Facebook to have its own Alexa 26 February 2018
The thriving success of Google Home and Alexa have prompted the social media giant Facebook to come up with its own smart speaker and if rumors are to be believed, it may see the daylight in the upcoming summer itself. … Continue reading
Lightbox TV to launch VoD platform 26 February 2018
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
Kwese buys “significant stake” in iflix 26 February 2018
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
Sling TV registers 2.2M Subscribers in 2017 23 February 2018
Dish Network-owned OTT platform Sling TV registered 2.2 million subscribers in 2017. This is for the first time that Dish has disclosed its customer count and also it claimed to have registered 11.03 million customers during the year. The Sling … Continue reading
90% of users prefer to watch online content on mobile:Hotstar report 23 February 2018
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
