Industry Updates

Television streaming continues to dominate traditional Pay TV 03 May 2021

  The growth of streaming exhibits a tough competition with traditional Pay TV. By 2024, the cost of video streaming services is expected to hit $76 billion whereas for traditional Pay-TV services, the latter will reach its lowest, $74.5 billion … Continue reading

Discovery+ tops 13 million subscribers in its first quarter 29 April 2021

  Discovery+ is making its way towards the top OTT players as it records 13 million subscribers by the end of its first quarter. Discovery+ CEO, David Zaslav even stated that this on-demand entertainment platform holds more than 15 million … Continue reading

Spotify records 356 million listeners & 158 million subscribers within three months of 2021 29 April 2021

  Spotify continues to dominate the audio streaming industry as it records 356 million listeners and 158 million paid subscribers in the first quarter itself, a good 24% and 21% increase respectively.  This music streaming giant is experiencing an adrenaline … Continue reading

Kindred launches live streaming player to remold in-play betting experience 29 April 2021

  Kindred’s Unibet has launched a new live streaming player, ‘Watch and Bet’ to allow customers to place bets while streaming sports simultaneously with a live odds overlay for the first time. The live sports betting platform is a potential … Continue reading

Spotify launches a podcast subscription platform, beats Apple in its own game 29 April 2021

  After the launch of Apple’s subscription-based platform for its podcast app, Spotify has also embarked on the same journey. However, the latter’s platform distinguishes itself as it refrains from collecting podcasters subscriber revenues for the next two years after … Continue reading