Industry Updates

Twitter Launches Apps on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Xbox One to Stream Videos 16 September 2016

Following the announcements to soon launch streaming TV apps, Twitter finally ends the wait to launch its Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Xbox One apps for users to stream Twitter videos on TV this Wednesday. Twitter has been pushing it … 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

Israeli telco Partner Communications to launch IPTV services 15 September 2016

The Israeli second largest mobile operator Partner Communications has announced the launch of its IPTV services in the first half of 2017. The company having rebranded itself early this year, announced its urge to launch IPTV through a new fibre optic … 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