Advertising-based VoD driving OTT growth 30 June 2016
Advertising-based OTT video-on-demand platforms are seeing significant growth and attracting more attention than subscription OTT video, according to Joachim Stephan, senior partner and managing director, The Boston Consulting Group. Speaking at the Cable Congress in Warsaw yesterday, Stephan said that … Continue reading
Sandvine says Amazon is the 3rd biggest streaming video platform in US 30 June 2016
Amazon Video, one of Bezos’ biggest bets, has quickly proven to be on a major growth trajectory for the company, as they now rank as the third biggest video streaming site behind YouTube and Netflix. According to research from Sandvine, Amazon … Continue reading
Percentage of homes with access to both SVOD service and a DVR rose more than 4 points 30 June 2016
Streaming video subscriptions are now just as common in U.S. homes as digital video recorders, according to new research from Nielsen. Half of U.S. TV households had a subscription-based video on demand service such as Netflix, Hulu Plus or Amazon Prime in … Continue reading
There will be around 2.4 billion unique monthly active users of OTT by 2020 30 June 2016
At WWDC 2016, Apple announced the introduction of the CallKit application programming interface (API) and the SiriKit software development kit (SDK) as well as an overhaul of iMessage. The new products will facilitate a deeper integration between third-party communications apps … Continue reading
MTN Nigeria launches a digital TV and OTT TV service 30 June 2016
MTN Nigeria recently launched a converged digital TV and over-the-top (OTT) video on demand service in the city of Jos, according to media reports in the region. It’s understood the service is providing viewers with a mix of local and … Continue reading
VR and OTT to go hand-in-hand 29 June 2016
More than half (52%) of OTT service providers are researching, getting ready to launch or have already launched VR-video content, according to a global study commissioned by Level 3 Communications. Unisphere Research, in partnership with Streaming Media, interviewed 628 people from … Continue reading
Asian operators are interested in partnerships with OTT players 29 June 2016
Nearly every Asian mobile operator is interested in pursuing partnerships with OTT players to combat the growing problem of revenue loss, a survey suggests. The survey, conducted by Alepo ahead of Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2016, shows that just over … Continue reading
5 million Australian households will be paying for online streaming by 2019 29 June 2016
Australians are keen for television and movies streaming over their internet connections with more than 5 million households expected to be subscribed to a service by 2019, which is half of its population. And some would even be willing to … Continue reading
US consumers spent more than $6.6bn on video streaming in 2016 28 June 2016
Fresh data published by Strategy Analytics looks at some interesting trends in the growing US video on demand streaming market and how this relates to DVD and downloads consumption respectively. Altogether US consumers spent more than $6.6bn on video streaming in 2016 … Continue reading
Youtube will allow users to broadcast live footage from a smartphone 28 June 2016
Although YouTube has allowed live video streaming from a computer since 2011, users will now be able to broadcast live footage from a smartphone, a function already available from social networks Facebook (via Facebook Live) and Twitter (via Periscope). Smartphone … Continue reading
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