Industry Updates

US OTT is worth $25 billion in 2016 22 September 2016

According to a recent research by the Boston Consulting Group, the over-the-top video streaming services are expected to grow by $25 billion in annual revenues in 2016. Though this accounts to just 5% of the total global industry, OTT is growing at … Continue reading

SVOD Catches up with Free services in UK 22 September 2016

UK has always been lagging behind from US and Canada when it comes to the adoption of subscription video streaming services like Netflix or Amazon Prime Video. However, according to a recent research carried out by RBC Capital Markets, Netflix has been … Continue reading

4K OTT to Attract 189 Million Unique Users Globally by 2021 22 September 2016

According to a new research by Juniper Research, 4K OTT video streaming services will attract 189 Million unique users by 2021 globally up from just 2.3 million this year. The research expects 4K OTT content to be viewed by every 1 … Continue reading

US millennial ‘cord-nevers’ Satisfied by SVOD services 22 September 2016

According to a new research, young millennials in the USA, who have never signed up for Pay TV are satisfied by the likes of subscription video streaming platform services such as Netflix and Hulu. The study found out that 77.9% of … Continue reading

Western Europe SVOD Spends to Reach €3 Billion by the Year End 22 September 2016

Spends in Western Europe on subscription video on demand services were €2 billion (US$2.2 billion) last year and the amount is expected to cross €3 billion by the end of this year. According to a recent study by IHS Markit, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and … Continue reading

SVOD Revenues to Double by 2021 19 September 2016

According to a recent report by Juniper Research, subscription video on demand revenues will double up from $14.6 billion this year to reach $35 billion (€31 billion) by 2021. However, the market leader Netflix’s model may become a little difficult to sustain. … Continue reading

53% Europeans Stream their TVs: Report 16 September 2016

A recent European survey states that majority of Europeans, aged 15-45 use internet at least once a week. 72% among those surveyed use internet to read latest news, 63% of them use it to stream music and 53% stream movies … Continue reading

Chinese people love sharing Live Videos of themselves 15 September 2016

An 18 year old university student, Wang Leyu, also known as “bboylele”, streams himself on a live streaming app talking about his life, humming or dancing and surprisingly Chinese audience are paying to watch him. Out of many, three live … Continue reading

Consumers want OTT packages to be priced $30 or less 15 September 2016

A new study by MoffettNathanson states that, majority of OTT consumers want to access their content at anytime and anywhere suitable to them but won’t like paying much for it. According to the survey, only a third of the consumers believe … Continue reading

Subscription VOD Increases 29% in Past 2 Years 14 September 2016

According to a Digitalsmiths’ report, 63.9% respondents said they used SVOD services on a monthly basis. The report states that there has been an increase of 29% in the user subscriptions for VOD services in last two years. Respondents said they … Continue reading