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Cord-cutting in US is due to Customer Dissatisfaction 07 October 2016
According to the JD Power’s annual wireline study series, Americans are far more satisfied and inclined towards alternative video services such as live streaming and transaction based OTT than Pay TV. Out of the traditional TV providers, AT&T ranks highest in … Continue reading
A Brand New HBO Go Reaches Brazil 04 October 2016
The Latin American on-demand and live streaming platform – HBO Go, is now launched in Brazil. This launch is the first step by HBO Go to offer subscription VOD service in Brazil, just like Mexico and Colombia. Currently, the platform is offered … Continue reading
US millennial ‘cord-nevers’ Satisfied by SVOD services 22 September 2016
According to a new research, young millennials in the USA, who have never signed up for Pay TV are satisfied by the likes of subscription video streaming platform services such as Netflix and Hulu. The study found out that 77.9% of … 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
Viewers Quitting Shows due to High Cost: Survey 13 September 2016
According to a new survey from TiVo, more than one third of Pay TV as well as OTT Video streaming Platform consumers are quitting on their favorite shows not because of the lack of interest, but because it has become difficult … Continue reading
Demand for Local OTT Drives Competition Among SVoD platforms in LATAM 12 September 2016
OTT video market is Latin America is highly diversified. Countries that have high adoption in Pay TV, fixed and mobile broadband, have the most robust OTT ecosystem. With Netflix’s arrivals in the region in 2011, many SVOD services have emerged, … Continue reading
75% of LATAM Pay TV providers offer IP based OTT services 07 September 2016
According to a recent report, one in every six Pay TV providers have launched their own OTT service offerings in last five years and over 75% of them already providing IP based services. The report states that 70% of these Pay … Continue reading
YouTube Red quickly gains 3% viewers in Pay TV market 02 September 2016
A recent survey states that Google’s YouTube Red subscription VOD service is attracting 3% viewers in the Pay TV market, keeping ahead of other newly launched VOD platforms such as Dish Network, CBS and Sony. Netflix remains on top having captured … Continue reading
Brazilians prefer downloading online video content 09 August 2016
In a recent research by Conecta, 80% of Brazilian Internet users download content, both legal and pirate. The report also states that desktops and laptops are the preferred devices for 70% of these downloads. Smartphones are used by 20%, tablets … Continue reading
Can OTT push past pay-TV subscriber totals? 01 August 2016
In a report by Barbara Kraus for Fierce Online Media, she talks about the industry going through a change as video ecosystems collide. The evolution of content distribution and the consistent growth of over-the-top (OTT) streaming generates industry predictions of … Continue reading
