Twitter Focuses More on Live Video Streaming 12 September 2016

Taking the live streaming momentum, Twitter tries to make changes to its platform in order to focus more on the live video streaming services. The company has recently added a button to user profiles for users to get easy notifications for … Continue reading

Demand for Local OTT Drives Competition Among SVoD platforms in LATAM 12 September 2016

OTT video market is Latin America is highly diversified. Countries that have high adoption in Pay TV, fixed and mobile broadband, have the most robust OTT ecosystem. With Netflix’s arrivals in the region in 2011, many SVOD services have emerged, … Continue reading

Introducing Muvi Kart – A Hybrid Shopping Experience for Your Viewers! 09 September 2016

It’s 4th of May and Sheldon, Leonard, Raj & Howard have all gathered at Sheldon’s for their annual Star Wars Marathon, streaming on their favorite Video Streaming Platform! It’s an annual affair and being die hard fans of Star Wars, … Continue reading

Free on-demand service Netzkino launched for Apple TV 09 September 2016

The German VOD service Netzkino has recently launched on streaming box Apple TV platform. The service is ad- supported and is available to be consumed free for viewers, under Entertainment and Top-Apps (free) section on the Apple TV store. The service showcases … Continue reading

US Viewers Set Pace for Global SVOD 09 September 2016

According to a recent research, US viewers are far ahead of other markets when it comes to consuming subscription video streaming services. More than half of US internet users subscribe to one or more of video streaming platform such as Netflix, Hulu … Continue reading

iPlayer boosts 37% due to Summer Sports 09 September 2016

BBC, the video streaming platform has reported an increase of 37% in summer iPlayer compared to the same period in last year, thanks to the major sporting events this year. The broadcaster experienced an average of 16 million unique browsers a … Continue reading

Australians use more SVOD than Foxtel 08 September 2016

According to a recent Roy Morgan Research, half of Australians now use paid television options, be it some extra channels to their linear TV or online streaming on demand or using a Connected TV, subscription VOD platforms have just overtook Foxtel’s … Continue reading

Adobe Enables Dynamic Ad Insertion Across Linear & OTT Streams 08 September 2016

Dynamic ad insertion is easier with OTT but is less prevalent across TV and VOD platforms. Seeing this, Adobe has enhanced its Primetime solution to boost dynamic ad insertion for live and linear TV streams. This capability by Adobe Primetime can either be … Continue reading

Video Streaming attracts 710 Million Mobile Internet Users in China 08 September 2016

Mobile internet users in China have shown huge interest in listening to music and using video streaming services while on the move. According to a recent study, people spent an average of 112 minutes on their smartphone, out of which 32% … Continue reading

Snapchat to make $1 billion ad revenues by 2017 08 September 2016

Snapchat, the biggest social platform for streaming live stories has expanded its advertising portfolio to include a variety of live streaming video ads along with sponsored geofilters and sponsored lenses. According to an eMarketer report, the messaging service is set to make $935.5 million … Continue reading