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Disney launching Spanish SVOD service in France 25 January 2017
Disney has reportedly launched its SVOD service on France’s Canalsat pay-TV platform and to follow this Disney France will also launch a Spanish language SVOD service by the end of February, 2017. The new Spanish service will focus on teaching Spanish to … Continue reading
France passes 5 Mn super fast broadband subs 23 January 2017
According to the regulator Arcep, France passed 5 million mark for super fast broadband subscribers in the third quarter of 2016. More than six out of 10 broadband subscriptions in the country now exceed 100Mbps speeds. Since the beginning of 2015, super fast … Continue reading
German VOD Revenues to Rise 18% in 2017 18 January 2017
According to a new forecasts by German ICT federation Bitkom, revenues generated from VOD services in Germany are expected to hit EUR 945 million in 2017. The VOD industry had a turnover of EUR 800 million in 2016 and the figure is expected … Continue reading
Hopster launches on Roku 16 January 2017
Kids educational subscription OTT platform Hopster has launched its services through Roku’s streaming platform in countries including US, Canada, France, the UK and Ireland. The service will now be available in English as well as in French in France. Users … Continue reading
Global IPTV Market to reach USD 93.59 billion in 2021 10 January 2017
According to a recent report, global IPTV market was valued at some USD 34.67 billion in 2015 and is expected to grow at USD 93.59 billion by 2021, at a CAGR of around 18.01% amid 2016 and 2021. The report states that … Continue reading
Online to Replace TV as Top Advertising Medium by 2020 05 January 2017
According to a new IHS Markit study, online advertising will completely replace TV advertising as the number one global advertising medium by 2020. The study stated, while the TV market still benefits from big brand budgets, online is set to take … Continue reading
Inview launches digital TV service in Nigeria 27 December 2016
UK based digital TV company Inview has launched a new free TV digital TV service named Abuja Free TV. The new service is a part of second phase of the roll-out by the company and will now be available to 20 million … Continue reading
Over 40% of UK internet users Subscribe to Netflix 27 December 2016
According to a September 2016 survey by Decipher, millennials are far more likely among the UK internet users to subscribe to streaming video-on-demand (SVOD) services. The study also found out that the most these millennials stream is an SVOD service … Continue reading
Global Internet Connection Speeds Increase 21% YoY 20 December 2016
According to a new State of the Internet report, the global internet connection speeds and the broadband adoption metrics show a positive increase. The average online connection speed in Europe increased in all the countries surveyed year-on-year, with Slovenia (at 14.1 Mbps) … Continue reading
Booming Spanish SVOD faces lack of pay-TV culture 14 December 2016
With many SVOD services entering the highly adaptive Spanish TV market, faces the lack of interest in pay-TV. Spain has become the primary testing market for many OTT platforms, with Netflix launching an year ago, HBO following the same recently … Continue reading
