, 2015Unlike more developed media markets, Latin America (Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil) offers significant room for video subscriber growth: pay TV penetration reached 45.5% in Q1 2015.Subscribers Only
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Shaw gives up on IPTVJune 29, 2015Shaw Communications, Canada’s 2nd largest pay TV operator, has abounded its IPTV service in development since 2013. As a result, Shaw took a C$55 million write down charge in its fiscal 3rd quarter results for its abandoned IPTV assets. Instead, the company will look to license Comcast’s X1 platform and leverage Comcast’s cloud technology for multiple screen experience and use of devices both in and out of the home. Shaw is working closely with Comcast and will being a technical trial of the X1 cloud platform.Subscribers Only
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State of the Canadian pay TV operator market Q1 2015 - CRTC changes in Q1 2015 hit hardJune 09, 2015The number of TV households without a pay TV subscription grew by 88,600 in Q1 2015, more than double the gain in Q1 2014.Subscribers Only
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State of the Canadian pay TV operator market Q4 2014: Satellite suffers worse quarterly loss in historyApril 14, 2015On the whole, the business of pay TV in Canada seems to be circling its wagons. Cable players are doing a decent job, on the whole, of stemming subscriber loss. IPTV players continue to post significant gains, especially Bell Canada which is transitioning customers from its satellite service to IPTV, 15% of Bell Fibe TV net adds were Bell Satellite customers in Q4 2014.Subscribers Only
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State of the Canadian pay TV operator market Q3 2014: Cord-cutting cancels growth in pay TV video homesJanuary 08, 2015Canadian pay TV is expected to continue to remain in a holding pattern, with TV households growing and the aggregate number of pay TV video households declining nominally due to cord-cutting.Subscribers Only
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North American Cable improves its performance in Q3 2014October 27, 2014Early indication from 3rd quarter reporting results is that cable in North America continues to improve in its battle against IPTV and Satellite. The largest cable operator in US, Comcast, and the two largest in Canada, Rogers and Shaw, have all shown improvements in video subscriber losses in the quarter compared to the same period last year.
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Rogers Communications renews exclusive deal for carriage of WWE in CanadaAugust 04, 2014WWE Network will arrive in Canada as a premium linear pay TV channel as part of a 10 year deal between WWE and Rogers Communications. The deal makes Rogers the sole distributor of WWE Network and WWE programming (including pay per view events) in Canada through 2024. Along with WWE programming continuing on Sportsnet 360, digital rights will also be granted for Raw, SmackDown and Main Event on Sportsnet NOW and Rogers Anyplace TV.Subscribers Only
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Cogeco gives up on IPTVJuly 15, 2014Cogeco, Canada's third largest cable TV operator, has decided to abandon a move into IPTV, taking an impairment charge of C$32.2 million (US $29.9 million) in the second quarter (the third quarter of the company's 2014 financial year). Cogeco will instead become the first Canadian operator to form a partnership with TiVo, providing its TV customers with a multiroom service which is expected to launch in the first half of 2015.
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Television Market Monitor - Canada pay TV Subscriber Forecast Updates Q1 2014June 04, 2014After the first ever yearly loss in pay TV subscribers in 2013, IPTV adds were not enough to make up for cord-cutting in Q1 2014. IHS expects Canadian pay TV households to continue declining moderately on a yearly basis through 2018.Subscribers Only
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AT&T to acquire DIRECTVMay 19, 2014AT&T is to acquire DIRECTV for $48.5 billion to form a combined 26 million video subscriber entity to rival a Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger of nearly 30 million video subscribers. If the deal happens, AT&T will acquire the nation’s largest satellite provider, DIRECTV and its 20.2 million subscribers, resulting in a nationwide presence for AT&T to deliver video services where it cannot with its U-verse video platform that passes nearly 27 million homes. The resulting deal will have ramifications across the television industry that was already shaken up by the Comcast and Time Warner Cable $45 billion deal.
