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CBS All Access debuts in Canada
CBS All Access, the direct-to-consumer digital subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service of broadcasting network CBS has debuted in Canada, the first non-US expansion of the OTT service. The VOD service with 7500 hours of ad-free content will be available to Canadian audience over platforms such as iOS, Android and on Apple TV and Chromecast. The OTT …
NTV+ witnesses strong growth for OTT TV
Russian pay TV provider NTV+ has grown 3.5 times in the first quarter of 2018 totaling the subscriber count to 41,000 which has made the OTT platform, the group’s fastest growing business area. The video-on-demand service is available to both NTV+ subscribers and the non-subscribers as well. NTV+ was recently in news for launching an …
Law & Crime Network goes digital
Law & Crime has introduced mobile and OTT apps on several platforms such as Android, iOS, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Google Play etc. The company is eyeing to expand its rapidly growing viewership. It is also going to debut on Roku very soon. Law & Crime which is garnering over 2 million monthly …
20th Century Fox acquires 4% share in Italy’s T-VOD service Chili, joins Warner and Paramount
20th Century Fox has joined Warner and Paramount in acquiring shares of Chili, Italy’s T-VOD service. Fox has taken a 4% share in Chili which was founded in 2012 for €6 million. While Warner and Paramount have 4% shares each, Sony holds 3% share of the Italian video-on-demand service. Chili, the Italian T-VOD service offers cinema …
iOS includes Waze and Spotify integration
Navigation app Waze partnered with music streaming service Spotify to display its playlists within the Waze app. A number of direct Spotify features are to be included within Waze and vice versa. Within the Spotify app on iOS, Waze users can navigate to their destination. Also, Spotify playlists can be accessed from the Waze app …
Lionsgate and Hemisphere start Spanish language streaming service in U.S
Pantaya, a Spanish OTT service broadcasting premium content for the Hispanic community in the U.S will be launched by Lionsgate and Hemisphere Media Group. This service is targeted towards the Hispanic community in the U.S and is being offered at a monthly subscription cost of US$ 5.99. Exclusive streaming of recent Pantelion (joint venture between …
VoD services/IPTV started by Almatel
Almatel, Russian regional operator, has introduced its IPTV services which also includes VoD services. This service is offered on set-top boxes, smart TVs, mobile applications for Android and iOS devices as well as on PCs and notebooks. It offers a huge catalog of up to 170 TV channels and more than 30,000 films and serials …
Apple TV includes Bounce’s Brown Sugar Streaming Service
Bounce has introduced its Subscription Video Streaming Service on Apple TV’s 4th-generation media hub that includes a large collection of movies and TV shows that either include in the starcast or are created by African-Americans. It is available via Android and iOS devices that include support for Amazon’s Fire TV and Chromecast support. It seems …
Megacable launches Xview in Mexico
Megacable has announced extension of its TV everywhere streaming service: Xview. A video-on-demand (VOD) service will be included in the platform with around 100 live linear TV feeds. Xview will only be available for Megacable subscribers as an add-on to their existing pay-TV packages and is not being offered as an independent service currently. The …
Rheo promising to be the next big thing in social media, offers ‘mood-based’ curation
An exciting new social media platform: Rheo, has just launched and has been founded by iOS streaming Apps creator Alan Cannistraro and Apple News designer Charles Migos. It aims to deliver a series of short-form videos which are curated and personalized according to viewer’s viewing habits and preferences. Rheo boasts of being the first of …
