Over The Top (OTT)

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

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

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

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

Video streaming spending to trump DVD rentals in UK 09 May 2016

According to Strategy Analytics, the time has come in the UK when people are going to spend more on digital film/TV downloads or SVOD in comparison to DVD buying or renting. It is estimated that this year £1.3B will be … Continue reading

Netflix finally lets users choose cellular video quality 06 May 2016

Netflix now has started letting users choose their mobile data speed limit for streaming videos on its network. This means 4 hours per GB can be watched by decreasing the video quality on smartphones. This is available on both iOS … Continue reading

After Hulu, YouTube expected to come up with Live TV 05 May 2016

As cord cutting is progressing, live TV streaming on the internet is the logical evolution from it. According to a report on Bloomberg, YouTube could launch a new Live TV streaming service called Unplugged. It is expected that YouTube will … Continue reading

OTT to be driven by ads in the immediate future 05 May 2016

According to a report by Hong Kong based Media Partners Asia, online video revenues in the Asia Pacific region is expected to grow to $35B by 2021. Revenues will be highest from China (76%). 17% will be contributed from Japan, … Continue reading

Multiple SVODs per home increase 28 April 2016

According to a research by Futuresource Consulting, a mixed impact was observed on pay TV and paid video even though digital video streaming consumption is increasing. Around 2000 people in UK and US & 1500 in France and Germany were … Continue reading

VOD advertising more engaging than TV alone 27 April 2016

Advertisers always have a dilemma where and when to showcase their ads on for maximum returns. A study was conducted by Ipsos Connect on behalf of Music Choice to find out the impact of video-on-demand platform (VOD) advertising over traditional … Continue reading