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What is Metadata and its role in an audio or video platform 20 September 2017
Home entertainment is on the brink of a revolution with Over the Top (OTT) TV taking center stage. OTT services offer a plethora of content including premium or niche content that is made available for users to watch anywhere, anytime. Whether the content is short-form or long-form, most libraries consist of enormous on-demand catalogs. For …
Vodafone Spain offers 1Gbps FTTH to support 4K IPTV offering 19 September 2017
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 …
Streaming service like AMC, Discovery, Viacom and other launching streaming service soon 15 September 2017
According to Wall Street Journal,Discovery, MC, A+E, Scripps Networks and Viacom are launching a streaming service that focuses on non sports channels in the next few weeks. The service is going to be priced at less than $20 and may include core networks of the programmers involved. The service will be run on Philo, a …
Over the Top Video Services Market Forecast – Europe 13 September 2017
According to a study by Research and Markets, there is widespread growth of Over the Top (OTT) video services including video on demand as a popular option for entertainment. The study aims at researching the key trends driving or holding back the growth of the OTT video market in Europe along with emphasis on different …
Sky launches OTT streaming service in Spain 13 September 2017
Sky has introduced an OTT TV streaming service in Spain. It is set to offer the best of Spanish content from pay TV channels, TV series and on-demand films from all over the globe. It is available to anyone in Spain via the app on iOS and android devices, web and TV using Sky’s streaming …
Top features to look for in an Audio Streaming platform 12 September 2017
Let’s say you have a large collection of on-demand audio content but aren’t sure about how to sell it. You learnt of audio streaming services but didn’t know how to launch one. If you thought of building your own platform, did you begin and backtrack right after? Was it the enormity of the entire process …
Cellcom TV grown exponentially in Israel 11 September 2017
Cellcom which is the largest mobile operator in Israel had launched its (Over the Top) OTT TV service in December 2014. Ever since its launch, it has expanded its offerings to mobile as well and there has been a growth in its subscribers from 100,000 in October 2016 to 130,000 in 2017. 150,000 households have …
Hulu Live TV service to be available on web browser 28 August 2017
Hulu has been constantly upgrading it’s service to be make it compatible with a series of devices and this has continued with Macs and PCs getting into the mix. It now allows subscribers to access live TV streaming service and on demand content via web browsers. This new web experience has been launched shortly after …
Mexican Soccer team to launch its own OTT 25 August 2017
The Mexican soccer club Lobos of BUAP is interested in designing and offering its own OTT platform so as to monetize its sports rights when it plays locally. According to ESPN, they have already started talks with experts for this purpose.
OTT and SVOD continue to grow in Latin America despite Free services 23 August 2017
Free services and the threat of piracy in Latin America (LATAM) could not be as big of a threat to over-the-top (OTT) and subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) markets as it may be thought to be as per a research from Digital TV Research. Revenues from OTT TV episodes and films for 19 LATAM countries is expected …
