Middle East and Africa a hot market for SVOD 11 May 2016
According to the latest Digital TV Research forecast, the SVOD market in the Middle East and Africa is expected to grow ten times by 2021, from $124M in 2015 to $257M. Turkey is expected to maintain the top slot. From 2.79M … Continue reading
Nat Geo plans VR and Instagram video series 11 May 2016
At the Digital Content NewFronts event in New York, National Geographic unveiled plans of forming a virtual reality studio and an Instagram video streaming service. With VR, Nat Geo would content available to view from ‘inside the stories’ literally. The … Continue reading
Google will list linear and video on demand show timings 11 May 2016
According to a report on Engadget.com, Google will now show listings of linear TV and live video on demand on its search results. There will be a news results module according to the report. It will probably display the programming … Continue reading
Video on demand services – a key differentiator for smartphone sales 10 May 2016
Video on demand and other exclusive services are becoming a sales differentiator for smartphones. Samsung has tied up with VOD operator VuClip to provide exclusive access to its content on their devices. Micromax, another leading handset maker in India has … Continue reading
Large screen TV is the most preferred device to watch content 10 May 2016
According to a study by Hub Research, television is still preferred by many over other devices to watch shows. Between the ages of 16-64 having a broadband connection, it was revealed that TV was accessed for at least 5 hours … Continue reading
IPTV growth rate highest this quarter 10 May 2016
World-wide IPTV subscriber numbers are growing at a better pace than last quarter, according to Point Topic. Around 3.7 million new IPTV subscribers were added in Q4 2015. IPTV service is mostly taken up by users from their broadband operators. … Continue reading
Video streaming spending to trump DVD rentals in UK 09 May 2016
According to Strategy Analytics, the time has come in the UK when people are going to spend more on digital film/TV downloads or SVOD in comparison to DVD buying or renting. It is estimated that this year £1.3B will be … Continue reading
Pay TV Downgrades Linked To OTT 09 May 2016
According to a study by The Diffusion Group, viewers who are looking to downgrade their Pay TV packages, spend less than 25% of their viewing time on video streaming. It is expected that many streaming video viewers will cut down … Continue reading
Sports based OTT subscribed in 16% of US households 09 May 2016
According to Parks Associates, one in 6 US broadband using households subscribe to an OTT sports video service. Most widely subscribed is NFL Game Pass (6%), followed by WWE Network and Baseball service MLB.TV at 4%. “For sports content owners, … Continue reading
Netflix finally lets users choose cellular video quality 06 May 2016
Netflix now has started letting users choose their mobile data speed limit for streaming videos on its network. This means 4 hours per GB can be watched by decreasing the video quality on smartphones. This is available on both iOS … Continue reading