Television Intelligence: research on pay TV, cable, IPTV, DTT, satellite and VoD

Europe's multichannel market | 21 Dec 11 tags › The main 5 Western European markets (representing 60 per cent of the total European pay TV Market) and Poland are analysed with respect to the number of unique TV channels available on each pay TV platform (Cable, DTT, IPTV, Satellite). Platform popularity in the six markets is very much down to local conditions, with no clear frontrunner for channel choice. France has the largest number of unique TV channels of Europe's six major Markets - 716 - followed by the UK with 500. Poland has the fewest, 284.

Must carry and must offer in Europe | 16 Dec 11 tags › The roll-out of digital terrestrial television (DTT) in Europe has (with some exceptions) increased the number of channels qualifying for 'must carry' status on pay TV networks in the region. In paralel, must offer rules requiring channel operators to make their services available for carriage have also been added to national legislation. This report looks at how must-carry rules have been applied across Europe, including recent and planned changes. The financial implications of must carry - in particular the issue of carriage payments made by network operators to channels (or vice versa) are also examined.

Television Market Monitor: European Pay TV: Q3 2011 | 29 Nov 11 tags › The report analyses the third quarter 2011 results of 10 major pay TV platforms in Europe, including subscribers, TV household penetration, quarterly net additions and key financials. A slide on each of the six major markets analyses the position of pay platforms against key competitors.

Sky pushes multiscreen as core TV business slows | 31 Jan 12 tags › BSkyB saw net additions of core TV households for the year to end of 2011 more than half against the previous year, but put more weight behind multiscreen and out-of-home access to drive future growth,...

Time Warner Cable: video revenue flat, broadband up | 27 Jan 12 tags › Time Warner Cable (TWC), the 2nd largest cable operator in the U.S., posted a fourth quarter residential video decline of 129,000 subscribers, or 1.1 per cent of its basic subscriber base. This is an...

Telefonica O2 withdraws from DTT in Czech Republic | 26 Jan 12 tags › In a move to focus on telecommunications services, Telefonica Czech Republic decided to cede the licence for country's DTT multiplex 4 to Digital Broadcasting....

International channel strategies and benchmarking | 28 Sep 11 Guy Bisson presented on the strategies of international TV channels and benchmarked major channel owners in terms of income and reach. The presentation detailed key analysis from IHS Screen Digest's new TV Channel Intelligence service, providing granular information on more than international 400 channel brands.

The European TV programme market | 27 Sep 11 This presentation by Tim Westcott at Screen Digest's TV Channels Seminar, in London on 15 September 2011 focused on TV programme expenditure in the five major European markets. Looking at annual data from 2000 to 2010, the presentation correlated what TV groups spent on programmes with annual revenues, looked at whether pay TV platforms have taken over from free-to-air broadcasters as the main investors in programming, and touched on key developments in each country.