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Amazon’s NFL Thursday Night Football streaming win accelerates its live sports strategy 11 May 2017

Amazon beat Twitter on a deal to obtain streaming rights for 10 of the NFL’s Thursday Night Football games for the 2017 season, which is indicative of how valuable the Company considers offering live sports. Amazon reportedly paid $50 million … Continue reading

Video on demand rising among the French 21 April 2017

According to a recent survey by Médiamétrie, acquiring online video content is increasing in France. While rental has been an important factor, the study suggests a growing trend for purchase. In 2016, 7 percent of Internet users had already bought a video … Continue reading

Infographic: Launch your Audio Streaming service instantly! 20 April 2017

Want to launch your own Audio Streaming service like Spotify? Muvi is a complete package of streaming solutions that no one else in the industry currently offers – with Muvi you can now own & launch your own branded audio streaming … Continue reading

South Korea passes 14mn IPTV subs Milestone 13 April 2017

According to a recent Yonhap news agency report, South Korea has now reached 14 million Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) service subscribers milestone. South Korea had been maintaining stable IPTV subscriber growth since the service was launched in the country in … Continue reading

74% of U.S. homes have pay-TV, because it is bundled with broadband 11 April 2017

According to a latest Deloitte survey, around three-fourth of U.S. consumers subscribe to traditional pay-TV services, and two-third of those homes do it because the online video products are bundled with their broadband service. The survey also found out that … Continue reading

CDN market to grow by 20% in 2016 11 April 2017

The global content delivery network (CDN) market is expected to grow at a year-on-year rate of 19.9 percent in 2016 and reach $5,898.9 million (€5,548.6m) mark in revenues. North America to be the largest CDN market, with total revenues in … Continue reading

YouTube takes on cable channels with YouTubeTV 07 April 2017

YouTube launches YouTube TV in 5 cities of USA to take on cable channels. YouTube TV takes a bunch of the more popular U.S. cable channels — ABC, Fox, CBS, NBC, CW, Disney, SyFy, ESPN and 40+ more — and crams them … Continue reading

VOD, OTT, Music & Gaming to overtake traditional media in India by 2022 06 April 2017

According to a recent EY media report, digital media may overtake traditional by 2021-22 as the broadband and smartphone penetration increases. Broadband penetration will be equals to one third of the smartphone penetration by 2021-22 and the costs will come … 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

Streaming Audio Online surpasses Online Video Streaming 08 July 2016

For the first time, audio streaming has topped video streaming, according to a new report. There have been 114.2 billion audio streams for the first six months of 2016 versus 95.1 billion video streams, according to a report by music researcher … Continue reading