China, biggest contributor to Asia’s OTT growth 01 August 2017
China is all set to become the biggest contributor for the OTT growth in Asia. Revenues from TV episodes and movies will hit $24.42 billion in 2022; triple of $8.27 billion as recorded in 2016.The total revenue will rise by … Continue reading
YouTube TV reaches 2 million downloads 31 July 2017
According to Sensor Tower and App Annie, around 2 million people have installed the YouTube TV app which is Google’s live TV service that targets a younger generation of cord cutters and those that never signed up for traditional pay … Continue reading
Most popular Cable Cutting device – Roku 31 July 2017
In today’s times streaming services are on the rise with streaming service players vying for the top spot and coming up with best-bundled packages to benefit the customer. However, the successful performance of streaming is dependent upon streaming devices like … Continue reading
Kocowa launched in US 28 July 2017
Kocowa which is like Hulu for Korean video streaming, has been started in the United States. KBS, MBC and SBC, the three largest Korean broadcasters have created the joint venture KCP Global to showcase Korean programmes including dramas, K-POP shows … Continue reading
Google to merge various music streaming services into one 28 July 2017
Google will merge YouTube Red, YouTube Music and Google Play into one new music streaming service. Google Play Music and YouTube Red are subscription based streaming service. With YouTube Red, users can save music videos for offline viewing. It also … Continue reading
4K Streaming now supported for 360 degree viewing by Facebook 28 July 2017
Facebook announced that viewers can now watch live-streamed 360-degree video on Facebook in upto 4K resolution thereby offering high quality streams for viewers that have compatible monitor and creators that have powerful streaming gear like 4K Cam. Virtual Reality also … Continue reading
OTT TV and Video Forecasts in MENA 28 July 2017
Middle East and North Africa OTT TV episodes and movies are expected to generate revenues of $1.75 billion by 2022 which will more than quadrupled the $428 million recorded in 2016. OTT TV & Video Forecasts report reports that SVOD … Continue reading
AT&T Loses 199,000 Video Subs in Q2 27 July 2017
AT&T saw a decline of 351,000 “traditional” video subs in Q2 due to “seasonality and elevated competition” with a decline of 156,000 DirecTV satellite subs and 195,000 IPTV customers in the period. At the end of Q2, DirecTV Now had … Continue reading
With increase in TV viewing, YouTube viewers hits 1.5bn 27 July 2017
YouTube viewers has increased to 1.5 billion monthly which is the result of a rise in big-screen viewing as per company stats. According to Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, people are watching an average of 60 minutes a day of YouTube … Continue reading
Apple TV includes Bounce’s Brown Sugar Streaming Service 26 July 2017
Bounce has introduced its Subscription Video Streaming Service on Apple TV’s 4th-generation media hub that includes a large collection of movies and TV shows that either include in the starcast or are created by African-Americans. It is available via Android … Continue reading
