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Twitter and BBC collaborate to offer live video 31 May 2017

Twitter announced a live video streaming partnership with BBC which will bring live video and breaking news from the BBC’s U.K election coverage to Twitter’s network. The deal specifically includes five BBC election specials that involve debates and election night … Continue reading

Streaming app for short radio stories 60dB-Audio Startup 15 May 2017

Many music fans are switching from downloads and broadcast radio to subscription-based video streaming service. By pressing play on Pandora, Spotify or Apple Music, users can access an endless stream of songs customized to your interests. However, what’s odd is … Continue reading

Google Earth gets revival by partnering with BBC & NASA 19 April 2017

Google is getting its 3-D mapping service – Google Earth, a new look by partnering with groups such as BBC & NASA  to provide a mixture of content in form of video clips, photos and text narratives. Long before Google … Continue reading

BBC World News launches OTT with Hulu Japan 03 April 2017

BBC is launching a live stream of its 24 hour international news channel BBC World News on a SVOD service Hulu Japan. This launch makes it the first ever linear channel live broadcasting on an SVOD service in Japan, making … Continue reading

A lookback at 2016 in the world of Video Streaming. 29 December 2016

It’s been at eventful year of Video Streaming & Live Streaming – From LIVE Presidential Debates on Social Networks to Nat Geo’s 360° Video of Antarctica Journey everything was streaming instantly over the air. Video Streaming has been the talk of the year. We … Continue reading

Yaddo’s SVOD Documentary App Goes Live 27 October 2016

The BBC factual commissioner Nick Fraser has launched an app for iOS and Android platforms, named Yaddo, which will actually feature documentaries. Fraser said in an interview that the app is officially launched but its international roll-out will be staggered. … Continue reading

BBC’s First TV Everywhere SVOD launches in Singapore 29 September 2016

BBC launches its subscription video streaming platform BBC Player, which is also being called BBC’s first TV Everywhere product on a Singapore pay-TV platform StarHub. StarHub subscribers, who subscribe to UK broadcasters channels, will now be able to catch up … Continue reading

iPlayer boosts 37% due to Summer Sports 09 September 2016

BBC, the video streaming platform has reported an increase of 37% in summer iPlayer compared to the same period in last year, thanks to the major sporting events this year. The broadcaster experienced an average of 16 million unique browsers a … Continue reading

10 Million Brits to ditch TV for online streaming 11 August 2016

According to a recent survey conducted by Broadband Genie, as many as 39% respondents would prefer cancelling their TV subscriptions to watch video content on one or the other streaming platform. This amounts to losing about 10 million out of … Continue reading

BBC to bring 360° live and on-demand video viewing of RIO 2016 for UK audiences 08 August 2016

Just as the Olympics are about to begin, BBC sports has announced to showcase live 360° video footage of the event each day starting Friday, August 5 as a trial app for iOS, android, and Samsung Gear VR platforms. The … Continue reading