Microtransactions Take Hold in Online PC Games

IHS Screen Digest announced that subscriber revenue from PC massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) and non-massive multiplayer online games (MOGs) in North America and Europe declined for the first time ever in 2010, marking a shift in industry emphasis away from subscriptions toward microtransactions.

Pay TV Declines in Q2 2011

IHS Screen Digest announced it reckons that the number of U.S. households subscribing to pay television video services declined by nearly 370,000 in the second quarter of 2011, with cable operators taking the biggest hit.