Industry Updates

Discovery aims to be the ‘Netflix of sport’ 04 November 2016

Discovery CEO and president David Zaslav said in an interview recently that Eurosport is all set to grab the opportunity of sports with content deals such as Olympics in hand. “Because we own the sports content for both linear and digital, I’ve … Continue reading

Afrostream to Launch a SVOD Service for Francophone Africa 03 November 2016

Afrostream, an OTT TV Platform that aims to be the Netflix for Afro-American and French films is all set for its major international expansion in 24 countries across French-speaking Africa. Afrostream will expand outside Europe as it is currently available in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, … Continue reading

NTV+ Launches a New SVOD Service 28 October 2016

Russian provider NTV+ has announced the launch of a new SVOD service, providing a monthly subscription fee of RUB299 (€4.40). At the time of launch the service held over 100 movie titles, with further content to be added. The service offers … Continue reading

Argentina’s Red Intercable to launch an OTT platform 26 October 2016

Argentina’s Red Intercable, formed by 270 local cable providers, is planning to launch an over-the-top (OTT) video streaming platform for its pay-TV service dibox. The two services from Red Intercable – dibox Play and dibox One, both offering video on demand … Continue reading

NBA will show games in virtual reality 26 October 2016

Professional sports league NBA Digital and NextVR are all ready to live-stream NBA League Pass games delivered to their viewers in Virtual reality. Companies are set to broadcast the games in VR, at least once every week during the 2016-17 basketball … Continue reading

AT&T Acquires Time Warner for $86 Billion 25 October 2016

Here comes the biggest deal of this time. AT&T has bought the entertainment giant Time Warner in a deal $86BN. In the terms of takeover, Time Warner shareholders will receive $107.50 per share including Time Warner’s net debt. The companies are currently determining … Continue reading

Vudu Tries Out Ad-Supported Video Streaming 24 October 2016

Walmart’s video streaming service Vudu, which is priced on a transaction and subscription based offering, rolls out a new on-demand service named Vudu Movies. The service will be rolled out free backed by a an ad-supported model. The service launches … Continue reading

Trace to launch an SVOD Service – Trace Play 24 October 2016

According to CEO Olivier Laouchez, the youth focused international media group – Trace TV is all set to launch its much awaited SVOD service named Trace Play by the end of this year. The new SVOD service will be available in … Continue reading

Digital Media Rights launches ‘Cocoro’ a kids OTT Service 21 October 2016

Digital Media Rights has announced the launch of a new kids OTT service named Cocoro, including the Disney show Telmo and Tula and various other animated series such as Cookie Castle and Pororo. Cocoro is rolling out majorly as an ad supported service; … Continue reading

LeEco to launch a Video Streaming Service in the US 21 October 2016

China’s leading telco – LeEco bring a host of its offerings to the US along with a new video streaming platform. However to much surprise, the platform does not talk about offering content from Netflix, HBO, Hulu or Amazon but announces … Continue reading

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