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IPTV on the rise in Latin America 18 July 2017
FTTH connections in LATAM account for one in 10 internet homes thereby improving accessibility to (over-the-top) OTT video platforms and IPTV. Fixed broadband connections reached 68.11 million by end of Q1 2017 according to research by Dataxis which is a … Continue reading
US broadband households subscribing to Netflix, Amazon and Hulu on the rise 14 July 2017
Subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services are rapidly growing in the US according to Parks Associates that reveals that 59% of US broadband households subscribe to Netflix, Amazon or Hulu. According to the analyst’s OTT Video Market Tracker, only 6% of US … Continue reading
5 benefits of Video on Demand over Traditional TV 11 July 2017
Are you old enough to recall those days when you had to adjust your schedule around your favorite TV programs and movies? Or those times when you had to rent out a movie VCR from the local video store and … Continue reading
OTT Video viewed by almost half of France’s internet users 18 May 2017
Streaming video use becomes common with more paid subscribers. According to eMarketer’s latest forecast of digital video usage in France, this year, almost half of France’s internet users (49.7%) and 38.7% of the overall population will access streaming video services … Continue reading
Only 4% of rural Americans exclusively subscribe to OTT video 17 April 2017
82% of North American rural video consumers are still subscribing to traditional media, according to a recent survey. The number of rural homes that consume OTT video are remain at a modest 4 percent. The studies about massive cord cutting in … 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
Poor USA homes use free to air TV, OTT video accelerating 26 July 2016
GfK’s 2016 Ownership and Trend Report shows 17% of US TV homes relying on broadcast only delivery up 2% from last year with another 6% using just OTT video from Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, or YouTube who do not have … Continue reading
OTT in Europe sees changed video consumption habits and new investment opportunities 18 July 2016
Research firm Pyramid Research has released its latest report, entitled “OTT Video in Europe: focus on domestic content and local languages to boost take up of services“, which naturally is on sale to relevant parties at relevant prices. Pyramid Research states … Continue reading
73% of households in Central and Eastern Europe to opt for Pay-TV by 2020 18 July 2016
The availability of high-speed next-generation fixed and mobile networks is changing video consumption habits in Europe significantly, driving multiscreen video and video-on-demand (VOD), according to a study from Pyramid Research. High proliferation of connected devices, greater volume of online video … Continue reading
Chromecast leads OTT video streaming with 35%, Apple at 20% 11 March 2016
Sales of Google’s Chromecast dongles have crossed Apple’s. The market share of the Google product is 35% while Apple’s share has fallen from 28% in 2014 to 20% in 2015. Roku and Amazon, the other popular streaming devices are at … Continue reading
