UEFA gets on the OTT craze with plan of new OTT service 18 September 2018
Administrative body for association football in Europe, UEFA is working on developing its over the top service to place content and competitions outside of its flagship Europa League club and Champions League competitions. Guy-Laurent Epstein, Marketing Director of Football’s European … Continue reading
Flipkart may go OTT way via Hotstar 18 September 2018
In order to stay relevant in the changing market dimension, Flipkart, the Walmart owned e-commerce giant is currently in talks with video streaming platform Hotstar. If reports are to believed, Flipkart may buy a major stake in Hotstar. The step … Continue reading
OTT service platform iKOFLiX goes live globally 17 September 2018
Global end-to-end service provider for broadcasters and content owners, iKO Media Group has launched its own over-the-top service, iKOFLiX. iKOFLix delivers services such as live streaming, video on demand storage and internet radio to worldwide clients. It allows clients to … Continue reading
African American consumers adopt streaming services 17 September 2018
African American consumers have espoused technology to a great extent which has now unprecedented impact on the country’s economy, culture, and society, a study reveals. African Americans participate more than other ethnic groups in the country when it comes to … Continue reading
Showtime, Hulu part of Spotify’s students package 15 September 2018
Swedish streaming giant Spotify along with video streaming service Hulu has added Showtime to its student discount bundle. The deal is an improvement to the previous package which was priced at $4.99 per month. Now, if students subscribe to the … Continue reading
Music streaming company iHeartMedia all set to acquire Stuff Media 15 September 2018
Leading audio streaming company in America, iHeartMedia has signed a strategic deal to acquire Stuff Media, LLC, a leading publisher of entertaining and informative podcast content. With this deal, iHeartMedia can leverage Stuff Media’s original content, programming and experienced podcasting … Continue reading
HOOQ targets Indian territory, plans to double investment on online video content 15 September 2018
Singapore based video-on-demand streaming service HOOQ is looking to double its India investments as it focuses primarily on English premium video content. The recent growth of Indian OTT video market has prompted many VOD platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime … Continue reading
Ontology inks deal with music blockchain platform for decentralizing music industry 14 September 2018
Blockchain service, Ontology Network is entering into an strategic agreement with music blockchain platform, Muzika to help decentralize music industry. Muzika and Ontology will help in creating a reliable blockchain music streaming platform which will give fans more right and … Continue reading
OTT platform Huawei Video introduces in Spain and Italy 13 September 2018
Chinese mobile phone manufacturer, Huawei is introducing its OTT platform, Huawei Video in Spain and Italy. The OTT platform offers a vast library of local and International content through agreements with Zoomin, RTVE, eOne, Atresmedia, Thema, Inverleigh, Daluqiao, and among … Continue reading
OTT service BritBox surpasses 150k subscribers 13 September 2018
BritBox, the American OTT service has bagged 150,000 subscribers in the last six months which has taken the total subscriber count of the streaming service to 400,000. BritBox is currently competing with Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, etc. Tim Davie, Endemol … Continue reading