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Pay TV’s Newest Rival Is an Old Foe: Over-the-Air Antennas 14 April 2015

As if traditional pay TV companies don’t have enough headaches from all the new over-the-top upstarts such as Sling TV and Sony’s PlayStation Vue — not to mention HBO Now’s recent debut on Apple TV devices — the nation’s cable, … Continue reading

Global Pay TV Subscriptions will surpass 1.1 billion in 2020, with 4K ascending too 27 March 2015

  According to a recent study conducted by market analysis firm ABI Research, the worldwide Pay TV subscriber market grew by a steady 4% in 2014 and by year’s end reached a total of 923.5 million users. This was achieved … Continue reading

Pay-TV revenue dips, OTT scales new heights, says Digital TV Research study 24 March 2015

The tide is turning. Once considered merely an “early adopter” offering, over-the-top VoD services are poised to come into their own and earn some big bucks. Pay TV revenues peaked two years ago and are now on the drop, at the … Continue reading

Canadians embrace both traditional TV and OTT streaming 23 March 2015

  Nearly 60% of Canadian broadband households have at least one connected CE, including a smart TV, Blu-ray player, gaming console, connected PVR/DVR, or VoD platforms connected to the Internet, according to research from Parks Associates. The analyst’s report, Emerging Power … Continue reading

Net Neutrality : Something’s not quite right about the proposed Open Internet 23 March 2015

The simple understanding of the FCC’s recent net neutrality regulation is this: it makes it so cable companies can’t charge the Netflixes of the world more for an Internet fast lane. But net neutrality applies only to the “highway” of … Continue reading

Canada Wants Cable-TV Bundle Model Dismantled by 2016 20 March 2015

Like in the U.S., the Canadian cable industry is grappling with a shift to VoD platforms. Some customers are shutting off their traditional pay-TV services and watching video exclusively online – the so-called cord-cutters. Canada’s communications regulator will require cable companies … Continue reading

Parks Associates Releases Pay-TV, App, OTT, and User Interface Research 16 March 2015

Parks Associates announced today the release of industry reports providing strategic recommendations for service providers, app developers, and video streaming platform developers as consumers turn increasingly to OTT and non-linear content options. The report notes that while consumers watch over 30 … Continue reading

1.5 Million Americans are getting ready to ditch their Pay-TV service, says TiVo 13 March 2015

TiVo-owned video-recommendation company Digitalsmiths released another report damning bundled pay-TV viewing on Wednesday, concluding that around 1.5 million Americans have plans to ditch their cable, satellite or IPTV service. Another 38.1 million U.S. pay-TV customers are dissatisfied with their pay-TV service, … Continue reading

Pay TV VOD Usage Is Growing, But Not as Quickly as SVOD Services 11 March 2015

The pay TV VOD industry still faces serious hurdles in serving and satisfying online viewers, video metadata specialist Digitalsmiths finds in its just-released Q4 2014 Video Trends Report. Looking primarily at the online pay TV experience, the report find that … Continue reading

Asia-Pacific Pay-TV revenues to go up by USD 10 Billion 10 March 2015

Pay TV revenues in the Asia Pacific region (22 countries) will grow by $10 billion between 2014 and 2020, according to Digital TV Research. The Digital TV Asia Pacific Forecasts report estimates that pay TV revenues will reach $41.52 billion … Continue reading