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Fifth of LatAm homes to pay for SVoD by 2021 28 October 2016
According to a recent study by Digital TV Research, every one in five Latin American TV household is set to sign up for a SVOD service in the coming five years. The forecast report covering over 18 LatAm countries, states … Continue reading
Argentina’s Red Intercable to launch an OTT platform 26 October 2016
Argentina’s Red Intercable, formed by 270 local cable providers, is planning to launch an over-the-top (OTT) video streaming platform for its pay-TV service dibox. The two services from Red Intercable – dibox Play and dibox One, both offering video on demand … Continue reading
James Bond spies Canadian SVOD CraveTV 25 October 2016
Canadian SVOD service CraveTV, which is owned by telco Bell, has has inked a programming deal with MGM and acquired the rights to James Bond library of films, giving its upcoming movies a feature of the famous British spy. The 007 collection, … Continue reading
The Rise and fall of Gaming Consoles as Media Centers 24 October 2016
While game consoles were historically considered as much of a toy, they have now evolved into offering a whole lot of functionality for a far mature audience. From the Brown Box to Nintendo Switch (arriving March 2017), and from 10 … Continue reading
LeEco to launch a Video Streaming Service in the US 21 October 2016
China’s leading telco – LeEco bring a host of its offerings to the US along with a new video streaming platform. However to much surprise, the platform does not talk about offering content from Netflix, HBO, Hulu or Amazon but announces … Continue reading
Netflix reaches $2 billion Revenues backed by ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Narcos’ 20 October 2016
Netflix, world’s leading VOD service has announced its quarterly revenues to reach US$2 billion (EUR1.8 billion) for the first time. The results are said to be backed by the original summer hits ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Narcos’. Netflix is on its way … Continue reading
Multiple Streaming Service Subscription Raises 50% in 3 Years 14 October 2016
According to a new research in the video streaming industry, 16% of SVOD population in US holds multiple streaming service subscription, up from 10% three years ago. The research found out that the ‘self-bundlers’ to subscriber to different services such … Continue reading
35% of US broadband users watch UGC Videos 10 Days a Month 13 October 2016
According to a new study by Parks Associates, around one third of broadband users in USA watch user generated video streaming content online at least for 10 days in a month. The study reveled that about 75% of US broadband homes access … Continue reading
Cord-cutting in US is due to Customer Dissatisfaction 07 October 2016
According to the JD Power’s annual wireline study series, Americans are far more satisfied and inclined towards alternative video services such as live streaming and transaction based OTT than Pay TV. Out of the traditional TV providers, AT&T ranks highest in … Continue reading
Netflix is Coming to your nearest Theaters 07 October 2016
World’s largest subscription video streaming service is coming to halls near you, making video streaming way more classier. Netflix has announced partnering with the movie chain iPic Entertainment to bring original Netflix movies to the theaters across United States. iPic operates … Continue reading
