Over The Top (OTT)

Netflix to offer streaming service in airlines 28 September 2017

Netflix has announced its plan to collaborate with airlines and share their mobile streaming technology with them. The airline’s in-flight Wi-Fi would let passengers download and stream their favorite shows on their own devices while they are traveling to their … Continue reading

Demand Africa SVOD service to be introduced in October 28 September 2017

A new streaming video service, Demand Africa will be launched and will offer 300+ hours of streaming original and acquired lifestyle content and will expand in the following months to include hundreds of hours of scripted TV series and movies. … Continue reading

Golden Karavan launched to create a stir in the Indian OTT market 27 September 2017

Golden Karavan which is being touted as the potential Netflix of India is being launched. The company believes that since there is a drought of quality content, combining resources of US and India would enable filling this gap. The service … Continue reading

Bloomberg / Quint introduces live streaming service in India 27 September 2017

Bloomberg/Quint is launching an Over the Top (OTT) live streaming service. The digital streaming service will include live programming on a daily basis, anywhere from global and domestic markets to influential newsmakers views in business and finance. It has grown … Continue reading

Russia’s SPB TV collaborates with China Daily for on demand content 27 September 2017

The China Daily will collaborate with Russia’s SPB TV for producing digital content for it’s Over the Top (OTT) platform. The two companies have signed a license agreement granting international rights on Video on Demand (VOD) content, consisting of entertainment, … Continue reading

Russian OTT Services subscription revenue outruns advertising 26 September 2017

According to a report by Telecom Daily, Transactional and Subscription income for Russia’s streaming services superceded advertising revenues in the first half of this year. Total income from streaming services in the first half increased by 70% to hit RUB … Continue reading

Entertainment Studios to introduce Streaming OTT Sports Platform 26 September 2017

Entertainment Studios plans to introduce a direct-to-consumer global OTT subscription service called Sports.TV. According to the company, Sports.TV will combine all independent sports networks on one platform. Also, it will be available on all devices including smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, … Continue reading

Fox+, Chunghwa Telecom collaborate on OTT services 23 September 2017

Chunghwa Telecom has partnered with video streaming platform Fox+ to offer OTT services in the local market. The partnership will initially be inclusive of an OTT mobile value-added service. An integrated platform merging its Mobile on demand (MOD) service with … Continue reading

Cord cutting on the rise 23 September 2017

An entire generation of cord cutters has been generated, thanks to how easy and relatively cheap it is to access an online streaming service such as Netflix, Hulu and Prime Video. Some statistics from Statista reveal the following: 61% of … Continue reading

Western Europe to hit 65 million SVOD subs 22 September 2017

SVOD revenues in Western Europe will rise to $6.5 billion by 2022, a rise from $2.8 billion in 2016 surpassing AVOD, according to Western Europe OTT TV & Video Forecasts report. The total revenue for OTT TV episode and movie … Continue reading