by Pivot
Tag: TelcoTV
Infonetics: IPTV Subscribers on the Rise as Cable Subs Decrease
The global base of cable pay-TV subscribers continued to shrink in 1Q 2013 while that for telco IPTV expanded, according to excerpts from the 2nd edition of Infonetics Research’s “Pay TV Subscriber Database.” “Cable TV…
ABI: TelcoTV Share of Pay TV Market Will Rise to 14% by Year End
Growth in the number of telco and satellite TV subscribers fueled a 3% year-over-year gain in the global Pay-TV market over the first six months of 2013, according to the latest data from ABI Research,…
Government Report: Cablecos’ Share of Video Market Drops to 55.7%
The number of multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) subscribers increased to 101 million from 100.8 million U.S. households between year-end 2010 and June 2012, according to the FCC’s 15th Report to Congress on the status…
CT Communications Boosts Broadband Speeds With ADTRAN
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation networking solutions, announced today that CT Communications has increased the throughput of their high-speed broadband services by more than 30 times by leveraging ADTRAN’s Total…
TDG: 13% of Broadband Households Are Pay-TV Refugees
So-called “pay-TV refugees” now represent 13%–some 11 million—of U.S. broadband households, according to new research from TDG (The Diffusion Group). Pay-TV service subscriptions have fallen almost 5 percentage points among U.S. broadband TV households since…
Report: Satellite TV Revenue to Overtake Cable TV Revenue by 2016
The global pay-TV market (cable, satellite, and telco IPTV) grew 9.4% in 2012’s first half (1H 2012) year-over-year (YoY) depite persisting economic weakness in the world’s two largest geographic markets, according to the latest data…
Network-as-a-Service Could Enhance Cloud Offerings
One of the key themes to emerge from the Cloud Services Summit at the TelcoTV conference in Las Vegas on Friday was the idea of offering the network itself as a service. It’s a concept…
Verizon, Windstream Hope to Foresee Home Video Device Requirements
The TelcoTV conference in Las Vegas this week is offering service providers a wide range of ideas about how to make money in the video service arena. A keynote by Robert Mudge, president of consumer…
Report: Viewers Willing to Pay More for Flexibility, Premium Video Services
Twelve percent of American viewers were willing to pay as much as $10 per month for a premium video tier and another 5% were willing to pay up to $5, according to a preview of…
A Requiem and Resurrection for Myrio
Readers of a certain age who have been around the IPTV world since its early days will remember Myrio Corporation as a once market-leading IPTV middleware platform that kept falling on hard luck. Even though…
IHS: Largest Pay-TV Decline on Record Recorded in 2Q 2012
Net subscriber additions for U.S. pay-TV operators dropped nearly 350,000 quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) in 2Q 2012, the largest decline ever recorded, according to the latest data from IHS Screen Digest. Weakening economic conditions and intensifying competition…
Skitter Partnering with Rural Operators on Metro TV Offering
Who would ever have thought traditional broadcast television would be hot again? Consider it a reflection of the economy and the impact of over-the-top video: Years after people pulled down their rooftop antennas and TV…