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beIN expands Video Streaming to Spain 19 September 2016
The OTT offering from beIN launched in July this year, is now all set to expand to Spain’s sports streaming market. The video streaming platform called beIN Connect, features linear TV channels from its TV counterpart and is up to add … Continue reading
53% Europeans Stream their TVs: Report 16 September 2016
A recent European survey states that majority of Europeans, aged 15-45 use internet at least once a week. 72% among those surveyed use internet to read latest news, 63% of them use it to stream music and 53% stream movies … Continue reading
European SVOD Consumers ditching Pay TV 13 September 2016
According to Guy Bisson, research director at Ampere Analysis, among some 26 million SVOD subscribers in the big five European markets, 36% believe that they will not need linear TV in the next five years. There has also been an emergence … Continue reading
92% European Consumers Say Online Video Advertising Needs Improvements 12 September 2016
According to a recent study, European consumers have demanded a better online video advertisements in order to improve their viewing experience. When interviewed, these consumers cited the problems with today’s online video ads as irrelevancy, volume and poor delivery. The experience … Continue reading
Young Germans consume more VOD than Traditional TV 12 September 2016
According to a recent research by TNS Infratest, young population in Germany aged 14-19 and 20-29, consume more VOD services than traditional TV. The percentage of VOD service consumption among these age groups was at 41% and 34% respectively. YouTube and video … Continue reading
Rostelecom records 40,000 IPTV Subs in Penza 30 August 2016
The Russian Telco, Rostelecom recently announced that it has acquired over 40,000 subscribers in the Penza region. The telco declared that the figures grew by 20% year by year by June end this year. The IPTV VOD platform added about 6,500 new subscribers … Continue reading
Netflix to gain 100 million Global Subscribers by 2018 24 August 2016
Noting the aggressive territory expansion peak by the leader in VOD service, it is clear that Netflix is soon going to reach all over the globe and will soon have more subs outside USA. According to a recent research, number of … Continue reading
Sky launches an OTT TV in Spain 16 August 2016
Pay TV operators are now turning towards OTT. According to a recent report by Sunday Telegraph, the Pay-TV giant Sky is planning to expand its European operations by launching a video streaming platform in Spain. The new offering will convert … Continue reading
Polsat expands its OTT offerings 12 August 2016
The Polish commercial broadcaster Polsat has added a bunch of 31 new channels to its Ipla OTT vod service. Polsat expands dramatically for up to 77 OTT offerings across seven packages. They have added two new channels – Eleven and … Continue reading
Perform Group to launch a German OTT live sports portal DAZN 11 August 2016
The UK based Media Company, Perform Group has launched a live sports OTT portal named DAZN (Da Zone). The platform fee is kept at €9.99 per month where viewers can watch UK’s Premier League, German Handball Bundesliga, US league NBA … Continue reading
