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India’s TV Set Market is on Boom 24 November 2016
According to a new report by Research & Markets, Indian consumers are buying smart TVs more than ever before. The television sales market is expected to be worth $9 billion by the end of 2021. The report states that the country’s … Continue reading
Asia gets a new OTT service – RugbyPass 16 November 2016
A new OTT service RugbyPass is getting launched for the sports lovers throughout the entire Asia. The service will offer live and on-demand Rugby action in HD quality to the Rugby fans across Asia including the year-round action from International Test … Continue reading
Star Media is all set to launch first homegrown Asian-exclusive OTT platform 11 November 2016
STAR Media Group is all set to launch its first home grown over-the-top (OTT) service called Dimsum this week. The company will offer subscription video on demand services from their curated library of the best Asian content, sourced from all over … 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
China to account for half of Asia-Pacific’s 157 Mn VOD subscribers by 2021 20 October 2016
According to Digital TV Research, The video on demand services in Asia-Pacific is expected to have 157.78 million paying viewers by 2021, half of which is located in China. VOD subscribers in China are expected to reach from 41.68 million in 2015 … Continue reading
Amazon, Twitter & Facebook are after IPL Media Rights 19 October 2016
Thanks to the decreasing data rates, online videos are getting popular in India. The The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the invites to tenders for India’s most viewed cricket league – the Indian Premier League (IPL)’s … Continue reading
Viewing eSports Cannibalises Traditional Sports Viewing 19 October 2016
According to a new research, majority of american football fans (56%) are above the age of 35, whereas eSports fans (73%) are below 35. eSports are more popular among male millennials. In fact 22% of these millennials watch regular eSports, placing it … Continue reading
Momo’s 123% Jump shows there’s Big Money in Live Streaming 07 October 2016
Momo Inc.’s 123% third-quarter return was the fourth best among US listed stocks having market values worth at least $2 billion. According to Credit Suisse, the live streaming industry has grown by 175% over the past one year and analysts see … Continue reading
Chinese Telco Xiaomi launches 4K Mi Box powered by Android TV in the US 06 October 2016
The Chinese telecom company, Xiaomi has launched 4K Ultra HD streaming media player boxes in the US. The video streaming boxes powered by Android TV come at US$69 (€61). These boxes are currently available at the Mi.com website and will also go … Continue reading
Amazon Partners with Bollywood Giants for its Prime Video push in India 30 September 2016
Amazon is going all throttle for its India expansion, where the OTT video streaming platform is teaming up with Bollywood giants to showcase popular flicks on its platform and rightly invade the Asia’s third-largest economy. The soon-to-be-launched Amazon Prime Video will feature … Continue reading
