BSkyB leads the UK pay-TV market with 10.7 million customers compared with Virgin Media's 4.9 million.
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The pay-TV industry has become increasingly competitive as consumers have undergone a shift in viewing habits.
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It is increasingly necessary for pay-TV providers to evolve their services and differentiate themselves.
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Brazil's Net Communications Services(7.8, NETC) is the country's largest pay-TV provider, with 3 million customers.
It's a very poorly kept secret that Intel is looking to bust in the pay-TV business.
Furthermore, the performance is commendable given that the U.S. pay-TV market is highly saturated.
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Dish Network is the second largest pay-TV provider in the US after satellite rival DirecTV.
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The company also competes with satellite pay-TV providers like Dish Network and DirecTV.
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Since 2010, the pay-TV industry has experienced five different quarters when the number of subscribers declined.
Sony currently has a licensing agreement with the Starz pay-TV channel ends in 2015.
The company has positioned itself to benefit from pay-TV growth in Asia and Latin America.
It has a large, fast-growing number of pay-TV households, but it is a regulatory nightmare.
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Dish Network offers the sling DVR technology to its subscribers allowing them to remotely access pay-TV programming.
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But after the pay-TV firm collapsed, digital sport specialist Perform was appointed to stream the match online.
The rise of pay-TV, like the rise of the internet, is bound to disrupt older media businesses.
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Comcast lost 176, 000 net pay-TV subscribers in the recent quarter bringing its full year losses to 213, 000.
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Furthermore, even though losses continued, pay-TV revenues grew due to increase in ARPU (average revenue per subscriber).
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Besides positive pay-TV subscribers gains, the company showed building momentum in its relatively new broadband service dishNET.
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HBO, the leading pay-TV network, doesn't make any of its original programming available on Netflix's streaming service.
Rather than charging top euro for delicious content, pay-TV distributors are trying to hook Germans on technology.
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DirecTV cannot deny that pay-TV competition is getting fierce and investors should be aware of this too.
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Given the pressure from pay-TV companies and increasing programming expenses, we see limited room for profit growth.
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Several disputes between pay-TV companies and content owners in the last few years further strengthen this fact.
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On television, music is either supported by advertising or bundled invisibly into the cost of pay-TV subscriptions.
If we take example of the U.S., it was pay-TV that expanded first followed by Internet video surge.
Currently, there are close to 16.5 million pay-TV subscribers in Brazil, implying pay-TV penetration of close to 27%.
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"A significant portion of any pay-TV bill goes to fees for content providers like AMC Networks, " said Shull.
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In other countries digital video recorders and other technologies are add-ons to pay-TV packages stuffed with desired content.
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In December the company launched Vrtua, a high-speed residential broadband service available only to Globo Cabo's pay-TV subscribers.
Dish Network gained 14, 000 net pay-TV subscribers in Q4 2012, taking its full year gain to 89, 000 subscribers.
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