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Asian SVOD to triple in size
OTT TV and video revenues in the Asia Pacific region are set to rocket to…
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Middle East, Africa SVOD will boom
Subscription VOD will become a billion dollar business in the Middle East and Africa in…
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IPTV overtakes satellite in western Europe
The number of IPTV homes in western Europe overtook pay TV satellite households last year,…
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Viewpoint: Netflix’s challenge, the next 50 million
Netflix finished 2015 with nearly 71 million paying streaming subscribers, up by 16.4 million year-on-year….
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Pay TV revenues ‘will slow in Lat Am’
Latin American pay TV revenues will grow just 9% by 2021, according to new reseach….
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North American pay TV subs to fall by 2021
Pay TV penetration in the US and Canada will fall to 80.3% in 2021 as…
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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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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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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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East Europe, MENA OTT revenue ‘to reach $2.6bn’
Over-the-top television and video revenues in eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa will reach…
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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 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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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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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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Netflix will register 17m international subs
Netflix will hit 17 million paying subscribers this year, according to the latest forecasts. Digital…
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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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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…
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Middle East and Africa pay TV will be US$8 billion market in 2014
New research says that digital TV penetration in the Middle East and Africa region will…
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Digital pay TV tipped to boom in Eastern Europe
Digital pay TV services are set to boom in Eastern Europe, according to a new…
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DTT gaining pace in Latin America
Digital terrestrial television is booming in Latin America and will be in 94.5% of homes…
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US pay TV penetration forecast to fall
The number of North American pay TV subscribers will continue to rise between now and…
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African pay TV tipped to boom
The number of pay TV subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa will more than double to reach…
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Online TV and video revenues to hit $35bn
Global revenue for online TV and video over fixed broadband networks will reach US$34.99 billion…
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Revealed: Top European drama imports
Income for free-to-air channels in Europe is under pressure. Despite this, the European market for imported…