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SVOD to rise by 85% in China 26 July 2017
According to a new research, China will account for 85% of Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) customers and 78% of online video sector revenues in the Asia Pacific region by 2022. According to some research studies from Media Partners Asia … Continue reading
Amazon devices to offer Hulu’s Live TV service 25 July 2017
Hulu’s new live TV streaming service will be available on Amazon devices like the Fire Stick and the Fire TV box. Hulu viewers will be upgraded to Hulu’s new user interface and will also be able to subscribe to Hulu … Continue reading
OTT devices and services market expected to reach $165.13 billion by 2025 25 July 2017
As per a new report by Grand View Research, Inc, the global (over-the-top) OTT services market is estimated to reach upto US $165.13 billion by 2025. The increasing penetration of mobile devices including smartphones and tablets and technological advancements in … Continue reading
Number of U.S TV Homes with multiple SVODs continues to grow 21 July 2017
A continued growth has been seen in Multiple subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services in U.S TV homes. According to a recent study, 38% of TV homes subscribe to 2 or more major subscription VOD services like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu. Those … Continue reading
OTT drives growth of video industry in Mexico 20 July 2017
A report by the Competitive Intelligence Unit (CIU) has revealed that streaming platforms are Mexico’s fastest growing players are streaming platforms that are almost equivalent to cable TV’s share. Mexico’s over-the-top (OTT) services accounted for 7 million subs by the … Continue reading
Online viewing gets a boost with mobile devices 20 July 2017
Online video viewing will increase 20% in 2017 as per advertising giant Zenith which means global consumers will spend about 47.4 minutes a day viewing videos online this year which is up from 39.6 minutes in 2016. As per Online … Continue reading
Subscription video-on-demand on the rise in MENA 19 July 2017
According to Digital TV Research, revenues from Subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is estimated to reach US$ 1.23 billion by 2022 which is up from almost US$1 billion in 2016. It also estimates that … Continue reading
Hit series Game of Thrones season seven premiere breaks all HBO records 19 July 2017
The season 7 premiere of the hugely popular TV series Game of Thrones broke HBO records by garnering 16.1 million viewers across HBO, video-on-demand and streaming. 10.1 million viewers watched the opening episode of GOT surpassing HBO’s previous high of … Continue reading
Netflix breaks records as it hits the 100MN member milestone 19 July 2017
The Subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) giant, Netflix now has a global subscriber base of 103.95 million, with non-US subscribers in majority. According to the Q2 stats released by Netflix, global net additions totalled a record 5.2 million compared to the forecasted … Continue reading
Online Video growth on the rise – Barclays 18 July 2017
According to Wall Street research firm Barclays, online video is set to grow partly due to a growing number of OTT viewers being above the age of 50. A report by U.S Energy Information Administration pointed to the fact that … Continue reading
