Amazon launches Bollywood SVOD in the U.S. 07 March 2017
Amazon channels recently announced launching a new SVOD called Heera – a curated Bollywood (Indian movies and TV series) collection for the U.S. audience. The new service will be available for 7 days free trial and will be charged at $5 … Continue reading
Twitter to Live-Stream 1,500 Hours of eSports in 2017 07 March 2017
Twitter is going with gun blazing into eSports. The social network giant says it will live stream 1,500 hours of competitive-gaming events this year in a partnership with ESL and DreamHack. The deal includes more than 15 events in Intel Extreme Masters (IEM), … Continue reading
Video to top Spanish digital trends in 2017 06 March 2017
According to Spain’s Internet Advertising Bureau’s (IAB) digital trends forecast, video tops in most of the 12 predictions. According to the report, online streaming video, connected TV, video content, advertising, audience measurement tools and virtual reality will rule digital trends for the year. … Continue reading
Pace for Cord-cutting Quickens 06 March 2017
According to a latest report by analyst Moffet Nathanson, gathering data from all the major pay TV operators, the dumping has been accelerated heavily in the last 12 months. According to Moffet, businesses from traditional Pay TV providers have ended 2016 … Continue reading
Video is set to be a $1 trillion Market for Telcos 06 March 2017
According to a recent report by the Chinese communications infrastructure maker Huawei, Video will account for 50% of all mobile revenues by 2020. The company states that video has $1 trillion revenue opportunity for the telecommunications operators, with entertainment video accounting … Continue reading
HMV Digital China launches a video streaming platform 03 March 2017
Hong Kong’s largest music and DVD retailer HMV Digital China Group has launched an online bilingual video streaming platform – “Hmvod” in order to compete with Netflix and other video streaming services in Hong Kong. The new OTT service offers 1,500 films … Continue reading
2 in 5 Kiwis have SVOD subscriptions 03 March 2017
According to a recent Roy Morgan Research report, nearly 2 in 5 Kiwis have SVOD service subscription, and 1 in 10 already have at least two subscriptions in their home. The research also stated that over a million New Zealanders now have … Continue reading
VOD service Watcha Play plans to launch in Japan this Year 02 March 2017
According to a Yonhap news agency report, the South Korean OTT platform Watcha Play plans to launch its services in Japan this year. “We’re preparing for the Japanese launch of Watcha Play as early as this year. The time frame will be … Continue reading
YouTube to launch paid TV on-demand Service 02 March 2017
Targeting cord cutters, the Google owned video platform is now all set to take on the OTT platforms like Netflix and Hulu and launch a subscription video on demand service – YouTube TV offering a collection of on-demand TV channels. … Continue reading
DEN Networks launches Video Streaming Apps 02 March 2017
Cable and broadband operator DEN Networks launches a video streaming app DEN TV+ for its users on Android and iOS devices. A DEN subscriber will be able to access the app by entering the VC card number of the set-top box at … Continue reading