Lotte Cinema to begin OTT service in June 09 April 2018
Lotte Cinema, the leading multiplex unit of South Korea will be embarking on its OTT journey to avoid the potential stagnancy in the number of cinemagoers. The company is planning to create a growth engine after witnessing a decrease in … Continue reading
Netflix in talks with Reliance Jio for content sharing 09 April 2018
Streaming giant Netflix and Indian Telco spearhead Reliance Jio are in talks to collaborate where the former would share its entire content catalog of titles to Jio in return for a royalty fee or that the online streaming service will … Continue reading
NTV+ witnesses strong growth for OTT TV 06 April 2018
Russian pay TV provider NTV+ has grown 3.5 times in the first quarter of 2018 totaling the subscriber count to 41,000 which has made the OTT platform, the group’s fastest growing business area. The video-on-demand service is available to both … Continue reading
Spotify registers smooth debut on NYSE 06 April 2018
Swedish Audio streaming giant Spotify went public this week on the New York Stock Exchange and registered a smooth debut by ending up 12.9% on the first day. Spotify’s share opened at $165.90, up nearly 26 percent from a reference … Continue reading
CNBC TV18 to set up OTT platform 05 April 2018
CNBC TV18 is all set to come up with an OTT platform that will keep its audience up-to-date with breaking the business and financial news on a range of connected devices. Binoy Prabhakar, Editor, Network18, quoted, “I’m thrilled to lead … Continue reading
Motorsport.tv partners with fuboTV for content distribution 05 April 2018
Motorsport.tv has formed an agreement with fuboTV, one of North America’s veteran sports OTT Platform provider. Motorsports.tv will be adding its premier North American racing packages to fuboTV’s “Adventure Plus” package to cater to an approx 150,000 sports fans. fuboTV … Continue reading
Movie Theatre vs OTT: The Curious Case of SVOD Originals 05 April 2018
In 2017, when Netflix was participating in Cannes Film Festival with its action-adventure film Okja which got 4-minutes of standing ovation after the screening, little did it know that it will be ruled out of the film festival the next … Continue reading
Fox+ to debut in Brazil 04 April 2018
Following the successful debut in Mexico, Fox+ is all set to debut in Brazil which will include all basic and premium content from a portfolio of 11 Fox channels. The bouquet will also have live sports events which are a … Continue reading
Netflix, Telefonica extend partnership in Brazil 04 April 2018
Netflix and Vivo, Telefonica’s Brazilian wing have extended their agreement of video-on-demand (VOD) service for mobile subscribers. Netflix, as per the contract will be bundled to Vivo Turbo and Controle wherein the subscribers will have certain data to spend on … Continue reading
Cord-cutting triples in the US since 2013 03 April 2018
According to reports, the number of US households using (over-the-top) OTT service has seen a gigantic growth since 2013 and as a consequence, the no. of cord cutters in the country has tripled accordingly. While five years ago streaming-only homes … Continue reading