Over The Top (OTT)

1st Africa, now Indonesia to regulate OTT 03 March 2016

As Over the top industry grows, nations are bringing up regulations. After South Africa’s recent fiasco, it is now Indonesia’s turn. A new regulation is being made which will demand that foreign OTT providers will have to make an additional … Continue reading

AT&T brings DirecTV to prevent cord cutting 02 March 2016

Cord cutting is trouble for PayTV operators. AT&T, to counter this, has announced a new satellite video streaming service named DirecTV. This wouldn’t require an additional hardware setup, a connected device like a smartphone, computer or media streaming box is … Continue reading

Live streaming is watched 3X more than saved videos 02 March 2016

Yes, live streaming is viewed for 3 times longer duration than saved videos. And so, Facebook is reshaping the News Feed to accommodate this. While this News Feed wasn’t exactly built for real time live streaming, Periscope and Twitter are … Continue reading

OTT in Africa faces heat of regulations 02 March 2016

OTT is growing in Africa. This has prompted ‘traditional’ telecom and media companies to call for a regulation protecting their sustainability. This was heard on South Africa’s Parliament recently. OTT services bypass general regulations and they are often lower in … Continue reading

Increase in big TV video streaming 01 March 2016

A new change – according to a report by Adobe Systems Inc., there has been an increase in percentage of viewers accessing video on demand content on Televisions as compared to mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. It was found … Continue reading