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Digital TV Research
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beIN Media buys Miramax
The fast-growing Qatar-based beIN Media Group has bought US studio Miramax. The deal, financial details…
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Analysts put ‘expensive’ Netflix in the spotlight
Analysts have said Netflix is an expensive proposition in most developing markets, and that it…
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Exclusive content driving MENA pay TV
Pay TV operators in the Middle East and North Africa region are looking to exclusive…
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DTT making ‘huge gains’ in Africa
Digital terrestrial television (DTT), and pay DTT in particular, made “huge gains” in Sub-Saharan Africa…
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Study: Netflix in one in six Dutch homes
New stats suggest Netflix is now is around 1.2 million Dutch homes – around one…
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Netflix on track for 115m global subs
Netflix will have 115 million paying subscribers across a 200-country footprint by 2020, according to…
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Western Europe OTT revenues to double
Revenues generated by OTT services in Western Europe will more than double between now and…
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Asia Pacific pay TV subs to reach 535 million
Pay TV subscriptions for Asia Pacific’s top 68 operators will reach 535 million by 2020,…
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Sky tipped to overtake Liberty Global in Europe
Sky’s subscriber base is expected to overtake Liberty Global’s in western Europe in 2017, according…
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Connected TV penetration to reach 30% in 2020
The proportion of TV sets connected to the web will climb from just 4.5% at…
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Western Europe OTT ‘to hit $13.7bn’
Over-the-top television and video revenues in western Europe will hit US$13.72 billion in 2020, according…
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Netflix int’l subs to hit 26m by year-end
Netflix’s international subscriber base is expected to grow by almost ten million in 2015 to…
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Netflix to aid ‘global OTT revenue double’
Global over-the-top TV and video revenues are set to almost double in the next five…
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Global digital TV homes pass billion mark
More than one billion homes globally now have digital television, according to new research. About…
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Satellite TV ‘will overtake’ cable in 2015
Global satellite TV revenues will overtake total cable TV revenues in 2015, according to new…
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Eastern Europe pay TV growth to slow
Pay TV revenues from eastern Europe will grow by 17% between now and 2020, a…
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North American pay subs to fall 12%, stats show
Traditional North American pay TV revenues from subscription and on-demand services are due to fall…
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Pay TV uptake in Asia Pacific to reach 68%
Pay TV penetration in Asia Pacific will rise from 59% of TV households in 2014…
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MENA pay TV to top 21 million
The number of pay TV homes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) will…
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Top Euro pay TV operators face revenue, subs losses
A significant proportion of Europe’s top pay TV platform operators will shed subscribers and also…
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OTT revenues to reach US$42 billion by 2020
Online TV and video revenues from fixed broadband networks will more than double in the…
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Nearly 1bn connected TVs by 2020
The number of TV sets connected to the internet globally will rise to 965 million…
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Viewpoint: Coming up next… consolidation
Simon Murray, Digital TV Research Few were surprised by BSkyB’s announcement in late July that…
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Europe set for SVOD customer and revenue boom
One in five European homes will take a subscription video-on-demand service by 2020, with Western…
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TV ad revenues to near $240bn in 2020
Global TV advertising spend is set to reach US$236 billion in 2020, up by 38%…
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OTT set to rocket in Asia Pac
Revenues from OTT services will top US$10 billion in the Asia Pacific by 2020 as…
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Satellite TV revenues to hit $100bn in 2020
Satellite TV revenues will reach US$99.9 billion in 2020 and will overtake cable TV revenues…
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Global IPTV subs to double in seven years
Global IPTV subscriptions will more than double from 90 million at the end of 2013…
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Flat growth forecast for European pay TV
Pay TV revenues will increase just 0.6% this year as subscribers move to bundled services,…
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Fast growth years ‘over’ for the global pay TV
Global pay TV’s “fast growth years are over” with industry revenues due to climb from…