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Comcast Xfinity launches $70 sports & news video package
Jan 23, 2025 – Comcast has launched Sports & News TV, a video package for Xfinity Internet customers that brings together live news, top sporting events, hit movies and shows, and primetime TV all in one place.
News categories: Comcast, John Dixon, Cable TV, Digital TV, USA

Record highs for YouTube, Netflix and Prime Video in December
Jan 21, 2025 – Nielsen's The Gauge for December 2024 showed a 4% increase in time spent watching TV in the U.S. versus November, with viewing on the Thanksgiving and Christmas days exceeding 100 billion minutes.
News categories: Nielsen, Broadcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

DAZN advances global expansion with acquisition of Foxtel
Dec 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.
News categories: DAZN, Foxtel Group, Shay Segev, Siobhan McKenna, Patrick Delany, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, MandA, Satellite, Streaming

Time watching TV in the U.S. reached nine-month high in November
Dec 10, 2024 – Nielsen has released its The Gauge report for November 2024. Viewing levels in the U.S. increased 5% versus October to record the largest monthly viewing total since February.
News categories: Nielsen, Broadcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

Residential pay TV subscribers up 1.5% YoY in Portugal in 3Q 2024
Dec 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.
News categories: Anacom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Samsung enables pay TV in India without the need for a set-top
Dec 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.
News categories: Samsung, GTPL, Dish TV, NAGRAVISION, Dipesh Shah, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Telia Finland transfers cable network operation and development to Teleste
Nov 27, 2024 – Teleste and Telia Finland have signed an agreement transferring the operation and development responsibilities for broadband and TV services in Telia Finland's cable network to Teleste.
News categories: Teleste, Telia Finland, Hanno Narjus, Hanna Grönberg, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Finland

Tele Columbus TV households down 40% YoY in 3Q 2024
Nov 25, 2024 – The total number of Tele Columbus TV households in the third quarter of 2024 decreased year-on-year to 1.1 million (-40.4% YoY), but remained stable compared to the second quarter of 2024.
News categories: Tele Columbus, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

Comcast to spin-off of cable television networks
Nov 20, 2024 – Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company, consisting of a portfolio of NBCUniversal cable television networks, through a tax-free spin-off.
News categories: Comcast Corp, Brian L. Roberts, Mike Cavanagh, Mark Lazarus, Anand Kini, Cable TV, Digital TV, MandA, USA