A first-of-its-kind nanosatellite project is expected to launch its first qualification unit on Monday. The constellation will ultimately consist of 7 small satellites that will monitor Earth’s tropical zone, which spans about 40 degrees of latitude to the north and south of the equator.
PSSI Global Services, a provider of live event management, transmission and connectivity solutions, has partnered with Telstra, in collaboration with R&S Consulting, to expand global media network connectivity. Through this […]
A new study says regular TV sports viewers are not likely to be “cord cutters,” and they tend to be “sticky” with traditional pay TV platforms — cable, satellite, telco, and virtual.
MediaKind, a global media technology provider, was chosen by the Brazilian TV network RecordTV to enable its delivery of over 1,000 hours of programming of the 18th Pan American Games, across […]
Now that the first-quarter earnings season is in the rear view, it’s time to assess the damage. Here’s a complete look at the results, ranking the top seven cable, satellite and telco pay-TV operators and offering a look at their performance in a number of key metrics, including subscriber growth and average revenue per user.
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Traditional pay TV distributors witnessed some of the steepest declines in fourth-quarter 2016 — but adding in new “virtual” pay TV providers trimmed those drops. For many, this means cord-cutting has arrived. MoffettNathanson Research says there was a 1.7% decline in traditional cable, satellite, and telco TV distributors — losing 319,000 to total 96.499 million U.S. subscribers.
The new multi-year agreement means AT&T DirecTV and U-Verse customers will continue to have access to NBCU broadcast and cable networks live and on-demand through linear TV, online and TV Everywhere apps.
Some pay TV companies bilk many customers with questionable monthly charges that add up to millions of dollars, charges a Senate report out Thursday. Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable, acquired earlier this year by Charter for $79 billion, were particularly targeted in a Senate hearing held by Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.).
Some pay TV providers are better at attracting OTT subscribers than others. That includes Time Warner Cable, Cablevision and Cox Communications. A study by Millward Brown Digital found these traditional cable operators performing better — in general — than satellite and telco operators.
