According to reports, OTT services are rising among US, UK and the Philippines consumers. The rise of SVOD platforms such as Amazon prime, Hulu and Netflix, original content consumption, easy sign-up, content recommendation, billing flexibility, and ability to stream the favorite show anytime have led the growth of OTT in the region. The report further …
Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) service DirecTV Now has added 342,000 subscribers in the second quarter of 2018, increased from 152,000 subs added in the previous-year period. The streaming platform currently has more than 1.8 million subscribers as compared to less than 500,000 last year. Lower acquisition costs, operational costs, including deployment and a decline …
According to reports, Indian telecom giant Reliance Jio will roll out GigaFiber wired broadband network, that will offer speed up to Gigabits per second in the country. The anchor device for GigaFiber will be set-top boxes called GigaTV boxes which will pipe ultra HD television to Indian homes. The boxes are currently under test at …
SVOD platform Marquee.TV is all set to launch in UK, US and Canada. In partnership with global arts organisations, online streaming platform Marquee.TV will offer on-demand content from productions of contemporary and classic works international broadcasters and independent producers. Simon Walker, Co-founder and CEO, Marquee.TV was quoted, “The Marquee.TV philosophy is all about giving audiences …
The Google-owned SVOD platform YouTube Premium formerly known as YouTube Red has debuted in the European market. The OTT subscription will be available at $11.99 per month in the UK. Apart from the UK, the SVOD platform will also be available in multiple countries such as Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Russia, …
hayu, the SVOD reality TV service of NBCUniversal and Australian Telco Telstra have announced the launch of carrier billing integration for the hayu app on the latter’s TV platform. Telstra TV customers by virtue of the deal can add the online video streaming service to their Telstra bill. Telstra TV customers who are new to …
According to reports, Eros Now, the OTT platform of Eros International has registered over 100 million subscribers and 7.9 million paying subscribers in the FY1-18. The SVOD platform witnessed a staggering 58% increase over the last reported quarter and a whopping 277% increase from 2.1 million paying subscribers compared to FY17. Speaking on the remarkable …
It seems mainstream broadcasters consider OTT platform Netflix to be too big to compete for a singular entity. So to counter the popular online video streaming platform, mainstream broadcasters such as BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 are currently in talks to collaborate for an OTT platform to compete with the streaming giant and it’s arch-rival …
According to reports, 23% of U.S. Amazon Prime Subscribers stated that they would definitely cancel their premium membership of the SVOD platform if it wasn’t included in their subscription. Those survey results are in line with leaked data about Amazon originals that indicates they contributed about 5 million new Prime members between 2014 and 2017 …
According to reports, Starz Play accounts for 26% of the total MENA OTT market share and left behind the streaming giant Netflix which holds a mere 16% share. Icflix, another SVOD platform stands third with 11% of the total OTT market share. Starz Play has also beaten Netflix in terms of revenue accounting for 28% …