A recent article on IPTV-news.com has indicated that Worldwide IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) subscriptions have risen 11% year-on-year. This equates to 26.9 million IPTV subscriptions now worldwide.
The biggest growth was in Europe where IPTV services saw a growth of around 51%.
You can read the full article here:
Worldwide IPTV Subs Reach 26.9 Million
IPTV subscriptions in my view is based around paid content so things like the BBC i-Player are not included in these figures. It is the way that TV and Internet is turning and we will continue to see growth over the coming years. In my opinion the UK is way behind in these services yet we are starting to see providers on the market.
How many of you guys have paid to subscribe to an IPTV service or web TV channel?
Do you see this as the future of TV?
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At the weekend (1st/2nd August) I travelled out to Keynsham Snooker Centre for the first event in this years 8-Ball Super Tour.
This World Rules 8-Ball tour carries a huge £48,000 in prize money across the four events and as a result has pulled in all the best players in the land.
It was also going to be a test for us at Cuesport TV.
We had not had a full two-day weekend live event since we launched the subscriptions and were not sure what the response would be like, it turned out to be an excellent response. We have never ever believed that all of our 22,000 monthly viewers would pay, however, in order to drive the business forward in a tough climate it was better to take less viewers that appreciated the product enough to pay.
This happened and so a big thanks to all of the viewers that did support us this weekend.
On a side note Carl Morris beat Ronan McCarthy 8-6 to lift the title and £2700.00 first prize.
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Back in the middle of June I annouced that Cuesport TV would be moving to subscription based content. Originally the date set for this was the 17th June, as you can see the date has passed and still subscriptions are not available.
On one hand it has meant that two live events have gone out free, which for the viewers that saw them was a bonus. For me and the company it has been a major frustration and is something not in our control.
There are videos lined up which will only be available as part of the subscription, yet we cannot release them until the paygate problems have been solved, I for one hope that this will be early next week. The original problem with the paygate provider has now been solved so it is just a case of getting the paperwork signed.
The subscription is already being taked about by some people on forums and chat rooms and as yet I have only read one negative comment about the move which is fantastic.
The subscription means that Cuesport TV will be able to provide better quality coverage from UK events but not only that. In addition International events will start being added to the subscription, content that is produced by some of the major International broadcasters.
Please feel free to comment about the nature of subscription based content below, I would love to read your ideas and thoughts on the subject.
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