Muvi Conducts A 12-hour non-stop Hackathon in Bhubaneswar 19 January 2017

Hackathon to be held on February 11, 2017 Bhubaneswar, India – Muvi calls out all the coding ninja’s in the city who have a flare for coding to come and participate in a 12-hour non-stop development marathon – hackathon (https://www.muvi.com/hackathon.html) … Continue reading

Netflix is now ‘indispensable’ for many US viewers – Report 19 January 2017

According to the Hub Entertainment Research’s new ‘Branding of TV’ report, Netflix is the new TV brand that has viewers are most reluctant to give up. When surveyed on which TV channel would they prefer if they could only have … Continue reading

NPO to launch a new VoD platform 19 January 2017

According to a new report from the Broadcast Magazine, Dutch public broadcaster NPO is all set to launch its new VOD platform in September, 2017.  This is going to be a separate platform from NLziet, which will operate cooperation with commercial broadcasters. … Continue reading

20th Century Fox plans to launch an SVOD service – Nuvu 19 January 2017

20th Century Fox Television Distribution gets into a multi-year deal with Ericsson to launch a subscription OTT service – Nuvu. The new service is said to host a variety of content including DreamWorks Animation-produced titles along with an extensive selection of global … Continue reading

German VOD Revenues to Rise 18% in 2017 18 January 2017

According to a new forecasts by German ICT federation Bitkom, revenues generated from VOD services in Germany are expected to hit EUR 945 million in 2017. The VOD industry had a turnover of EUR 800 million in 2016 and the figure is expected … Continue reading

AR to be the ‘primary driver’ of VR/AR market by 2021 18 January 2017

According to a new research, mobile augmented reality (AR) could be the primary driver of the virtual reality (VR) and AR market by 2021, which is going to be worth US$108 billion (€101 billion). According to Digi-Capital’s new Augmented/Virtual Reality Report … Continue reading

Telefónica launches OTT Service Vivo PlayKids in Brazil 18 January 2017

In order to increase its digital portfolio and expand in more territories, Telefónica has launched its premium version of OTT service Vivo PlayKids in Brazil. The new service is said to be the exclusive version of Kids subscription VOD offering enabling … Continue reading

Apple might get into creating Original Content – Report 17 January 2017

According to a recent US media report, Apple might finally enter the original content market by the end of this year, providing a competition to OTT services such Netflix and Amazon. “Apple is looking to find a way to recoup some of … Continue reading

Indian digital industry to be worth INR 20k Cr by 2020 17 January 2017

According to a recent EY report, the Indian digital sector is expected to cross Rs. 20,000 crore by 2020, which includes OTT services and digital advertising. The industry currently holds the net value worth Rs. 8, 490 crore. The digital industry … Continue reading

Amazon launches its very own Subscription VOD Channel – Anime Strike 17 January 2017

Amazon has for the first time launched its own subscription video on demand library as part of its Prime service, curating content from partners including HBO and Showtime. The new service – Anime Strike is the only Amazon-created selection available for Amazon … Continue reading