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Hopster partners with Roku for SVoD streaming 10 January 2019

The partnership between Roku and Hopster, the preschool educational SVoD service, is getting extended. Now, Hopster contents can be streamed on the new premium subscription service of Roku – The Roku Channel. There are already hundreds of apps available from … Continue reading

Canal+ to relaunch their SVOD Service CanalPlay 10 January 2019

CanalPlay, the SVoD service of French pay-TV group Canal+, is planning to relaunch very soon. This time, CanalPlay will focus on documentaries and TV shows to attract more young audience. One can stream their contents with a monthly subscription fee … Continue reading

Record-Breaking Hike on Home Entertainment Expenditure for Streaming Services 09 January 2019

The subscription streaming services along with TVOD (Transactional Video-On-Demand) has made consumers set a new record in home entertainment in 2018. Last year, consumers had spent a total of $23.3 billion on home entertainment which is calculated to be a … Continue reading

MENA to have more On-Demand Entertainment through Starz Play 07 January 2019

MENA region’s on-demand video streaming service Starz Play will continue to grow more in 2019 with the launch of 50 fresh shows. Maaz Sheikh, the co-founder and CEO of Starz Play has stated that most of their new launches will … Continue reading

VoD Platform Jio Cinema inks Deal with Disney India 02 January 2019

Reliance Jio has made an agreement with Disney to provide the Jio Cinema subscribers with video-on-demand services. A source from JioCinema shed light on the collaboration and said that the all-time favorite stories are going to appear on the streaming … Continue reading

Pac-12 partners with Amazon for new OTT service 22 November 2018

US college sport’s Pacific-12 Conference (Pac-12) is building its own OTT service as part of its strategic deal with ecommerce giant Amazon. Artificial Intelligence tools from Amazon Web Services are being used to develop the cloud-based solutions capable of understanding … Continue reading

Video on-demand view on rise among UK preteens 25 October 2018

According to research reports, around 94% of Britain kids aged between eight to 19 have direct access to video streaming services such as Amazon Prime Video and Netflix. More kids in the region are turning to video-on demand for their … Continue reading

SVOD Platform Movistar Play reaches 1 million subscription base 28 September 2018

Movistar Play, the OTT platform of Telefonica Perú has registered 1 million subscriber base in 2 years of its launch. The streaming app has been downloaded by 1.1 million times and currently has 1 million subscribers under its belt becoming … Continue reading

Eros Now inks deal With FashionTV 27 September 2018

Eros International, has formed a partnership with leading fashion and lifestyle channel, FashionTV (“FTV”). Through this collaboration, Eros Now becomes the first OTT player to enter into the fashion and lifestyle segment by providing subscribers access to FTV’s 12+ Live … Continue reading

BT extends partnership with UKTV for enhanced selection of VOD shows 19 September 2018

UK telecom group, BT has announced a long term partnership with UKTV for enhancing catch-up VoD offering for its TV customers. UKTV has a vast portfolio of channels including Gold, W, Alibi, and Eden. with this deal, users can get … Continue reading