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Video Streaming: Key to Customer Loyalty 31 August 2016

A recent study from EricssonConsumerLab states that mobile broadband is the primary key to a smartphone user’s satisfaction than a voice experience. This is because the smartphone users are all the younger generation and the recent Video Streaming buzz has taken … Continue reading

Half of Internet users in Brazil use VOD services 25 August 2016

It comes as a surprise that Brazil is up to match up to US when it comes to the number of people that use VOD services. According to a recent research from Conecta and Worldwide Independent Network of Market Research, it was … Continue reading

Rio Olympics Live Streaming topped 1 billion minutes 12 August 2016

According a recent study by Nielsen, 2016 Rio Olympics managed to gather 1.05 billion minutes of live streaming, along with the NBC Sports app contributing a hit of 232%. The one billion threshold has never been crossed for Olympics in … Continue reading

Brazilians prefer downloading online video content 09 August 2016

In a recent research by Conecta, 80% of Brazilian Internet users download content, both legal and pirate. The report also states that desktops and laptops are the preferred devices for 70% of these downloads. Smartphones are used by 20%, tablets … Continue reading

NBC Olympics & Microsoft to bring Live and On-Demand Streaming of Summer Olympics 03 August 2016

NBC Olympics taps Azure once again to bring live and on-demand Summer Olympic Games. The streaming will be available on any device including smartphones, tablets, PCs, connected TVs and gaming consoles. In order to deliver authentic streaming coverage and seamless … Continue reading

Brazil’s creators demand VOD regulation 25 July 2016

ANCINE, Brazil’s national cinema agency, is about to start looking into the regulation of video on demand services. While other Latin American institutions are still debating whether VOD and over-the-top (OTT) platforms should be regulated, Brazil seems to be heading … Continue reading

Colombia’s VOD to Rocket Over The Next Three Years 08 December 2014

Nearing 1.5 million subs by 2018, Colombia’s video-on-demand (VOD) market is growing through the coming years from the current 260,000 subscriptions. New market operators and infrastructure improvements in the country’s telecoms will power the on-demand services growth. Colombia along with Argentina is the … Continue reading