Satellite TV (DTH or DBS) revenues will overtake total cable TV revenues this year, according to the Digital TV World Revenues Forecasts report, covering 138 countries. Satellite TV revenues will make up 46 percent of total revenues in 2020, from … Continue reading
The National Cable and Telecommunications Association, which hosts the show, renamed it to INTX from The Cable Show this year, citing a shift in focus to the digital media and entertainment economy. The show continues through Thursday at McCormick Place. … Continue reading
Maintaining a high level of security is essential for pay-TV operators looking to take their share of the lucrative OTT and IPTV platforms market, Conax’s EVP Products & Marketing warned yesterday. Speaking at TV Connect, Tom Jahr told the packed auditorium … Continue reading
The number of IPTV platform subscribers rose by nearly seven times as of the end of last year since the system’s launch in 2008, the Korea Communications Commission said Sunday. The number jumped to 10.83 million as of the end of … Continue reading
When a man named Herb MacDonald pioneered the pay-one-price, all-you-can-eat buffet in Las Vegas sometime in the in the middle of the last century, he probably did not realize that his restaurant pricing would become a model for so many … Continue reading
Netflix, the world’s biggest Video streaming Platform, is expected to enter the domestic market next year, the pay broadcasting market at home is in disarray. While some providers are examining the cooperative potential of Netflix, most of them are scrambling … Continue reading
The forecast comes from a new report from Digital TV Research. Medium term, IPTV platform subscriptions will climb by 8.6 million (up by 37%) between 2014 and 2020 compared with 1.2 million additions for pay satellite TV (up by 5%) and … Continue reading
While coming out in support of Net Neutrality, telecom service providers on Friday said there is a need to create a level playing field to run a ‘viable’ business and demanded that same rule should apply for same services, including … Continue reading
Even if Comcast’s $45.2 billion bid for Time Warner Cable is dead, consolidation among the companies that pipe in our TV, phone and Internet will carry on. Combining the No. 1 and No. 2 U.S. cable companies would have put … Continue reading
U.S. consumers are more inclined to stream entertainment from an Internet TV platform than tune in to live TV, according to the results of a new survey from consulting firm Deloitte. Video streaming services such as Netflix, which are now used by more than … Continue reading