Industry Updates

Content & good marketing important for SVOD services 13 May 2016

Subscription video on demand (SVOD) players in South Africa are marketing their services against linear TV by saying that ‘a dish or a decoder’ is not necessary with them. They are even taking payments for their subscription through SMS service. … Continue reading

Smart TV sales increase, see 45% VOD viewing 13 May 2016

According to a report by Smartclip, there are around 16M smart TVs in Brazil. This is 10% of the all TVs in the market. Around 45% of the viewing on smart TV accounts for video on demand content. The report … Continue reading

Periscope brings in Drone & GoPro live streaming swap 12 May 2016

Live streaming service Periscope is making the save function official. Reports indicate that it will now automatically save all live streams, and this can be permanently saved on the user’s Twitter timeline. Broadcasts can be set to delete after 24 hours … Continue reading

Miabox VOD launches in Africa 12 May 2016

The African video on demand market has a huge potential as reported by us earlier. Now, Miabox has started taking in pre-orders for its VOD and online TV services in Ivory Coast. Like other services, it will be available on … Continue reading

Live streaming apps highly popular in China 12 May 2016

Live streaming apps have started a new reality show industry in China. Real users generating live video streaming content that is edgy and caters to the young modern lifestyle is in demand. On top of the list in the country … Continue reading