Consumer expenditures on entertainment media in North America and Europe grew a hefty 69% between 2000 and 2010 to reach USD 234.8bn, with cable and satellite TV retaining top slot as the leading form of entertainment media during the preceding ten years (or “noughties” as some have described them), according to a new report from… Read More »
Satellite TV platforms (both analogue and digital) will overtake cable TV in terms of users in Western Europe by 2015, according to a new report from German research firm InfoCom, with satellite platforms expected to total 52.4mn households in the region compared to cable’s 47.6mn.
Prices of most Satellite TV services are continuing to rise this year despite intensifying competition, and industry analysts say that trend is unlikely to end any time soon. “People hate to pay their cable bill like they have to pay taxes,” said Brian Mitchell, a media analyst for Kaufman Bros., a New York investment bank.… Read More »