Industry Updates

Amazon’s YouTube rival service offers users a cut of ad revenues 11 May 2016

Amazon Video Direct service is launching soon and it is going to let users share any video streaming content and earn a cut from it. Earning money can be from various ways – royalties from Prime members, revenue sharing through … Continue reading

Middle East and Africa a hot market for SVOD 11 May 2016

According to the latest Digital TV Research forecast, the SVOD market in the Middle East and Africa is expected to grow ten times by 2021, from $124M in 2015 to $257M. Turkey is expected to maintain the top slot. From 2.79M … Continue reading

Nat Geo plans VR and Instagram video series 11 May 2016

At the Digital Content NewFronts event in New York, National Geographic unveiled plans of forming a virtual reality studio and an Instagram video streaming service. With VR, Nat Geo would content available to view from ‘inside the stories’ literally. The … Continue reading

Google will list linear and video on demand show timings 11 May 2016

According to a report on Engadget.com, Google will now show listings of linear TV and live video on demand on its search results. There will be a news results module according to the report. It will probably display the programming … Continue reading

Video on demand services – a key differentiator for smartphone sales 10 May 2016

Video on demand and other exclusive services are becoming a sales differentiator for smartphones. Samsung has tied up with VOD operator VuClip to provide exclusive access to its content on their devices. Micromax, another leading handset maker in India has … Continue reading