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Ovum
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Ovum: Skinny bundles to drive US pay-TV growth
Next year will be the first year that ‘skinny bundles’ drive overall subscription growth across…
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Ovum: Amazon to make more video revenue than Netflix in 2018
Amazon will overtake Netflix to generate more over-the-top (OTT) video revenue in 2018 thanks to…
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Netflix ups bond offering to €1.3bn
Netflix has upped its senior notes offering to €1.3 billion (US$1.4 billion), upsizing the debt…
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‘Out of control’ Netflix spend ‘not sustainable’
Influential research house Ovum has claimed Netflix’s current business model is unsustainable and its spending…
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Trump win ‘could spell trouble’ for US entertainment
Donald Trump’s election win earlier this week will make international sales harder for US media…
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Telcos are ‘taking over pay TV’
Telecoms companies will account for over half of all pay TV subscriptions in Western Europe…
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Ovum: VR video to generate US$8.2bn by 2020
Virtual reality video will generate revenues of US$8.2 billion by 2020 and will make more…
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Netflix growth ‘slowing’ in big European markets
US streaming service Netflix is seeing subs growth slow in major European territories, according to…
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Netflix subs ‘not buying into’ costly originals
Netflix’s lower than expected subscriber growth was caused in part because customers are not willing to…
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Telcos target TV
Telecoms operators are increasingly looking to TV to drive new subs, increase customer loyalty and…
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Global Netflix impact ‘felt for a generation’
The impact of Netflix’s unprecedented global launch will be “felt for a generation”, but will…
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BBC Three closure branded a ‘disaster’
The closure of the BBC Three linear channel in the UK is “a disaster disguised…
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EC passes net neutrality rules
The European Commission has given its final approval to net neutrality rules that it claims…
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Going (digital) native
Why are television’s biggest groups spending millions of dollars on YouTube talent-focused multichannel networks? Jesse…
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Analyst: Netflix ‘goes from strength to strength’
Concern over the recent dip in Netflix’s share price that followed mixed financial results is…
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Apple, Amazon, and the exclusivity paradox
Rob Gallagher, director of research and analysis, media and entertainment at research house Ovum, muses…
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Channels switch on OTT
Premium, basic pay and free TV channels around the world are looking to OTT and…
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Primetime TV ‘unmatched by other media’
The reach of primetime television “remains unmatched by other media”, according to an analyst at…
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Starz Play to ‘spark Mid East OTT boom’
The launch of the Starz OTT platform in the Middle East will spark a wave…
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OTT subs to hit 100 million this year
The total number of subscribers to online streaming services will pass 100 million on a…
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African countries to miss analogue switch-off deadline
Major African territories such as South Africa and Nigeria are set to miss a deadline…