HBO to reach Spain with Over-the-Top 20 October 2016
HBO will launch its stand alone OTT service in Spain along with Pablo Sorrentino’s The Young Pope, within the next few weeks. After expanding to the Nordic countries in 2012, HBO has been planning this move from a year long and finally … Continue reading
Netflix reaches $2 billion Revenues backed by ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Narcos’ 20 October 2016
Netflix, world’s leading VOD service has announced its quarterly revenues to reach US$2 billion (EUR1.8 billion) for the first time. The results are said to be backed by the original summer hits ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Narcos’. Netflix is on its way … Continue reading
China to account for half of Asia-Pacific’s 157 Mn VOD subscribers by 2021 20 October 2016
According to Digital TV Research, The video on demand services in Asia-Pacific is expected to have 157.78 million paying viewers by 2021, half of which is located in China. VOD subscribers in China are expected to reach from 41.68 million in 2015 … Continue reading
15% French Broadband Users have SVOD 19 October 2016
According to a recent study by Médiamétrie, 15% of french broadband users subscribe to VOD services. This percentage accounts to the growth of 25% from eight months ago. The study also found out that half of these subscribers say they use … Continue reading
Amazon, Twitter & Facebook are after IPL Media Rights 19 October 2016
Thanks to the decreasing data rates, online videos are getting popular in India. The The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the invites to tenders for India’s most viewed cricket league – the Indian Premier League (IPL)’s … Continue reading
Viewing eSports Cannibalises Traditional Sports Viewing 19 October 2016
According to a new research, majority of american football fans (56%) are above the age of 35, whereas eSports fans (73%) are below 35. eSports are more popular among male millennials. In fact 22% of these millennials watch regular eSports, placing it … Continue reading
Valve with Steam enters 360 Video Streaming Service race. 18 October 2016
360 video is coming to Steam and it appears as if Valve are aiming excessive in phrases of the high-quality they’re aiming to supply to purchaser VR headsets. Nonetheless, after years of writing about so-referred to as groundbreaking 360 camera … Continue reading
Facebook rolls out ability for Video Streaming to Apple TV & Google Chromecast 18 October 2016
Facebook has been regularly updating its video & live streaming services and on Thursday released a new update where Facebook users can stream videos from Facebook to TV through devices like Apple TV and Google Chromecast. The update is currently … Continue reading
Shazam adds Video to its music channels. 18 October 2016
On Friday Music Streaming App – Shazam announced its partnership with Vadio, a Music Video platform that will allow Shazam users in the world to stream specially curated music video channels directly in the app via Vadio-powered technology. “By incorporating … Continue reading
4 million HDR TVs to be shipped this year 14 October 2016
According to a recent IHS Markit study, High Dynamic Range (HDR) TV units to be shipped in numbers are 4 million and this is expected to grow at more than 30 million by 2020. The research predicted that almost all of the 112 … Continue reading