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COVID-19 Accelerates Digital Migration Plans for Broadcasters 25 February 2021

  2020 has been disruptive. The pandemic has closed businesses and changed the OTT content consumption dynamics in a significant way. It has especially caused a major impact on the TV industry- Lockdowns changed audience consumption habits and caused disruption … Continue reading

DirecTV Now registers 1.2 million subscribers 02 February 2018

The Year 2017 has proved to be a successful year for DirecTV Now which has successfully registered 1.2 million subscribers under its belt. However, the traditional satellite service of the American broadcaster continued to slip, losing a net 147,000 customers … Continue reading

OTT net additions outperform pay-TV in Spain 11 October 2017

According to a recently released IHS Markit report, it has been noted that OTT platforms have added more subscribers than pay-TV services, in Spain in 2016.   Figures suggest that 2016 saw over 500,000 net subscribers’ additions to OTT and … Continue reading

74% of U.S. homes have pay-TV, because it is bundled with broadband 11 April 2017

According to a latest Deloitte survey, around three-fourth of U.S. consumers subscribe to traditional pay-TV services, and two-third of those homes do it because the online video products are bundled with their broadband service. The survey also found out that … Continue reading

Most US internet users find Pay TV expensive 19 February 2016

According to a poll by TVfreedom and The Harris Poll, 61% were of the opinion (strongly agreed) that Pay TV services are overpriced. Around 25% ‘somewhat agreed’ that pay TV is expensive. Most users were of the opinion that they … Continue reading

DTVE Survey: global OTT, mobile connectivity and convergence to have biggest impact on video business 12 February 2016

According to the Digital TV Europe Industry Survey 2016, video consumption will depend on factors like mobile data, OTT content and availability. A majority (46%) believe that Pay-TV services will have moderate growth, despite the advancements of modern services like … Continue reading

Broadband & OTT Improve, Pay TV Slumps As Per Pew Study 08 January 2016

The “Home Broadband 2015” report revealed that 15% of US adults abandoned cable and satellite TV services, becoming cord-cutters while 9% of US adults admitted to having never subscribed to a cable or satellite service. That means that in 2015 … Continue reading