American multinational telecommunication giant, AT&T has fully acquired Chernin Group’s controlling interest in their joint venture, Otter Media. Otter Media, a subscription, advertising and content company constitutes fully-owned subsidiaries Ellation, an online SVOD provider and a full-service digital media company, Fullscreen, and its Rooster Teeth brand. Otter Media has ownership stakes in Hello Sunshine and …
According to reports, Amazon Prime Video leads Netflix and becomes the most popular SVOD provider in Germany and Austria. These two countries are the only markets where Netflix is not leading the subscription race. According to the research, “In Germany, a preference for free-to-air TV coupled with a strong broadcasting sector has kept OTT adoption …
Despite talks about how quickly Netflix is burning through cash, the top ranked SVOD provider is seeing tremendous growth in the value of its content library. As per Morgan Stanley estimates, Netflix’s program library was worth $12 billion at the end of Q1. Original content has gone up in terms of asset valuation from 5% …
South-East Asian SVOD provider Iflix has expanded into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region with launches in eight territories. The service is now available in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon, Egypt and Sudan, broadening Iflix’s footprint to a total of 18 countries. The firm has also established a new regional headquarters …
Canadian SVOD service Shomi has acquired exclusive local rights to a raft of Amazon’s original programming. Shomi launched last year and is going up against Netflix and Latte in an increasingly competitive Canadian streaming market. Shomi has exclusive streaming rights and none of the shows has gone out on traditional linear TV either in Canada. The streaming …
Amazon is making its acclaimed drama series Transparent available in a day-long free window. The series launched last year on Amazon’s Prime Instant Video and marked the first time that the streaming service had launched an original using the Netflix simultaneous release model. The 10x30mins comedy-drama follows an elderly family patriarch (Tambur) who comes out as a …
Roughly 17% of US broadband households would be likely to subscribe to HBO’s forthcoming over-the-top video service, according to new research by Parks Associates. The research firm said that among those likely to subscribe, 91% are currently pay TV subscribers, while roughly 50% would cancel their pay TV service after subscribing to HBO’s OTT service, which …
CBS Corp. will launch branded programming from its premium cable channel Showtime in Canada for the first time after a deal with local giant Bell Media. The exclusive, long-term licensing agreement means catalogue, current and future Showtime programming will roll out in English and French on Bell platforms, including new SVOD service Crave and premium pay …
Netflix and its streaming rival Shomi are joining forces to make Between, which will star kids TV favourite Jennette McCurdy and was created by Michael McGowan and Resident Evil producer Don Carmody. City TV and Shomi, which are both part of the Rogers group, are partnering Netflix on the series. The move surprised some market watchers as …
Stan has become the latest subscription video-on-demand service to roll out in Australia, beating streaming heavyweight Netflix, which will launch in the territory later this year. The new service is a joint venture between free-to-air broadcaster Nine Network and Fairfax Media. Looking for Enterprise grade VoD & Video Streaming Platform to launch your own VoD Site? …