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Asia Pacific OTT market leaping ahead 24 November 2017

The Over-the-Top (OTT) business in Asia Pacific was unorganized with the presence of geographically focused players such as Hooq, Spuul, BoxTv, etc. It began full-fledged in 2015 with the arrival of Netflix in Japan and Australia, which slowly landed in … Continue reading

China Removes Unlicensed Foreign Movies and TV Shows From Streaming Sites 02 April 2015

China has introduced a raft of new rules that will remove unlicensed foreign films and TV shows from video streaming sites, as a much-heralded deadline kicked in on April 1. Until late last year, online video sites largely were self-censoring, but … Continue reading

English League football boosts SVoD in China 13 March 2015

Subscription video on demand (SVOD) will rise to 28.3 million users in China in 2016, as OTT video streaming platforms secure exclusive rights to paid sports content such as English Premier League, finds new report from Pyramid Research. The report … Continue reading

Online Video Industry in China is now worth 3.5 Billion Euros 09 March 2015

Revenue generated by the Chinese online video streaming services market reached 23.97 billion yuan (€3.46 billion) in 2014, increasing 76.4 per cent from a year earlier and helped by the sale of self-produced content rights, according to consulting firm iResearch. … Continue reading

Netflix turns ‘lone ranger’ for Chinese expedition 04 March 2015

#netflix is planning to go it alone in its attempt to break into the booming China market, a move that could make it tougher to get into the notoriously difficult China market but ultimately was a more streamlined option. Netflix … Continue reading

21st Century Fox partners Chinese VoD giant YOU On Demand to distribute content 04 February 2015

21st Century Fox Studio’s distribution arm 20th Century Fox Television Distribution has finalized a licensing agreement with Chinese VoD service provider YOU On Demand to bring it’s titles like ‘The A-Team’ and ‘Black Swan’ to China, through  YOU On Demand’s … Continue reading