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OTT subscribers tally to touch 400 million in 2018 15 May 2018

According to reports, over-the-top (OTT) subscriber base will touch a whopping 400 million in the year 2018 and will continue to dominate the traditional Pay-TV services, especially in developed markets. The global OTT video market is set to grow at … Continue reading

AMC network debuts in FuboTV 09 March 2018

The base package of Fubo TV will soon to offer channels from AMC Network. Fubo will also allow its subscribers to add Sundance Now, and Shudder, two of AMC owned streaming services to their video package. While Fubo will add … Continue reading

Popularity of streaming bundles rise as the subscriber base reach 5 million 15 February 2018

The end of 2017 has brought some good news for the virtual MVPD industry as more than 5 million households subscribed to a virtual MVP service during this time with Sling TV leading the race with 2.3 million subscribers. DirecTV … Continue reading

T-Mobile-Layer3TV deal costs $325 million 12 February 2018

Layer3TV, the Denver-based Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) has officially become a part of T-Mobile as it got sold to the latter in $325 million. T-Mobile noted that the final value of the deal remains subject to customary working capital … Continue reading

YouTube TV debuts on Roku devices 05 February 2018

Interestingly, YouTube TV has finally launched on Roku and both the companies announced the news jointly. The announcement said YouTube TV will be available on “select Roku devices” in the 80 markets in which the service is distributed. As per … Continue reading

Sling TV rolls out Centroamérica package for Spanish content 11 December 2017

Streaming service Sling TV has introduced the Centroamérica package to expand its content offering in Spanish-language. The service will include content from Central American countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala, and Costa Rica, etc. Jose Romero, General Manager of Spanish-language … Continue reading

Mexicanal expands in US OTT market with Sling TV 15 November 2017

Mexicanal has expanded its reach in the over-the-top market in the US through an agreement with Sling TV. The Mexican channel will now grow its distribution reach across the country with one of the leading live and on-demand streaming television … Continue reading

Get all your facts about this sports-heavy streaming bundle-FuboTV 03 July 2017

FuboTV has been building on a service to be at par with Dish’s Sling TV, AT&T’s DirecTV Now and Sony’s PlayStation Vue even though it doesn’t have the name or recognition of these streaming bundles. For the last couple of … Continue reading

Virtual Service Providers providing OTT content changing the US video landscape 29 June 2017

According to market research firm Kagan, streamed bundles, online subscription services, self-aggregation and over-the-air delivery play extremely prominent roles in the US video landscape. Some stats from the research firm on the US video industry: Traditional multichannel subscriptions in the … Continue reading

Decline in US pay-TV subscriptions 19 May 2017

A reduction of 802,000 subscriptions in the first quarter of 2017 has taken place due to an increasing number of subscribers moving away from traditional multi-channel avenues for VOD (video-on-demand) as cited by research firm Kagan. There has been 0.8% … Continue reading