Operators
Despite 946,000 subscriber losses in Q2, AT&T expanded its video business margin
AT&T will focus on high-value customers for its pay-TV services… despite its biggest subscriber loss ever in Q2.
pay tv operators
OTT
Pay-TV fall prompts unbundling; will streaming services ‘rebundle?’ Nah
Anyone expecting a “great rebundling” of streaming services, a la the cable bundle, has missed the point of this ongoing consumer revolution.
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Content
Telefónica, Mediapro team on eSports channel to spur LatAm content growth
Telefónica is teaming up with film and TV group Mediapro to launch a dedicated eSports channel on Telefónica’s Moviestar OTT Play in LatAm. The goal: Continued LatAm content growth.
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Cord Cutting
Survey: Just 12% committed to keeping traditional pay-TV service in U.S.
Just more than one-in-10 people say they intend to keep their cable subscriptions, according to a new survey of Americans who currently have, or have had, cable service. Read More
Big Data
Data? A growing, critical resource for the pay-TV and OTT industry
Earlier this year, a survey of pay-TV providers by the Pay-TV Innovation Forum 2017 found that the majority of pay-TV execs believed data and analytics will be critical to pay TV direction over the next Read More
Cord Cutting
Q2 likely to be miserable as operators brace for big customer losses; OTT anyone?
Could second quarter pay-TV subscriber losses in the United States top 1 million, the highest figure ever? In a word, yes. The second quarter routinely is a weak one for operators and in the current Read More
Cord Cutting
In the U.S., service providers face triple cord-cutting threat
U.S. operators – especially telcos – are facing a triple cord-cutting threat as subscribers are dropping their landlines, traditional pay-TV subscriptions and, increasingly, broadband plans, as consumers look to mobile as their one-source supplier. Researcher Read More
LatAM
Q3 brings Brazil’s pay-TV operators a subscriber upturn, but sector is still down 3% Y/Y
Brazil’s pay-TV subscriber numbers grew Q/Q during the third quarter by 47,000, the first gains the sector has shown in at least seven quarter. And, although those numbers represent a decrease of 558,000 (almost 3%) Read More
Connected TVs & Devices
Bell Fibe TV becomes 1st Canadian pay-TV service on Apple TV
Canadian telco Bell Canada is making its IPTV product, Bell Fibe, available on Apple TV, making it the first pay-TV service from the Great White North to be available on the device. The Fibe TV Read More
APAC
Netflix inks deal with Pakistan telecom PTCL
Pakistan’s PTCL has signed a partnership agreement with Netflix for the Pakistan market, with each said saying they’ll “use their respective resources for mutual benefit, utilizing and maximizing the viewing experience and penetration of Netflix Read More