According to Home Video and OTT Video Forecast, Global Report, online video platform giants such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video. Hulu, Hotstar, iflix etc. are driving the paid-for streaming market to 450 million by 2022. The number of homes paying … Continue reading
Viacom has decided to launch its video-on-demand (VOD) service in late 2018. The company is eyeing to exploit opportunities in the emerging over-the-top digital space by pulling back on licensing its content specifically in the U.S. market. Bob, Bakish, … Continue reading
Turner-owned SVOD service, Filmstruck has formed an exclusive streaming deal with Warner Bros. which will add hundreds of Hollywood classics to its SVOD library. Warner Archive, the SVOD service launched in April 2013 will end its run and the subscribers … Continue reading
According to reports, the number of households worldwide paying for streaming video now exceeds 250 million. The report also suggests that the number will reach about 300 million by the end of 2018 and more than 450 million by 2022, … Continue reading
Good content comes at a cost and the hunger for good content is certainly there among Dutch OTT consumers. Only 24% of Dutch people have downloaded free video content such as films, series, music, or games during last year, a … Continue reading
Zattoo TV Solutions has expanded its service in the Asia Pacific Region. Zatto is eyeing a strong and sustainable business in this part of the world while basing out of Singapore. Zattoo has already expanded its business to the US … Continue reading
Lightbox TV is all set to launch “Lightbox Movies, a video-on-demand movie service with a pay per view model. It is also expected to launch a tiered service soon which will have a standard and premium subscription. A Transactional Video … Continue reading
Pay-TV provider Kwese acquires a “significant stake” in iflix Africa. Kwese, the Econet Media-owned company which was already in an existing relationship with iflix was a partner in launching Iflix’s SVOD service in sub-Saharan Africa. iflix is currently operating in … Continue reading
Hotstar, the OTT platform of Star India reports that affordable data charges are resulting in promising growth for OTT consumption in mobile with close to 90% of users preferring to watch online content on smartphones, tablets etc. Hotstar report also … Continue reading
In less than one year, CenturyLink is pulling the plug on its online video platform CenturyLink Stream, a national OTT TV service. The video-on-demand platform will officially end effective March 31, 2018. While the online platform is no longer accepting … Continue reading