PrideTV to launch South Africa’s first LGBT VOD channel 16 August 2016

PrideTV has recently announced launching another first in South Africa, a video on demand platform for LGBT community. The channel will tell stories from Africa’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. PrideTV costs R79 a month and R790 for 12 … Continue reading

One-fifth of US marketers plan to invest in Live Stream Video Ads 12 August 2016

According to an August 2016 research, about one-fifth of US media decision makers are planning to invest in live video streaming platform ads over next six months. Overall, digital video advertising will continue to grow particularly with social media channels … Continue reading

Rio Olympics Live Streaming topped 1 billion minutes 12 August 2016

According a recent study by Nielsen, 2016 Rio Olympics managed to gather 1.05 billion minutes of live streaming, along with the NBC Sports app contributing a hit of 232%. The one billion threshold has never been crossed for Olympics in … Continue reading

ESPN to build SVOD service powered by Major League Baseball (MLB) 12 August 2016

The worldwide leader ESPN has announced its plan to build its subscription video on demand services powered by Major League Baseball (MLB)’s streaming infrastructure. The upcoming  VOD service by ESPN will not be linked to WatchESPN or any other ESPN’s family … Continue reading

China Media Capital to take a stake in VR start-up NextVR 12 August 2016

Virtual Reality is definitely taking up swiftly. NExtVR, a video streaming platform broadcaster of live events as well as VR headsets, is currently in a phase to acquire funding. The startup has successfully raised $80 million and is now looking over … Continue reading

US Viewers prefer Olympics over Stranger Things and Orange is the New Black 12 August 2016

Tech firm Procera has noted that Netflix, worlds most popular video on demand platform has experienced a drop of 10% in viewership during the opening weekend of Olympics, which was broadcasted live on NBC in US. The report also states that … Continue reading

Global Video Streaming Market to reach 70.05 billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 18.3% 12 August 2016

The ease and ability to integrate OTT solutions into the existing video streaming systems has led to exponential growth of video streaming market. It has been noted that APAC is growing at a higher rate than any other region. Australia … Continue reading

Large Social Media houses to Capitalize on Live Streaming madness 12 August 2016

Live video streaming has been on the forefront of many large and small companies recently. Social media companies have also been taking big interest into capitalizing this madness. Twitter has capitalized on live streaming market by inking deals with sports names … Continue reading

Polsat expands its OTT offerings 12 August 2016

The Polish commercial broadcaster Polsat has added a bunch of 31 new channels to its Ipla OTT vod service. Polsat expands dramatically for up to 77 OTT offerings across seven packages. They have added two new channels – Eleven and … Continue reading