Asia’s largest pay-TV channel operator with almost 30 brands, FOX International Channels (FIC) is employing a variety of methods to further expand its reach. As Ward Platt, president for the Asia Pacific and the Middle East at FIC, tells TV Asia Pacific, the company is rolling out more feeds for English-language pan-regional brands like Star …
Tag Archive: pay-TV
Dec
01
Regulation on Pay TV contracts
The MDA has now decided that they have to step in and regulate the Pay TV contracts as follows: The contract should not exceed 2 years There should be pro-rata refund on cancellation of contract. This move, which is taken after a long time of free market practices, recognizes the weakness of the free market …
Nov
25
Ovum: Pay-TV strategies must reflect evolving market landscape
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 24): Changes in market conditions and consumer behaviour are forcing dramatic shifts and an uncertain future for the pay-TV industry, according to Australia-based Ovum. In a report entitled “How do operators keep consumers paying for TV” released on Thursday, Ovum said that new technologies and players offering alternative ways to view video …
Nov
24
Pay-TV strategies ‘must reflect evolving market’
Changes in market conditions and consumer behaviour are forcing dramatic shifts and an uncertain future for the pay-TV industry, according to Ovum. In a new report*, the independent telecoms analyst firm states that new technologies and players offering alternative ways to view video are undermining the established order of pay-TV operations. The study also indicates …
Sep
27
39 investigated in Italy for pay-TV piracy
Thirty-nine people are under investigation for computer fraud and violations of copyright law, following an operation to combat piracy against Italian pay-TV operators Mediaset Premium and Sky Italia, as well as conditional access provider Nagravision, performed by the Communications Police. The suspects, 28 of them residents in the Lazio region, 7 in Sicily, 3 in …
Sep
07
Cable dominates improving worldwide pay-TV market
The worldwide market was worth €301 billion in 2010, progressing 7.8% compared to 2009 according to Idate’s 21st edition of biannual World TV Markets report. Analysing the overriding trends and changes, the report shows that the worldwide TV market is led by the pay-TV sector, which is dominated by cable subscriptions. Read more: Cable dominates …
Aug
26
Update: Sky TV lifts annual net profit 16.8%
Sky Network Television said annual net profit rose 16.8% as subscriber numbers grew to a record and more switched to MySky. The pay TV operator said net profit for the year ended June 30 rose to $120.3 million from $103 million the previous year as revenue rose 7.4% to $796.9 million. “Sky has had another …
