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

Broadcasters to gain advantage with SVOD popularity 11 August 2016

According to a recent study showcased by Gary Arlen on a TV technology Blog, the market is primed to watch the TV differently than the traditional means. Nearly two-third of Americans are currently using OTT and video on demand services … Continue reading

Perform Group to launch a German OTT live sports portal DAZN 11 August 2016

The UK based Media Company, Perform Group has launched a live sports OTT portal named DAZN (Da Zone). The platform fee is kept at €9.99 per month where viewers can watch UK’s Premier League, German Handball Bundesliga, US league NBA … Continue reading

10 Million Brits to ditch TV for online streaming 11 August 2016

According to a recent survey conducted by Broadband Genie, as many as 39% respondents would prefer cancelling their TV subscriptions to watch video content on one or the other streaming platform. This amounts to losing about 10 million out of … Continue reading

Disney to launch an OTT service in collaboration with ESPN 11 August 2016

Walt Disney has announced launching its video streaming service catering sports niche by the end of this year. The VOD service is going to be ESPN branded and will not pull away from the ESPN cable TV network. Disney has … Continue reading

Costa Rica leads among Central American video service penetration 10 August 2016

According a recent report by Business Bureau, Costa Rica has experienced 52% penetration in video on demand services having around 7,20,000 vod subscribers. After witnessing huge VOD penetration in recent years, Costa Rica has been cited as Central America’s most mature VOD market. … Continue reading

Hulu turns free, Yahoo View to take over the ad-supported video platform 10 August 2016

Hulu, world’s popular vod platform has announced that soon it will be shifting its ad supported free TV streaming to a new Yahoo offering Yahoo View. The new vod service will replicate the content available to Hulu’s non-subscription viewers and … Continue reading