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Infographic : OTT Video Streaming Market Forecast for Western Europe 19 January 2021

Video Streaming is booming across the world and Western Europe is certainly adopting to this change in OTT Market. With this pace, Video Streaming revenues in Western Europe are expected to show huge growth from current USD 4,291.4 million in 2016 … Continue reading

Pay-TV subscriptions grow in Portugal by 3.2% 14 December 2017

By Q3, 2017 Portugal Pay-TV subscribers reached 3.8 million, at an increase of 33,000 over Q3,2016 and of 116,000 year-on-year. That’s a growth rate of 3.2%. According to National Communications Authority (Anacom) the growth is being attributed to the 27.3% … Continue reading

Portuguese telco NOWO launches a video streaming platform 29 March 2017

The Portuguese telecommunications operator NOWO, formerly Cabovisao launches a new video streaming platform over multiple screens and devices. NOWO will deliver a variety of advanced TV everywhere services, including live streaming, VOD, and catch-up TV for subscribers on every screen. The new … Continue reading

Akamai notes streaming record of 7.3 Tbps during Euro 2016 championship 29 July 2016

The UEFA Euro 2016 championship game between Portugal and France pushed football’s popularity among the streaming crowd to record heights once again, with CDN provider Akamai recording peak traffic rate of 7.3 terabits per second, along with 3.3 million concurrent streams, … Continue reading

AMC Networks and Machinima to launch SVOD gaming channel in Spain 23 June 2016

AMC Networks International Iberia is partnering with Machinima, a programming service focused on gamer culture, to launch a subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) channel dedicated to gaming and eSports in Spain and Portugal. The network will be available for pay-TV operators as … Continue reading