VOD service Pantaflix to launch in Europe and USA 27 July 2016
German actor Matthias Schweighöfer follows the footsteps of Netflix, Amazon and Maxdome and sets up a video-on-demand (VOD) service. Pantaflix will launch on July 28, 2016 in Europe and the USA with further territories to follow. The target is global availability. … Continue reading
Amazon to launch Amazon Prime in India this year 26 July 2016
Amazon will launch Amazon Prime in India this year, reports now suggest that the company is investing is investing $300 million in creating original video content for Prime Video. This investment would be part of the $3 billion fresh funding for … Continue reading
Pay TV and paid VoD revenues to reach 3 bn euros in German-speaking territories 26 July 2016
According to recent VPRT study, revenue from pay-TV and paid video on demand (VOD) rose by 12% in 2015 to around 2.49 billion euros (2014: 2.22 billion euros), while in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, pay-TV and paid VOD revenue totalled … Continue reading
Poor USA homes use free to air TV, OTT video accelerating 26 July 2016
GfK’s 2016 Ownership and Trend Report shows 17% of US TV homes relying on broadcast only delivery up 2% from last year with another 6% using just OTT video from Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, or YouTube who do not have … Continue reading
European markets offer a favourable environment for OTT adoption 26 July 2016
With TV penetration to reach 73% of households in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and 69% in Western Europe (WE) by 2020, European markets have seen a high proliferation of connected devices, greater volume of online video catalogues and increasing … Continue reading
Smart TVs used in half of Argentina’s connected homes 25 July 2016
According to the latest report from Carrier y Asociados, Argentina’s homes are no longer depending on a single device to access the Internet, and each households owns on average 5.8 devices through which it has access to different online services. … Continue reading
TV, Internet take further ad-share from traditional media in Spain 25 July 2016
According to Arce Media’s i2p report, the general advertising market grew by 3.8% compared to the same period in 2015, reaching investments of over €2.1 billion. Notably free-to-air (FTA) and pay-TV took just over half (53%) of the ad outlay with just TV taking … Continue reading
Brazil’s creators demand VOD regulation 25 July 2016
ANCINE, Brazil’s national cinema agency, is about to start looking into the regulation of video on demand services. While other Latin American institutions are still debating whether VOD and over-the-top (OTT) platforms should be regulated, Brazil seems to be heading … Continue reading
IPTV services grows in 10 Arab countries 25 July 2016
Advisors Group’s analysis revealed that GCC countries had the largest number of IPTV providers in the region. By May 2016, fourteen service providers in ten countries in the Arab World offered IPTV services. Arab A new report from Arab Advisors … Continue reading
Singapore MDA Safeguards Over-The-Top Content Services Offering 22 July 2016
Singapore’s Media Development Authority has relaxed its rules to allow ‘R21’ rated TV series such as “Game of Thrones” and movies such as “Pulp Fiction” or “Fifty Shades of Grey” to be shown on online video streaming services. The new … Continue reading
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