Industry Updates

Booming Spanish SVOD faces lack of pay-TV culture 14 December 2016

With many SVOD services entering the highly adaptive Spanish TV market, faces the lack of interest in pay-TV. Spain has become the primary testing market for many OTT platforms, with Netflix launching an year ago, HBO following the same recently … Continue reading

Facebook allows Live 360-Degree Video Streaming 14 December 2016

Facebook has already opened live streaming as well as 360 degree video streaming for its users early this year, and the social media giant now brings these two formats together by allowing users to stream live videos in 360 degree format. … Continue reading

Asia to be World’s largest SVOD Market by 2019 14 December 2016

Subscription video on demand services are set to raise from 44 million in 2016 to 74 million in 2021, with an estimate to make Asia Pacific the largest SVOD market by 2019. With over 200 countries, homes receiving SVOD services will … Continue reading

OTT services will be Vital in Driving Telecom Growth: Experts 13 December 2016

Experts warn that telecommunications companies must have to focus on over the top services as primary growth driver in 2017, as these services are going to experience a major boom in coming days. Analysts also stated that the increasing availability … Continue reading

Sony Launches OTT Platform Crackle in Brazil 13 December 2016

Sony launches an independent video on demand service Crackle in Brazil in partnership with Brazil’s telco Oi. The new launch follows HBO Go, which was launched just two ago in Brazil. Crackle provides users with access to the library of Canal Sony and … Continue reading