Industry Updates

Cracked launches on Apple TV 25 January 2017

More and more online video services are taking a multi-screen route and reaching audiences wherever they are. The online video service Cracked, which the E W Scripps Company bought for US$39 million last year launches on Apple TV platform. Cracked app … Continue reading

Live liner OTT video services to hit $7bn by 2021 25 January 2017

According to a recent ABI Research forecast, revenues from live linear OTT video services is expected to grow at some $7 billion dollars of the worldwide revenue by 2021, from just a little more than $1 billion in 2016. With OTT competition … Continue reading

Australians are Happy to Pay for Online Content – Says a Report 25 January 2017

According to a new research by Roy Morgan Research, some 1.45 million Australians aged 14+ buy movies and TV shows downloaded online in an average three months period. In the last 12 months to September 2016, these downloaders spent some estimate of … Continue reading

France passes 5 Mn super fast broadband subs 23 January 2017

According to the regulator Arcep, France passed 5 million mark for super fast broadband subscribers in the third quarter of 2016. More than six out of 10 broadband subscriptions in the country now exceed 100Mbps speeds. Since the beginning of 2015, super fast … Continue reading

Netflix crosses 2 Mn Subs in Netherlands, 26% homes 23 January 2017

According to the latest figures from Telecompaper Consumer Panel, Netflix passed over 2 million subscribers in the Netherlands at the end of Q4, up from 1.77 million three months earlier and 1.29 million at the end of 2015. After launching … Continue reading