HBO to reach Spain with Over-the-Top 20 October 2016
HBO will launch its stand alone OTT service in Spain along with Pablo Sorrentino’s The Young Pope, within the next few weeks. After expanding to the Nordic countries in 2012, HBO has been planning this move from a year long and finally … Continue reading
Netflix reaches $2 billion Revenues backed by ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Narcos’ 20 October 2016
Netflix, world’s leading VOD service has announced its quarterly revenues to reach US$2 billion (EUR1.8 billion) for the first time. The results are said to be backed by the original summer hits ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Narcos’. Netflix is on its way … Continue reading
Vivendi to launch a Music VOD Service 13 October 2016
The French Multimedia company Vivendi is all set to launch its new music VOD service in Brazil. The service will be named WatchMusic, and is set to take over the Watchover music SVOD service, which is soon to be closed in … Continue reading
Turner to launch a new SVOD service – FilmStruck 07 October 2016
Turner is all set to launch its first ever over-the-top subscription video streaming service this fall. The service will be called FilmStruck and will feature 1,000-Plus Titles. The titles collection for the new service will majorly include art-house and indie, being developed and … Continue reading
Netflix is Coming to your nearest Theaters 07 October 2016
World’s largest subscription video streaming service is coming to halls near you, making video streaming way more classier. Netflix has announced partnering with the movie chain iPic Entertainment to bring original Netflix movies to the theaters across United States. iPic operates … Continue reading
Swedish Telco Toca Boca launches Kid’s VOD Service 07 October 2016
Sweden-based mobile app specialist Toca Boca launches a subscription video streaming service named as Toca TV in 150 countries across globe, featuring original and curated short-form videos. The service caters to 5-9 year old kids, specifically, families with iPad tablets. The company has … Continue reading
VOD Service Starz Play Arabia Expands to North Africa 07 October 2016
The subscription video streaming service Starz Play Arabia has teamed up with Maroc Telecom and Vodafone Egypt to reach mobile subscribers in North Africa. Starz Play features several Hollywood titles in movies, documentaries, children’s entertainment, TV series from the US and Arabic content in … Continue reading
Chinese Telco Xiaomi launches 4K Mi Box powered by Android TV in the US 06 October 2016
The Chinese telecom company, Xiaomi has launched 4K Ultra HD streaming media player boxes in the US. The video streaming boxes powered by Android TV come at US$69 (€61). These boxes are currently available at the Mi.com website and will also go … Continue reading
Univision’s Barba launches OTT service targeting US Hispanics 05 October 2016
Carlos Barba, the co-founder of US Hispanic networks Univision and Telemundo has launched a new OTT video streaming service for the Spanish speaking audience in the US and Puerto Rico. Named as Véonet, the service is based from Miami and claims to be … Continue reading
Greek telco OTE launches catch-up and VOD services 05 October 2016
A Greek telco OTE owned by Deutsche Telekom has launched an OTT platform consisting of catch-up TV as well as video on demand service, which will be available to the OTE TV subscribers at no extra charge. The new service … Continue reading
