With increase in TV viewing, YouTube viewers hits 1.5bn 27 July 2017

YouTube viewers has increased to 1.5 billion monthly which is the result of a rise in big-screen viewing as per company stats. According to Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, people are watching an average of 60 minutes a day of YouTube … Continue reading

Subscribers from mobile drives growth for Netflix 27 July 2017

Netflix added 5.2 million subscribers in the second quarter of 2017 reaching 100 million subscribers and some of that gain can be attributed to mobile. In the second quarter of 2017, 5.2 million subscribers were added reaching a total of … Continue reading

Apple TV includes Bounce’s Brown Sugar Streaming Service 26 July 2017

Bounce has introduced its Subscription Video Streaming Service on Apple TV’s 4th-generation media hub that includes a large collection of movies and TV shows that either include in the starcast or are created by African-Americans. It is available via Android … Continue reading

SVOD to rise by 85% in China 26 July 2017

According to a new research, China will account for 85% of Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) customers and 78% of online video sector revenues in the Asia Pacific region by 2022. According to some research studies from Media Partners Asia … Continue reading

US households with Subscription Video on Demand service on the rise 26 July 2017

According to a research from Leichtman Research Group, Inc (LRG), 64% of all US households have a subcription video on demand (SVOD) service from one of the three big players namely Netflix, Amazon Prime and / or Hulu. 51% of … Continue reading

Mobile Video Streaming set to rule TV in the Future 25 July 2017

We are witnessing the transition of the TV viewing experience from simply watching traditional cable or satellite TV from your couch to streaming on-demand videos on different apps, devices, and websites. Video has been unshackled from the family room to … Continue reading

Hulu subs likely to end their linear TV service 25 July 2017

Cord-cutting is increasing for customers of OTT service Hulu , with the biggest Q1 drop in pay TV subscribers as reported by researcher M Science, according to whom, Hulu subscribers are more likely to discontinue their cable, satellite or telco TV … Continue reading

Amazon devices to offer Hulu’s Live TV service 25 July 2017

Hulu’s new live TV streaming service will be available on Amazon devices like the Fire Stick and the Fire TV box. Hulu viewers will be upgraded to Hulu’s new user interface and will also be able to subscribe to Hulu … Continue reading

OTT devices and services market expected to reach $165.13 billion by 2025 25 July 2017

As per a new report by Grand View Research, Inc, the global (over-the-top) OTT services market is estimated to reach upto US $165.13 billion by 2025. The increasing penetration of mobile devices including smartphones and tablets and technological advancements in … Continue reading

Netflix content library worth $12 billion 25 July 2017

Despite talks about how quickly Netflix is burning through cash, the top ranked SVOD provider is seeing tremendous growth in the value of its content library. As per Morgan Stanley estimates, Netflix’s program library was worth $12 billion at the … Continue reading