TalkTalk and BT, partners in the YouView platform, have been removed from the Multiscreen Index of 100 leading TV providers, because they have stopped reporting subscriber numbers after failing to meet early expectations. Mark Lidiard, investor relations director at BT, said its strategy was focused on value rather than volume. Tim Warrington, head of investor relations at TalkTalk, confirmed subscriber numbers were no longer released, but were steady at about 1.3 million. “Our strategy is very much to drive value rather than volume in our business,” Mark Lidiard, the director of investor relations at BT, told informitv. The BBC has also announced it will stop publishing a list of top 50 UK pay-TV providers for the first time since 2009.
TalkTalk and BT, partners in the YouView platform, have been removed from the Multiscreen Index of 100 leading TV providers, because they have stopped reporting subscriber numbers after failing to meet early expectations. Mark Lidiard, investor relations director at BT, said its strategy was focused on value rather than volume. Tim Warrington, head of investor relations at TalkTalk, confirmed subscriber numbers were no longer released, but were steady at about 1.3 million. The BBC has also announced it will stop publishing a list of top 50 UK pay-TV providers for the first time since 2009.