by Pivot
Tag: IPTV
Consolidated Takes New TV Path with Launch of CCiTV
Consolidated is embarking on a new video path with the launch of its CCITV service in its Northern New England markets, beginning in Southern Maine. The new video service, CCiTV, is a cloud-based app delivered…
Parks: Consumers Report Decline in Pay-TV Spending
Consumer-reported monthly spending on pay TV declined from $84 to $76 between 2016 and 2018, according to new pay-TV spending research from Parks Associates. According to Parks Associates, self-reported expenditures on non-pay-TV home video entertainment…
Retransmission Fee Forecast Calls for Another Steep Rise: $11.72 Billion in 2019
The retransmission fees that U.S. television station owners collect from cable, direct broadcast satellite and telco video providers will rise from $10.57 billion in 2018 to $11.72 this year, according to a retransmission fee forecast…
AT&T Continues Directv Phase Out Plan, DIRECTV NOW to be Rebranded as AT&T TV Now
We first got wind of a shifting AT&T video strategy that will begin to de-emphasize satellite-delivered Directv for broadband delivered video back in September 2017. AT&T CEO revealed plans for a new video service that…
TDS Telecom Taps ARRIS for its TDS TV+ Cloud TV Platform, Will Bring TiVo Interface and Netflix Integration
TDS Telecom has selected an Android TV set-top platform from ARRIS to support its TDS TV+ cloud TV platform. TDS TV+ is slated to launch later this year, starting with the company’s central Oregon cable…
AT&T Pay-TV Subscriber Losses Approach 1 Million in 2Q19, Surpasses 1.5 Million in 2019
Between Directv, U-verse TV, and the carrier’s streaming DirectvNow service, AT&T pay-TV subscriber losses amounted to 946K in 2Q19, just shy of 1 million. Satellite delivered Directv lost 778K subscribers alone. If you add AT&T’s…
Fubo Sports Network Launches on Smart TVs
NEW YORK – JULY 24, 2019 – fuboTV announced today the expanded distribution of its fubo Sports Network, the live, free-to-consumer TV network for passionate sports fans, to smart TV platforms Samsung TV Plus and LG Channels powered by…
Vast Broadband Moves to Full App-Based TV Offering from Evolution Digital
CENTENNIAL, Colo., June 27, 2019 – Evolution Digital today announces an agreement with Vast Broadband (“Vast”) to be its full end-to-end IP video platform provider for its application-based video offering. As Vast migrates to IP video…
LYNXX Networks Upgrades Video Solution to MG-TV
June 20th, 2019 — Camp Douglas, WI – LYNXX Networks, a 102-year-old communications company in South Central Wisconsin has upgraded their video service with Innovative Systems MG-TV. With an aging video system in place, General…
TDS Launches Faster Speeds, New Channels and Products in Mead, Colorado
June 12, 2019 — TDS customers’ home internet and TV experience has changed for the better in Mead, Colorado. TDS is now offering residential internet packages from 100 to 600Mbps, all-digital TV service, new TV channels,…
Report Counts 60 Total Retransmission Blackouts So Far This Year
The U.S. video marketplace has suffered more than 60 total retransmission blackouts during the first six months of 2019 and nearly 550 in the past three and a half years, according to a new report…
Kagan: Within Continuing Pay-TV Cord Cutting Trend, Virtual Multichannel Subscriber Growth Slows
The growth rate for virtual multichannel subscribers slowed in the first quarter of 2019, according to a new report from Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. Virtual multichannel subscriber growth was…