CenturyLink brings the curtain down on its OTT TV Beta Service 23 February 2018

In less than one year, CenturyLink is pulling the plug on its online video platform CenturyLink Stream, a national OTT TV service. The video-on-demand platform will officially end effective March 31, 2018. While the online platform is no longer accepting … Continue reading

SVOD subscriptions in the US touch 125 million 23 February 2018

According to reports, although the US consumer spending on SVOD is still just 10% of the total pay TV market, 2018 is going to witness a substantial growth. The growth will be driven by the quicker expansion of a “plethora … Continue reading

Fox News launches own OTT platform Fox Nation 22 February 2018

Fox News is all set to embrace the OTT vibe with its new online video platform Fox Nation. The digital wing of Fox News will be launched in the fourth quarter of 2018. Fox Nation subscribers will have access to … Continue reading

OSN becomes Netflix’s first distribution partner in MENA 22 February 2018

The customers of OSN, the leading regional pay-TV provider in the MENA region soon to have access to the content of the OTT streaming giant Netflix via an upcoming integrated set-top box (STB). In addition to that, the subscribers of … Continue reading

BBCWW inks OTT deal with Migu Video 22 February 2018

BBC Worldwide (BBCWW) has inked a deal with Migu Video, the online video platform of China Mobile’. Through this deal, more than 2200 hours of BBC content will be added to the content catalog of Migu Video. The OTT deal … Continue reading

Spotify to come up with own smart speaker 22 February 2018

If reports are to believed, Spotify may try it hands soon into the hardware business. Spotify, until now has been dependent on other company’s products to reach users. The Swedish audio streaming platform is currently available in desktop, web browser, … Continue reading

Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Spotify to become taxable 21 February 2018

Singapore government is all set to implement Goods and Services Tax (GST) on online services sometime in between 2021 to 2025 which means subscribers will have to pay more for the online streaming platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, … Continue reading

Hotstar’s premium subscription plans to be cheaper 21 February 2018

Star India’s OTT platform Hotstar has cut down the subscription price of its annual, half-yearly and quarterly plans. The call is to encourage users to subscribe to long duration plans. While the monthly subscription price of the online video platform … Continue reading

Amazon, Twitter and YouTube at loggerheads for NFL Live Streaming Rights 21 February 2018

Its wartime in the live streaming industry as Amazon, YouTube, and Twitter are fighting it out for NFL Live streaming rights. It was expected considering the TV viewing figures are hitting new lows everyday and major technological platforms are enthusiastic … Continue reading

Vodafone Spain mobile clients get free access to music streaming service Tidal 21 February 2018

Vodafone Spain has inked a deal with Norwegian music streaming service, Tidal to offer its clients free access to the latter’s streaming service. Also as Tidal is a part of Vodafone’s Music Pass, customers won’t be charged for consuming data … Continue reading