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Television Broadcasts (TVB) aims an OTT expansion in Southeast Asia 21 March 2018

Television Broadcasts (TVB), leading free to air broadcaster of Hong Kong is all set to make a mark in the overseas (over-the-top) OTT video sector. TVB is planning to launch a new platform in Thailand and strengthen building plans with … Continue reading

VNPT comes up with OTT application 20 March 2018

VNPT Corporation has launched its Over-The-Top (OTT) application Karo for businesses and individuals. The OTT platform is to primarily focus on enterprises and organizations, bringing customers a safe effective social business network and ensuring privacy for individuals and data for … Continue reading

Disney sets up dedicated Direct-to-Consumer streaming unit 19 March 2018

Disney has reorganized its company into four divisions which has a dedicated direct-to-consumer segment to cater to the company’s need for online video streaming services. The new division is also slated to encompass ESPN Plus which is expecting a 2018 … Continue reading

Russian OTT industry witnesses steady growth 19 March 2018

Russian OTT industry soars as country’s leading OTT provider, Okko, got its revenues doubled up in 2017. Also, the major competitor, Megogo has also increased its subscriber base by 1.65 times. According to a report, Okko’s last year revenue clocked … Continue reading

Netflix takes a slow and steady approach for Africa 16 March 2018

According to New York-based Pivotal Research Group, Netflix will be taking some time to gain a meaningful foothold on the African continent which is struggling with low penetration rates of the fast and affordable internet. Africa accounts for a minuscule … Continue reading

Red Bee Media to offer OTT services across Middle East 13 March 2018

Red Bee Media is all set to roll out new over-the-top (OTT) and film services the Middle East. Red bee’s OTT platform provides streaming facility to broadcasters where TV and video content are can be accessed from customer’s device. The … Continue reading

Subscribers of Sky get an access to Netflix via Sky Q 12 March 2018

According to Sky, customers in the UK and Ireland can access Netflix in the coming year via Sky Q. However, it won’t be offered as a separate app for set-top boxes like BT and Virgin Media. The online video streaming … Continue reading

Netflix plans to spend $8 billion on original content to take on media giants 12 March 2018

Streaming giant Netflix plans to spend nearly $8 billion on programming especially in creating original content. Also, it plans to have 30 local language originals, up from 8 last year. The subscriber base of Netflix is growing by leaps and … Continue reading

Abott becomes LatAm’s first OTT association 09 March 2018

Over-the-top (OTT) service providers in Brazil have formed an association named as Abott which is first of its kind in Latin America region. Although the association currently features local audio and video content segments, online streaming giants such as Netflix, … Continue reading

Sky launches OTT platform Sky Show in Switzerland 07 March 2018

Sky Show service, the online OTT platform of Sky Deutschland has debuted in Switzerland. The new video streaming platform has a pretty beefed up content library that boasts 2000 episodes of TV series, 1000 animated episodes and 500 cinema and … Continue reading