Industry Updates

Rostelecom launches IPTV in Altay 02 September 2016

The Russian national telco Rostelecom has expanded its IPTV services in the Altay region in the start of this year. The new VOD service was launched in 76 small settlements in the Northern and South-Eastern parts of the Altay region. Rostelecom … Continue reading

CBS launches an Ad free OTT service 02 September 2016

CBS has realized that viewers don’t like watching Ads, specially when they have already paid to watch an OTT video streaming service. And thus the network is stripping off the ads from all its platforms for viewers who are willing … Continue reading

YouTube Red quickly gains 3% viewers in Pay TV market 02 September 2016

A recent survey states that Google’s YouTube Red subscription VOD service is attracting 3% viewers in the Pay TV market, keeping ahead of other newly launched VOD platforms such as Dish Network, CBS and Sony. Netflix remains on top having captured … Continue reading

Roku Upgrades its Line of Devices 02 September 2016

Roku, one of the leading names in OTT VOD service industry is all set to upgrade and refresh its entire line of devices. The company is renaming its brand device names. The base model Roku 1 will be replaced by Roku … Continue reading

Google Integrates Cast into Chrome 02 September 2016

Eliminating the need of a separate app or extension to sling any VOD platform content from any device or web browser to TV, Google has integrated its Cast service to the Chrome browser. Websites that have Cast integrated will now … Continue reading