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Middle East poised for surge in OTT video market 30 June 2015

  New data collated by global technology research and advisory firm, Ovum, suggests that the launch of the first non-native subscription online video service in the Middle East heralds a new phase in the evolution of the premium OTT video … Continue reading

Discovery embarks on OTT ‘Million March’ 29 June 2015

  Discovery Networks International is launching OTT video services throughout Europe. Its top executives explain how the channel operator will win streaming customers in big numbers, as it starts on its ‘March to a Million’. When TBI was the first … Continue reading

70% of Arab Satellite TV channels have online sites 29 June 2015

  During April and May 2015, the Arab Advisors Group examined 724 fully operational FTA satellite TV channels targeting the Arab World to research their online presence. Of the analyzed stations, 70% (505 channels) have an online presence. Spurred by … Continue reading

North America SVoD revenues $7bn by 2020 26 June 2015

  North America already had 50.6 million SVoD homes [for movie and TV services only – excluding sports] by end-2014 – or 38.8 per cent of TV households and 48.1 per cent of fixed broadband homes, according to a report … Continue reading

No distinction between OTT and pay TV in “two to three years” 26 June 2015

  Pay TV operators need to simplify the client-side equipment they provide and focus on open-source and cloud-based technologies to achieve the necessary scale and agility to see off OTT TV platforms as competitors, according to Ken Morse, CTO of … Continue reading

How Communication Service Providers Can Find Value in Over-the-Top Video 26 June 2015

  Internet streaming media, also known as over-the-top content (OTT) is a part of our everyday reality and affecting every entertainment medium. OTT-TV services have a steep growth potential, as a growing number of people worldwide already watch Internet video … Continue reading

Multicultural viewers drive OTT adoption in US 25 June 2015

  A new Horowitz Research study reveals that US multicultural viewers are more likely to have made over-the-top (OTT) an integral part of their viewing lifestyle. The finding is interesting in part because multicultural viewers are traditionally pay-TV’s most valuable and … Continue reading

OTT & the Net New Effect 24 June 2015

The à la carte streaming video market is on a tear, but is the trend a result of fear over cord cutting or are there new revenue opportunities in the direct-to-consumer market? For premium programmers, over-the-top video is very much … Continue reading

Web Connected TVs Bringing Internet Delivered Video Direct 23 June 2015

According to new consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG), 56% of all US households have at least one television set connected to the Internet via a video game system, a smart TV set, a Blu-ray player, and/or a stand-alone … Continue reading

OnDemand Summit: TVE, VOD Remain Challenging 23 June 2015

  As  video on demand and TV Everywhere services continue to make gains with consumers, their development — and ongoing battle with OTT video services — is still in the first game of a doubleheader, with many technological and content advances … Continue reading