Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube in bidding war for streaming rights of Thursday night NFL 28 March 2017
After Twitter won the fight of streaming Thursday night NFL games last year, Amazon, Facebook and YouTube are all in the race of bidding for these rights this year. Last season twitter paid $10 million to secure the rights, was able to sell … Continue reading
Whitepaper: Securing Media Content 27 March 2017
Piracy, copying and redistribution of videos are some common security threats content owners face while distributing their content to the mass audience. Hackers use web content tampering, stealing from the cache, stream ripping, player hijacking, deep linking, link sharing and … Continue reading
SPI/FILMBOX offers SVOD and STB service in Hungary 27 March 2017
After a period of exploring in America’s, SPI/FILMBOX now launches a subscription OTT platform named MoziKlub along with a set-top box (STB) service called Filmbox OnDemand in association with Hungary’s largest telco Magyar Telekom. Filmbox OnDemand will have a custom selection of … Continue reading
Thailand’s biggest telco AIS launches a VOD service 27 March 2017
Advanced Info Service (AIS) became the first ever mobile operator to commercially launch a video streaming platform in Thailand. AIS does this with an aim to heat up TV sector’s battle with over-the-top (OTT) platform providers. The new OTT platform … Continue reading
US uses social media for TV discovery – Deloitte Survey 27 March 2017
According to Deloitte’s 11th Digital Democracy Survey, almost half (49 %) of US consumers and nearly 60 % of generation Z, millennials and Generation X subscribe to at least one paid video streaming platform. However the survey notes that despite the … Continue reading
STV Player streaming service launches on Roku 24 March 2017
The Scottish public broadcaster STV has launched its digital streaming service STV Player to sell videos online on Roku streaming platform in the UK. Roku users within STVs licence area in Scotland will be able to watch catch-up and live streaming … Continue reading
4KUniverse to launch an SVOD service on Amazon Fire TV 24 March 2017
4KUniverse – an Ultra HD general entertainment provider in North America is all set to launch its 4K SVOD video streaming service on Amazon Fire TV. 4KUniverse currently offers linear, cable and satellite TV, and beginning May, the company will offer … Continue reading
Cord-cutting in Canada is at record levels 24 March 2017
According to a a latest research from Boon Dog, Canada’s publicly trading television service providers on a whole continued to lose a record number of TV subscribers in 2016. The research stated that the big traditional TV service providers lost … Continue reading
VOD is 20% cheaper than YouTube: Channel 4 study 23 March 2017
According to a recent research by Channel 4, effective cost per thousand views on broadcaster VOD platforms is far cheaper than the equivalent cost for YouTube or Facebook. The true cost of broadcaster VOD services is in fact just a third of … Continue reading
Instagram Live allows Saving streams to Camera Rolls 23 March 2017
One of the unique things about Instagram Live was that the live videos were always deleted once they were completed, unlike Facebook live or Periscope. The company has now announced the saving feature for broadcasters of live videos. Users will … Continue reading
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