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Momo’s 123% Jump shows there’s Big Money in Live Streaming 07 October 2016

Momo Inc.’s 123% third-quarter return was the fourth best among US listed stocks having market values worth at least $2 billion. According to Credit Suisse, the live streaming industry has grown by 175% over the past one year and analysts see … Continue reading

NTV Plus launches OTT Service through connected TV box 22 September 2016

Russian pay TV service provider NTV Plus is set to launch an internet-connected hybrid set top box that will offer interactive TV services including  catch-up TV, pause live TV and video on demand platform. The new service will allow subscribers to … Continue reading

Video Streaming: Key to Customer Loyalty 31 August 2016

A recent study from EricssonConsumerLab states that mobile broadband is the primary key to a smartphone user’s satisfaction than a voice experience. This is because the smartphone users are all the younger generation and the recent Video Streaming buzz has taken … Continue reading

Rostelecom records 40,000 IPTV Subs in Penza 30 August 2016

The Russian Telco, Rostelecom recently announced that it has acquired over 40,000 subscribers in the Penza region. The telco declared that the figures grew by 20% year by year by June end this year. The IPTV VOD platform added about 6,500 new subscribers … Continue reading

Rostelecom launches IPTV app 02 August 2016

Russian national operator Rostelecom has launched its mobile application enabling customers to watch its IPTV service on smartphones. This free application will be available for download on the App Store and Google Play. The operator also refreshed the design of … Continue reading

OTT wakes up in Eastern Europe 21 July 2016

OTT TV and video revenues in 18 East European countries are set to reach $1,976 million in 2021. This, according to a new report from Digital TV Research, will be up from only $26 million in 2010 and $454 million … Continue reading

Rostelecom to expand its product offering in Moscow through launching IPTV services 08 June 2016

Rostelecom announces the launch of its OnLime IPTV service in Moscow. By launching this service in Moscow, Rostelecom’s IPTV service is now available to customers nationwide. Moscow is one of the most attractive markets that Rostelecom has been actively developing … Continue reading

Russian VOD Market Booms 09 December 2014

In Russia, video-on-demand services have come to replace home video distributed on physical media. Changes in state support for the film industry, plus more and more financing in the form of loans by the country’s cinema fund have contributed to a rapidly … Continue reading