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SVOD Platforms winning Emmys 22 September 2016

Original content on the subscription video streaming platforms Netflix and Amazon ranked among some of the top winners at 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards last Sunday. Netflix in overall won nine Emmys and to much surprise, Amazon video streaming platform … Continue reading

SVOD Catches up with Free services in UK 22 September 2016

UK has always been lagging behind from US and Canada when it comes to the adoption of subscription video streaming services like Netflix or Amazon Prime Video. However, according to a recent research carried out by RBC Capital Markets, Netflix has been … Continue reading

Western Europe SVOD Spends to Reach €3 Billion by the Year End 22 September 2016

Spends in Western Europe on subscription video on demand services were €2 billion (US$2.2 billion) last year and the amount is expected to cross €3 billion by the end of this year. According to a recent study by IHS Markit, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and … Continue reading

Netflix expands to Poland with Localized on-demand service 21 September 2016

Striking back to the doubters who suggested the video streaming platform is “irrelevant” in Eastern Europe, Netflix revealed its plans to offer fully localized video streaming services for Polish audience. The company revealed the new service will have polish language, … Continue reading

SVOD Revenues to Double by 2021 19 September 2016

According to a recent report by Juniper Research, subscription video on demand revenues will double up from $14.6 billion this year to reach $35 billion (€31 billion) by 2021. However, the market leader Netflix’s model may become a little difficult to sustain. … Continue reading

What is OTT? 14 September 2016

From 1% in 1995 to 40% of the world’s population using internet today, number of people consuming entertainment video content over internet has increased dramatically. A lot has changed in the way people watch TV today, thanks to the OTT … Continue reading

Amazon Prime to Stream Live Sports 13 September 2016

Amazon Prime, so far, has been more of a video streaming platform like Netflix than Sling TV. However, things seem to be changing with the service provider. A recent report suggests that Amazon is interested in acquiring video rights of … 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

Demand for Local OTT Drives Competition Among SVoD platforms in LATAM 12 September 2016

OTT video market is Latin America is highly diversified. Countries that have high adoption in Pay TV, fixed and mobile broadband, have the most robust OTT ecosystem. With Netflix’s arrivals in the region in 2011, many SVOD services have emerged, … Continue reading

US Viewers Set Pace for Global SVOD 09 September 2016

According to a recent research, US viewers are far ahead of other markets when it comes to consuming subscription video streaming services. More than half of US internet users subscribe to one or more of video streaming platform such as Netflix, Hulu … Continue reading