Industry Updates

Facebook’s live streaming for sports becoming very popular 03 July 2017

Facebook made an announcement that it would stream Premier League games through its NBC Sports Gold platform. Facebook has collaborated with Fox Sports to stream UEFA Champions League games on Facebook Live in the US. Separate deals to stream Major … Continue reading

iHeartMedia strikes a deal to merge Audio into Layer3 TV Service 30 June 2017

iHeartMedia is all set to integrate its digital radio and on-demand streaming services into Layer3 TV’s television service, according to Billboard. iHeart is to be included as an app within Layer3’s “homepage environment” that will be added to its long … Continue reading

ABS Broadcast starts Afrobeats music channel for IROKO 30 June 2017

ABS Broadcast has previously launched iROKO music successfully on the French premium TV platform, Canal+ Afrobeats music channel includes latest popular Nigerian music videos and throwback tracks. French-speaking regions of Africa also broadcast Afrobeat music channel content. It is Afrobeats … Continue reading

US VOD subscribers usage patterns – TDG Research 30 June 2017

According to TDG research, two thirds of adults in the US watch Subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services, however, their usage patterns vary greatly. pay-TV substituters that form a small number, spend 68% of their TV time watching SVOD which equates to … Continue reading

In four years, Bolívar TV set to reach 45,000 paid users 29 June 2017

Bolivar TV which is a popular OTT service that was introduced in May and which offers matches of the Bolivian soccer team aims to reach 5,000 paid users this year. It is expected to reach 45,000 in four years according … Continue reading