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Swisscom TV connections down 11,000 in 1Q 2024
May 2, 2024 – Swisscom has released results for the first quarter of 2024. Over the quarter, the number of TV connections dropped by 11,000 to 1.526 million, down 2.1% year-on-year.
News categories: Swisscom, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland

Bell adds 14,174 net retail IPTV subscribers in 1Q 2024
May 2, 2024 – BCE (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) has reported results for Q1 2024. Bell added 14,174 net retail IPTV subscribers, up 30.0% from 10,899 in Q1 2023, ending at 2,084,516 subscribers, up 4.3% over last year.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Altice USA residential video RGUs down 77,700 in 1Q 2024
May 2, 2024 – Altice USA (NYSE: ATUS) has reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024. Quarterly Residential video net losses were -77.7k in Q1 2024, compared to -58.6k video net losses in Q1 2023.
News categories: Altice USA, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Netflix posts first quarter 2024 results and outlook
Apr 18, 2024 – Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has posted its first quarter 2024 results and outlook. In the quarter the company added 9.33 million paid memberships to finish at 269.60 million globally.
News categories: Netflix, Digital TV, Results, Streaming, Subscribers, USA, Worldwide

Top U.S. pay-TV providers lost 5 million subscribers in 2023
Mar 8, 2024 – Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that the largest pay-TV providers in the U.S. lost about 5,035,000 video subscribers in 2023, compared to a net loss of about 4,590,000 in 2022.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Bruce Leichtman, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, USA

EchoStar pay TV subscribers down 314,000 in 4Q 2023
Mar 1, 2024 – EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) has released results for the period to Dec. 31, 2023. Pay-TV subscribers fell 314,000 in the final quarter to close at 8.53 million (6.47 million DISH TV, 2.06 million SLING TV).
News categories: EchoStar, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, USA

DTH subscribers down 1.32 million in India in 3Q 2023
Feb 9, 2024 – According to TRAI, the total Pay DTH active subscriber base in India decreased from 65.50 million at end-June 2023 to 64.18 million at end-September. There were 11 MSOs & 1 HITS operator with a subscriber base of over one million.
News categories: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Satellite, Subscribers

North America to lose another 10 million pay TV subscribers
Feb 23, 2024 – According to Digital TV Research, the number of pay TV subscribers in Canada and the U.S. will have fallen to 60 million in 2029, down from 111 million in 2015 and 60 million in 2023.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Simon Murray, Canada, Digital TV, Market Research, Subscribers, USA

Netflix to lose leadership in Arabic countries
Feb 19, 2024 – According to Digital TV Research, there will be 26 million SVOD subscriptions in Arabic countries by 2029, up from 14 million in 2023. Netflix will lose its market leadership to Shahid VIP.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Simon Murray, Digital TV, Market Research, Middle-East, Streaming, Subscribers