Author: Adam Thomas
Press release: 2012 saw historic decline in Western European pay-TV subscribers
New research conducted by Informa Telecoms & Media shows that Western Europe experienced an historic decline in pay-TV subscriber numbers in 2012. There were 93 million pay-TV subscribers across the region at end-2011, but more than 380,000 were lost during the year, leading to an end-2012 total of 92.6 million. According to Adam Thomas, Informa’s… Read more
Press release: Euro soccer will overcome Euro crisis to boost TV advertising
European TV advertising revenues set to outperform GDP in 2012 New analysis from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that European net TV advertising revenues will increase by 5.4% in 2012 to US$40.7 billion. This follows a 3% increase in TV advertising revenues in 2011 and one of 9.9% in 2010. The big increase in 2010… Read more
DISH’s AutoHop move could smash an US$11 billion hole in the US TV business model, says Adam Thomas
In the 1970s, English soccer enforcer Norman Hunter gained an iconic status for extolling the virtues of “getting your retaliation in first.” And so it was that yesterday pay TV operator DISH and three of the major US TV networks (FOX, CBS and NBC) all rushed to court to be the first to make a case against… Read more
