The collaboration between the streaming platform and telecom companies is at a turning point. The ready infrastructure from telecom providers such as networks, data, data centers, CRM, Billing systems, customer support, and more, can be leveraged to provide a great experience to the end customers around the content offered by OTT platforms. A great example …
The year 2017 has been witness to key trends and major industry movements for the Over-the-Top (OTT) industry. Globally, we have seen staggering numbers in terms of industry growth and forecast. We saw growth of cord-cutting, live streaming and the advent of new trends such as public binging, original content production, platform hybridization, etc. According …
Southeast Asian (Over-the-Top) OTT streaming platform SportsFix has signed a deal with Malaysian telecom major Digi Telecommunications to further extend its reach in the country. SportsFix is a subscription service that streams live sports, sports news, highlights, and on-demand content predominantly targeted at overseas foreign workers in Asia, streaming on mobile devices. With this deal, …
US-based telecom major CenturyLink which had rolled out its OTT TV service, CenturyLink Stream in June has launched an app for Fire TV last week. According to Cord Cutters News, CenturyLink Stream, which is still in beta form is extending its support by including Amazon Fire TV devices as recognized outputs. CenturyLink Stream is offered …
Held in Barcelona last week, the most recent iteration of the annual conference for everything mobile saw several senior executives representing major telco operators still expressing discontent with the way Internet giants such as Facebook Inc and Google Inc are reaping benefits in solving the age-old problem of hooking up the entire planet to the …
Connected mobile screens, over-the-top (##ott) and video-on-demand (##vod) platforms are to change the telecoms market forever, and Spain – where #telcos have already seen income reduced by 40% since 2010 – is predicted to have 100 million connected devices by 2017. And in this changing market, consultancy firm #pwc #strategy has highlighted four trends which …
