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Pay TV & Online Video Report - Western Europe - 2019August 05, 2019The 2019 Western Europe Pay TV & Online Video Report provides in-depth insight into the pay TV and online subscription video markets of Western Europe. It includes comprehensive market-sizing data and detailed analysis of the key trends shaping the industry ... .Subscribers Only
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Spain and Italy provide DTT subsidies to accelerate the release of 5G spectrumJuly 31, 2019The Spanish government approved in June 2019 a package of €150 million in state-aid to facilitate digital terrestrial television (DTT) migration for the second time in the country. The money will go to local communities to finance the retuning of TV antennas as DTT broadcasters will relinquish frequencies in the 694-790 MHz UHF band for 5G services. Spaniards must retune their antennas, as all DTT channels must move to frequencies below 694 MHz by June 2020. The spectrum between 694 and 790 MHz, the so-called 700 MHz, will be auctioned to mobile broadband operators, by the end of 2020 to facilitate the launch of 5G services in Spain. Meanwhile, the Italian Ministry of Economic Development has issued a list of guidelines for the provision of subsidies to buy TV sets and DTT set-top boxes compatible with the DVB-T2 HEVC standard. The pay-out of €151 million in subsidies commence in November 2019. The guidelines propose that Italian residents on social benefits receive a refund or rebate of €50 per household, for the purchase of a single device by December 31st, 2022 or until the allocated resources are exhausted. The aid will be granted on the principle of technological neutrality. The Italian government has committed to ceasing all DVB-T DTT transmissions and switching to DVB-T2 by June 2022. The European Commission has decided that the state-aid schemes of Spain and Italy are in line with EU state-aid rules and subsequently granted its approval.Subscribers Only
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Cross-Platform Television Viewing Time Report - 2019July 02, 2019The 2019 Cross-Platform Television Viewing Time Report examines trends in the time spent watching television and video content across multiple platforms, including the impact of newer technologies on traditional broadcast TV.Subscribers Only
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Pay TV & Online Video Report - Latin America - 2019June 18, 2019The 2019 Latin America Pay TV & Online Video Report provides in-depth insight into the pay TV and online subscription video markets of the Latin America region. It includes comprehensive market-sizing data and detailed analysis of the key trends shaping the industry, including growth drivers and inhibitors, evolving business models, and content strategies. The landscape of individual markets is also assessed via country profiles.Subscribers Only
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Comcast wins Sky battle with £30.6 billion offerSeptember 24, 2018Comcast has outbid 21st Century Fox to win control of Sky, with an offer valuing the UK-based pay TV group at £30.6 billion ($40 billion). In the third and final round of the auction run by the UK's takeover panel on Saturday 22 September, Comcast made a final offer of £17.28 per Sky share, trumping a bid of £15.67 from Fox. Comcast launched its challenge for Sky in April with an initial offer of £12.50, valuing Sky at £22 million. Sky shares closed at £15.85 last Friday.Subscribers Only
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Cross-Platform Television Viewing Time 2017August 08, 2018Analysis of changes in television viewing behaviour across broadcast and digital platforms across the big five European markets. In this report, IHS Markit analysts examine key trends across linear, PVR-timeshifted, pay-TV VoD and online video viewing.Subscribers Only
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Telefónica Spain increases the value of its retained customer base, while Vodafone sheds pay TV subscribersJuly 27, 2018Spanish telco Telefónica managed to sustain its pay TV growth and increase its ARPU in Q2 2018. The operator ended the quarter with 3.93 million pay TV subscriptions across its IPTV and satellite offerings, up 7.3% year-on-year. Meanwhile, Telefónica’s main competitor in pay TV, Vodafone, reported a total TV subscriber base of 1,33 million at the end of Q2 2018, which marked a second consecutive quarter of decline for the operator.
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Western Europe Pay TV and Online Video 2017July 12, 2018The Western Europe pay TV and online video market monitor provides an in-depth insight into the key trends affecting the subscription video market in 2017. It includes data and analysis on pay TV operators, their subscribers and revenues, and the impact of online TV services on pay TV growth.Subscribers Only
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Telefonica regains TV rights to La LigaJune 27, 2018Telefonica has regained control of most of the rights to Spanish first division football from the start of the 2019/20 season, with challenger Mediapro losing all residential domestic rights. The Spanish incumbent telco was awarded two packages which include exclusive rights to nine of the ten first division matches played each week, paying a total €2,940 million ($3,422 million) from 2019/20 to 2021/22. Mediapro was awarded a package of rights to all first and second division La Liga games for non-residential premises, paying €481 million. Mediapro has also renewed its agreement for international rights to La Liga for a five-year period from 2019/20 to 2023/24. The rights sales company offered a guarantee of €4,485 million to La Liga.
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Latin America Pay TV and Online Video 2017June 25, 2018The average Latin America (LATAM) household has more money to spend on entertainment in 2018 than they did a year earlier. As such, the addressable audience for pay TV is growing. However, this opportunity is being negated by a shift in consumer behavior away from linear TV to on-demand services.Subscribers Only
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Sky and Perform win rights for Serie A for next three seasonsJune 14, 2018After more than a year, Italy’s Lega Calcio Serie A has awarded domestic rights to the country’s top football championship for the next three seasons, with Perform Group entering the market for the first time alongside incumbent Sky. Perform, which operates the DAZN online subscription platform in five countries, won one of the two packages, comprising three live games on Saturday night and on Sunday lunchtime. It will pay €193 million per season from 2018/19 to 2020/21. Sky won two of the three packages on offer and will have the rights to seven games every week, paying €780 million a season. Mediaset Premium, which has aired Serie A since 2004 and held Champions League and Europa League rights for the last three seasons, was left with nothing.
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Central and Eastern Europe Pay TV 2017June 07, 2018The Central and Eastern Europe pay TV market monitor provides an in-depth insight into the key trends affecting the pay TV market in the CEE region in 2017. It includes data and analysis on pay TV operators, their subscribers and revenues, key M&A activity in the region, and the impact of online TV services on pay TV growth. The report focuses on the top eight CEE markets; Poland, Russia, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Serbia and Bulgaria.Subscribers Only
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Comcast makes its offer for Sky officialApril 25, 2018Comcast has made a formal offer for Sky, valuing the UK-based satellite operator at £22 billion ($30.7 billion). Today's official offer of £12.50 represents a premium of more than 16% over 21st Century Fox’s offer for the 61% of Sky it does not own. Sky's independent board of directors has this morning withdrawn its recommendation of the Fox bid, making a battle for ownership of Sky between Comcast, Fox and possibly Walt Disney Co, seemingly inevitable.
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Sky Italia and Mediaset sign content-sharing agreementApril 04, 2018Sky Italia and Mediaset have reached an agreement which could prove pivotal for the future Italian television landscape. The agreement will become effective from 1 June and it represents the first step of a pacification process between the two main competitors in the Italian pay TV market.
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Sky and Netflix agree European partnershipMarch 01, 2018Pan-European pay TV operator Sky has announced a partnership with global OTT subscription service Netflix, to make Netflix available on its DTH and OTT platforms. Sky is to integrate Netflix into its advanced DTH set-top box Sky Q across all of its markets, starting with the UK and Ireland, via a new subscription TV package later this year.
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Comcast intends to outbid 21st Century Fox for ownership of SkyFebruary 27, 2018US cable giant Comcast has unveiled a possible takeover offer for Sky, aiming to outbid 21st Century Fox. Comcast today made an all-cash offer of £12.50 per share in cash for the UK-based satellite operator, which represents a 16% increase on 21st Century Fox’s offer, implying a valuation of £22.1 billion ($28.5 billion). Fox, which already owns a 39% stake in Sky, offered £18.5 billion ($23.8 billion) to acquire the shares in the operator that it does not own.
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Netflix partners with OSN to grow its MENA subscriber baseFebruary 19, 2018MENA pay TV operator OSN has announced the signing of a partnership with Netflix. This deal is the first between Netflix and a pay TV operator across the MENA region. As a result of the partnership, OSN satellite subscribers will be able to access Netflix via a new hybrid set-top box, which OSN plans to launch at the end of the second quarter of 2018. Subscribers who will choose to access content from Netflix will not have to face a separate bill, instead they will be charged via their own OSN’ subscription.Subscribers Only
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Mediapro lands Serie A rights after long and difficult processFebruary 06, 2018Italy’s Lega Calcio has awarded rights to Serie A for the 2018-2021 period to Mediapro. The Catalan company was the only bidder for the rights to the football league championship, agreeing to pay €1.05 billion ($1.3 billion) per season—just above the Lega’s asking-price. Mediapro will either sell the rights on—they are currently held by Sky and Mediaset—or could set up a channel on behalf of the Lega.
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European Broadband Cable Yearbook - 2017December 01, 2017The European Broadband Cable Yearbook, produced in association with trade body Cable Europe, is widely recognised as the definitive guide to the European Cable Industry. Published continuously for over a decade, this annual report contains detailed data on the size and value of the cable industry in all European Union countries as well as other European Economic Area markets. With company-level information and market wide analysis it shows trends in cable uptake, digital progression, revenue and ARPU, broadband cable and cable telephony. Also includes a written summary of the cable industry developments within each country over the last year.Subscribers Only
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The rise of multiplay in PolandOctober 09, 2017
