
Something I didn’t know before, seems Spark has sold its Lightbox streaming service to Sky <https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12305435>, “preferring to focus its firepower on sport” -- not sure what that means? Becoming a sport-only streaming service? As for the state of Sky: ... streaming customers were now rising faster than satellite customers were falling - allowing Sky to eke out a [small] net gain in total subscribers ... for the first time in years. The bad news: streaming subs pay less than those who use decoders, and average revenue per user per month (Arpu) s[a]nk from $77.73 to $74.84 overall, contributing to another fall in revenue and profit. Interesting, also, that NZ Rugby took a 5% stake in Sky in lieu of cash for the broadcast rights.