https://www.digitaltvnews.net The latest Satellite TV Business, Technology and Market Research news Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:30:24 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43395 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:30:24 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43395 February 21, 2025 — Freeview New Zealand's satellite TV service is to move to Koreasat 6 in early April. The move is essential for service continuity as the current satellite nears the end of its commercial life.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43381 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:03:25 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43381 February 13, 2025 — Eutelsat (ISIN: FR0010221234; Paris/London: ETL) and Advanced Telecommunications Solutions and Services (ATSS) have renewed their satellite capacity agreement on the EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43376 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:32:29 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43376 February 13, 2025 — Orange has released results to December 31, 2024. The company finished the year with 11.058 million IPTV and satellite subscribers, down 8,700 in the quarter, and down 86,900 year-on-year.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43373 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:58:37 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43373 February 13, 2025 — U.S. MVPDs, plus Ampersand and the VAB, have announced unified guidance on multiscreen TV advertising terminology, aiming to align the industry around the various TV advertising delivery types.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43353 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:08:10 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43353 February 10, 2025 — Space Norway has ordered THOR 8 from Thales Alenia Space. From 1°W, the THOR 8 satellite will ensure continuity of Space Norway's broadcast coverage over the Nordics, and Central and Eastern Europe.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43342 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 09:58:12 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43342 February 6, 2025 — Bharti Airtel has announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2024. In the quarter Digital TV subscribers grew by 29,000 to finish the year at 15.823 million.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43337 Thu, 06 Feb 2025 16:12:13 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43337 February 2, 2025 — Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has released its 2024 Communications Market Report analysing both international and domestic telecoms and broadcasting industries.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43302 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:26:42 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43302 January 30, 2025 — Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has reported results for the quarter ended December 31, 2024. Domestic video customers fell 311,000 in the quarter. Peacock paid subscribers grew by 16% YoY to 36 million.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43289 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:36:13 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43289 January 30, 2025 — ThinkAnalytics' AI will be integrated into search, voice search discovery and personalized recommendations across DISH, Sling TV, and DISH Anywhere services - on both satellite and OTT platforms.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43283 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:48:16 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43283 January 26, 2025 — Sky New Zealand is aware that a growing number of customers have experienced signal disruption following the decision by Optus to place its D2 satellite into an inclined orbit to conserve fuel.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43254 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:02:30 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43254 January 22, 2025 — 'yes' is migrating from satellite to OTT delivery, with satellite due to end in February 2026. The company is now considering continued limited satellite broadcasts beyond this date as well.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43202 Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:09:45 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43202 January 8, 2025 — DIRECTV Advertising has announced the programmatic enablement of its linear satellite inventory, providing advertisers with access to audiences across satellite and streaming.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43194 Thu, 09 Jan 2025 15:29:46 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43194 January 7, 2025 — SKY Perfect JSAT has released end-December 2024 subscriber numbers for its SKY PerfecTV! multichannel pay TV broadcast service and optical fiber based re-transmission service.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43120 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 07:53:55 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43120 December 22, 2024 — DAZN has announced an agreement to acquire Foxtel Group from its majority shareholder News Corp and minority shareholder Telstra at an enterprise value of US$2.2bn, subject to regulatory approval.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43109 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:14:35 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43109 December 19, 2024 — SES has announced that ASTRA 1P, positioned at 19.2°E, has completed testing and is now fully operational. Equipped with 80 transponders, ASTRA 1P can support hundreds of HD TV channels.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43051 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 09:59:47 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43051 December 6, 2024 — According to Anacom, at the end of 3Q 2024, there were 4.1 million residential subscribers to pay TV in Portugal, 59 thousand more (+1.5%) than in the same quarter of the previous year.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43045 Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:06:11 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43045 December 10, 2024 — Synamedia and OSN Group have announced the launch of a CTV proposition for targeted advertising on linear broadcast channels, powered by Synamedia's Iris addressable TV platform.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43039 Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:02:38 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43039 December 9, 2024 — Vivendi shareholders have approved the separation from Vivendi of Canal+, Havas and the Louis Hachette Group. First trading of the shares of the three will take place on December 16, 2024.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43023 Thu, 05 Dec 2024 09:55:24 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=43023 December 4, 2024 — Samsung has announced that its Samsung TVKey Cloud is currently available through GTPL and Dish TV in India. The technology, co-developed with NAGRAVISION, eliminates the need for traditional STBs.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42966 Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:05:10 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42966 November 22, 2024 — DIRECTV has terminated the agreement to acquire EchoStar's video distribution business, DISH DBS, following rejection by DISH DBS noteholders of the EchoStar debt exchange offer terms.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42914 Fri, 22 Nov 2024 09:40:59 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42914 November 13, 2024 — wedotv is expanding the distribution of its wedotv big stories channel to audiences across the Middle East and North Africa via EUTELSAT 7 West A, located in the region's 7/8°W video neighbourhood.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42901 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:11:17 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42901 November 12, 2024 — MultiChoice has released an update for the six months ended 30 September 2024. On a YoY basis, the company's linear subscriber base declined by 11% or 1.8m subscribers to 14.9m active subscribers.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42889 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:51:28 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42889 November 12, 2024 — EchoStar (NASDAQ: SATS) has released results for the period ended Sept. 30, 2024. Pay-TV subscribers fell 43,000 in Q3, to close at 8.03 million (5.89 million DISH TV, 2.14 million SLING TV).]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42869 Wed, 13 Nov 2024 09:55:49 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42869 November 7, 2024 — Dialog Axiata has announced results for the nine months ended 30th September 2024. Dialog Television (DTV) maintained its subscriber base at around 1.6 million as of end Q3 2024.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42865 Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:45:51 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42865 November 7, 2024 — Telefónica has presented results for the third quarter of 2024. In Spain, Pay TV net adds were 49,000 for the quarter. Elsewhere Pay TV subscribers fell 44,000, resulting in net global growth of 5,000.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42861 Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:19:54 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42861 November 6, 2024 — Türk Telekom Group has announced third quarter 2024 results. TV Home recorded 20k net additions and maintaining its subscriber base at around 1.5 million.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42852 Thu, 07 Nov 2024 09:51:28 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42852 November 6, 2024 — SES has extended its contracts with Austria’s largest media provider and public broadcaster ORF and its content distribution subsidiary ORS Group on SES's prime TV neighbourhood at 19.2°E.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42844 Wed, 06 Nov 2024 09:41:29 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42844 November 5, 2024 — SES has extended its partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). SES will provide playout services and satellite capacity to deliver WBD's channels across Germany and Austria from 19.2°E.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42827 Mon, 04 Nov 2024 17:55:43 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42827 November 4, 2024 — Telekom Srbija has extended the contract for SES to provide capacity on ASTRA 3C at 23.5°E for its M:Sat TV platform, covering Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and North Macedonia.]]> https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42819 Mon, 04 Nov 2024 09:45:20 +0000 https://www.digitaltvnews.net/?p=42819 October 31, 2024 — Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. Domestic video customers fell 365,000 in the quarter. Peacock paid subscribers grew by 29% YoY to 36 million.]]>