Industry Updates

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

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