Number of households streaming video globally exceeds 250 million 01 March 2018
According to reports, the number of households worldwide paying for streaming video now exceeds 250 million. The report also suggests that the number will reach about 300 million by the end of 2018 and more than 450 million by 2022, … Continue reading
CBS launches live streaming platform CBS Sports HQ 28 February 2018
CBS has officially announced its OTT platform CBS Sports HQ, a free, ad-supported 24-hour streaming sports news network. The venture which is a joint collaboration between CBS and CBS Interactive will offer sports news, highlights, and analysis as a part … Continue reading
Twitter writes off its investment in SoundCloud 28 February 2018
Twitter has written down almost $70 million investment in SoundCloud referring that digital music industry is a challenging industry to rake in. Jack Dorsey, CEO Twitter, invested in music streaming service SoundCloud in 2016 and has written off the deal … Continue reading
Number of free content downloaders in Denmark reduce to 24% 27 February 2018
Good content comes at a cost and the hunger for good content is certainly there among Dutch OTT consumers. Only 24% of Dutch people have downloaded free video content such as films, series, music, or games during last year, a … Continue reading
Zattoo expands to Asia Pacific with Singapore office 27 February 2018
Zattoo TV Solutions has expanded its service in the Asia Pacific Region. Zatto is eyeing a strong and sustainable business in this part of the world while basing out of Singapore. Zattoo has already expanded its business to the US … Continue reading
Live Streaming Services, Net Neutrality & What It Means For Your Customers 26 February 2018
While you read this piece of article and want to know the latest update about Net Neutrality, just for your information, 100 million people are binge-watching online videos at this moment, either by subscribing to OTT providers like Netflix, Amazon … Continue reading
Facebook’s deal with ICE hints at its own music streaming service 26 February 2018
Interesting deals gain your numbers in the stock market and shares of Facebook gaining more than 1.3% in trading hours last week re-establishes the fact. Facebook struck a deal with ICE, a pan-European online music licensing firm which was described … Continue reading
Facebook to have its own Alexa 26 February 2018
The thriving success of Google Home and Alexa have prompted the social media giant Facebook to come up with its own smart speaker and if rumors are to be believed, it may see the daylight in the upcoming summer itself. … Continue reading
Lightbox TV to launch VoD platform 26 February 2018
Lightbox TV is all set to launch “Lightbox Movies, a video-on-demand movie service with a pay per view model. It is also expected to launch a tiered service soon which will have a standard and premium subscription. A Transactional Video … Continue reading
Kwese buys “significant stake” in iflix 26 February 2018
Pay-TV provider Kwese acquires a “significant stake” in iflix Africa. Kwese, the Econet Media-owned company which was already in an existing relationship with iflix was a partner in launching Iflix’s SVOD service in sub-Saharan Africa. iflix is currently operating in … Continue reading