CDN market to grow by 20% in 2016 11 April 2017

The global content delivery network (CDN) market is expected to grow at a year-on-year rate of 19.9 percent in 2016 and reach $5,898.9 million (€5,548.6m) mark in revenues. North America to be the largest CDN market, with total revenues in … Continue reading

International OTT platforms are gaining in Vietnam 11 April 2017

According to Hoang Thinh TV Service Center in Vietnam, OTT TV everywhere services from various different countries such as Japan, South Korea, China, India, Russia, and Thailand are highly in demand and are performing really good. The company offers bundles … Continue reading

Online video ad views up by 24% in 2016 10 April 2017

According to a report by FreeWheel – a video ad management company, the total video views rose up by 26 percent from the previous year and the total video ad views grew by 24 percent, making 2016 the sixth consecutive … Continue reading

OTT Viewing Climbs, Pay TV Usage Drops 10 April 2017

According to the Pivotal Research Group, the total traditional TV usage was down 4.2% on a day basis among users aged 18-49, with English-language broadcast networks losing 10.3%. The report also found out that the usage of connected TVs is … Continue reading

Native display ads to spike up by a third in 2017 10 April 2017

According to a latest eMarketer forecast, Native digital display Ads spending in the US will grow by 36.2% this year to reach $22.09 billion. For the first time, native digital display ad spending will make up more than half (52.9%) … Continue reading

YouTube takes on cable channels with YouTubeTV 07 April 2017

YouTube launches YouTube TV in 5 cities of USA to take on cable channels. YouTube TV takes a bunch of the more popular U.S. cable channels — ABC, Fox, CBS, NBC, CW, Disney, SyFy, ESPN and 40+ more — and crams them … Continue reading

Twitter out, Amazon to now stream NFL 07 April 2017

Amazon on Tuesday signed a $50 million, one-year deal to acquire the streaming rights for NFL – Thursday Night Football. The games will be available exclusively to Amazon Prime subscribers. Amazon beat out it’s rival bidders Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to acquire the … Continue reading

eSports revenues to reach $3.5bn by 2021 07 April 2017

According to a Juniper Research study, the increasing consumption of eSports and live streaming games will lead to $3.5 billion (€3.29bn) revenues by 2021, up from $1.8 billion in 2017. The research reported that through subscription services will attract more … Continue reading

Netflix and Amazon strongly favored over local SVOD platforms in Germany and India 06 April 2017

According to a recent survey by Jefferies, Netflix and Amazon are way ahead and strongly favoured over local subscription OTT platforms in India and Germany. The research states that the good performance of original content is driving this growth for … Continue reading

VOD, OTT, Music & Gaming to overtake traditional media in India by 2022 06 April 2017

According to a recent EY media report, digital media may overtake traditional by 2021-22 as the broadband and smartphone penetration increases. Broadband penetration will be equals to one third of the smartphone penetration by 2021-22 and the costs will come … Continue reading