BT’s ‘free’ premium-sports strategy refutes established pay-TV and multiplay...
BT’s announcement that it will offer its forthcoming premium-sports channels free of charge to all of its broadband customers lays down the gauntlet in what is set to be a ferocious tussle between the...
View ArticleNew sports channels yet to have desired effect for BT, as crunch football...
BT’s lacklustre operational performance in its financial quarter to end-June may quell some of the “game changer” hype the telco has spent a small fortune on in promoting its new premium-sports...
View ArticleCable’s partnership model faces acid test with Virgin Media-Netflix deal
Today’s announcement of a partnership between UK cable MSO Virgin Media and online-video provider Netflix goes some way to settling a debate over how operators should address the threat posed by new...
View ArticleThe Future of TV 2013 survey: What pay-TV operators should do next
Earlier this year we surveyed more than 500 TV executives, covering all regions of the world, and representing all parts of the industry value chain. We wanted to know how they see the industry...
View ArticleSky’s new low-cost-OTT strategy signals shift in pay-TV priorities for UK’s...
Sky’s unveiling of the entertainment-content pricing for its Now TV stand-alone OTT service – coming a week after the operator reduced the regular price of the service’s premium-movies offering –...
View ArticlePress release: Middle East & Africa: TV advertising revenues to top US$10...
Movement towards more advanced measurement techniques will boost the region New research from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that global TV advertising revenues will climb by 5.2% in 2014 to reach...
View ArticleCES 2014 Trends: Personalization and integration underlie the user experience
Unsurprisingly, given the show’s name, gadgets were the stars of this year’s CES, as they are every year. But hidden among the 4K TVs, connected cars and wearable devices were a number of products and...
View ArticleCES 2014: A quiet year for media-centric announcements
Last week in Las Vegas, CES 2014 – the annual (Western) meeting of the world’s consumer-electronics firms – saw hundreds of announcements from companies highlighting their new products for the coming...
View ArticlePress release: Informa strengthens its TV research team with appointment of...
Industry thought leader joins Informa as TV Practice Leader Informa Telecoms & Media is delighted to announce that Ed Barton, one of the most respected analysts in the digital-media market, has...
View ArticleBroadband World Forum Asia 2014: The Post-Event Wrap
If you’re going to hold an Asia Pacific broadband conference these days then there are few countries with better credentials to host the event than Singapore which within a couple of years will be the...
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