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YouTube app soon to be available on Amazon Fire TV Devices 24 April 2019

Keeping all the feuds aside, Amazon and Google finally decide to integrate the YouTube app on the Fire TV platforms. With this development, millions of viewers who stream video content online using Fire TV Stick and YouTube will be highly … Continue reading

OTT spend set to propel video and global TV spendings to $559BN by 2022 16 August 2018

According to reports, the global consumer and advertising spend on TV and video is predicted to rise to $559 billion in 2022, up from $490 billion in 2017. The revenue generated from over-the-top services such as YouTube, Facebook, iflix, iTunes, … Continue reading

Millennials dominate Mexican OTT industry 24 January 2018

According to a report, Mexican subscribers, aged between 18 and 34 years are the primary consumers of (over-the-top) OTT platforms. The report which examined the consumption habits of 10,664 subscribers in the months September and October suggests that 25% of … Continue reading

ZEEL’s VoD platform set to launch in Feb 22 January 2018

ZEEL’s (Video-on-Demand) VoD platform ZEE5 is all set to be launched in February. Speaking of the Q3 results, the company quoted that the digital platforms are driving incremental video consumption which represents another growth opportunity for content monetization. ZEE5 will … Continue reading

Most on-demand users in China subscribe to two SVOD services 30 November 2017

According to a consumer survey report ‘Living with Digital China’ by Futuresource Consulting, most subscribers in China take at least two services at once. The survey was designed to reveal key trends in digital entertainment behavior, including connected device usage … Continue reading

Netflix sustains in Russia despite foreign ownership restrictions 05 July 2017

Foreign ownership of online video services has been limited to 20% stake, however, Netflix continues with its online streaming service in Russia despite this new law. Netflix may benefit from some parts of the law, for instance, the ownership limits … Continue reading

Online retailer readies Amazon OTT challenger 22 January 2015

US-based online retail company Overstock.com has revealed an Amazon Prime Instant Video rival at the NATPE conference in Miami. Overstock, which claims around 25 million to 40 million unique users a month, plans to launch a Video on demand platform … Continue reading

DirecTV launches its Latino streaming service Yaveo 23 December 2014

DirecTV soft-launched its Latino streaming service Yaveo on Monday, offering three live TV feeds channels as well some 2700 hours of on-demand content for $7.99 per month. Yaveo operates completely separate from DirecTV, meaning that subscribers won’t have to have an existing … Continue reading