Cord cutting is quite the trend these days with the number of streaming services growing significantly each year. Gone are the days when watching movies and television from the comfort of a couch via satellite or cable TV was the … Continue reading
A great buzz has been created in the SVOD industry segment due to Amazon, Netflix and Comcast’s efforts to offer consumers downloadable video. However analysts and video vendors remain skeptical on the extent of its potential expansion. Netflix announced in … Continue reading
DEOD (Digital Entertainment on Demand) has been introduced in South Africa bringing more competition to Netflix and Showmax in the African region. Discover Digital divulged the video-on-demand (VOD) entertainment player last month. It’s offering includes a mix of new-release movies … Continue reading
Downlinking and turnaround services are being offered to Ghana’s premium IPTV platform Ziptv by ABS Broadcast. Ziptv which is an OTT platform is part of Broadband Home Ltd which is Ghana’s first broadband wireless access (BWA) provider. Ziptv IPTV streaming … Continue reading
The top 100 content providers for over-the-top (OTT) service platforms are likely to be put on a control list as officials work towards establishing industry standards. Content providers on OTT platforms like Facebook and YouTube, that have more than 1 … Continue reading
Insight TV’s 4K UHD channel will soon be available on B tv UHD which is SK broadband’s IPTV platform and on Oksusu which is its OTT service. This is part of the collaboration between Insight TV and its distribution contract … Continue reading
Facebook is mixing up its video ad cost options, testing a new way to charge advertisers that allows them to pay for a video ad only if it has been viewed for a full ten-seconds. According to a report … Continue reading
Cablevision Systems Corp. Chief Executive James Dolan said the number of customers paying for the traditional big bundle of TV channels is going to shrink by about 20% to 25% over the next five years, as consumers opt instead … Continue reading
Thailand has introduced the dual-screen system to measure TV ratings on both TV and online media, the first country in Asia-Pacific to do so. This new measurement is done with a collaboration among ratings agencies, advertisers and the media network. … Continue reading
Back in 2013, Techdirt wrote a story about how Netflix was using piracy as market research — an approach that is as obvious as it is rare. The copyright maximalists doubtless hoped that would fail dismally, and that Netflix … Continue reading