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Atresmedia and Televisa team up to launch new SVOD service
Spanish broadcaster Atresmedia has signed a strategic partnership deal with Televisa to introduce a new SVOD service focused on Telenovelas. The new SVOD service, Novelas Nova will provide more than 5,000 hours of content. The service is expected to bring TV series content to its 3.2 million vast users. A source from the companies was …
Streaming accounts for 12% of total TV viewing, says Nielsen data
According to Nielsen Streaming Meter, the measurement specialist, the overall streaming audience and what they are watching, the data reveals gender playing a big role in viewing habits. Some of it’s findings were: 1,000 U.S homes actively used atleast 1 connected device. Hulu viewers are 62% female. YouTube viewers are 55% male. Netflix and Amazon …
Western Europe to hit 65 million SVOD subs
SVOD revenues in Western Europe will rise to $6.5 billion by 2022, a rise from $2.8 billion in 2016 surpassing AVOD, according to Western Europe OTT TV & Video Forecasts report. The total revenue for OTT TV episode and movie revenues for 18 Western European countries will hit $14.65 billion in 2022 which is more …
Hulu spending on content increases
Hulu is expected to spend about 2.5 billion US $ on content in 2017 as it announced its plans to launch 7 new original series in the next 6-9 months according to Variety. This move comes after other streaming services announced their investment plans in original programming.
Vodafone Spain offers 1Gbps FTTH to support 4K IPTV offering
Vodafone is Spain’s first telco to offer 1Gbps fibre connection so as to enable viewing in Ultra HD IPTV and (Over the Top) OTT services. It will be available across 4 million households soon. Initially, Vodafone’s all inclusive package offering broadband, IPTV and OTT services like Netflix and HBO will include the 1Gbps option via …
Support for 4K introduced by Apple TV
Apple TV has enhanced its offering to support 4K and High Dynamic Range (HDR). The new Apple TV 4K is expected to deliver a stunning cinematic experience with images that are crisper, richer, true-to life and far more detailed in dark as well as bright scenes. High performance 4K video scalar is inbuilt in the …
YouTube makes improvements in its desktop and mobile interface
YouTube has made significant improvements to its online video platform interface. The enhanced apps and services are meant to bring the viewers closer to content and creators. Navigation tabs are now at the bottom of the app so they are closer to viewer’s thumbs. Some other new features included are the Library and Account tabs …
Mobile video, music streaming service launched by Telkom
Telkom is all set to offer an on-demand video streaming and music streaming service to increase revenues and subscriber numbers in its mobile business. This news service is expected to drive the growth of its mobile revenue as customers upgrade their data packages to access the service
Flow to possibly integrate multiple OTTs into a single platform
Flow’s main features and the possibility of integrating OTT services were points highlighted by Gonzalo Hita, COO of Cablevisión, Argentina’s largest pay TV operator. He also mentioned how Flow is intending to integrate OTTs following the example of the successful launch of HBO GO as a standalone service. There is the possibility of adding OTT …
