Over The Top (OTT)

Live streaming apps highly popular in China 12 May 2016

Live streaming apps have started a new reality show industry in China. Real users generating live video streaming content that is edgy and caters to the young modern lifestyle is in demand. On top of the list in the country … Continue reading

Amazon’s YouTube rival service offers users a cut of ad revenues 11 May 2016

Amazon Video Direct service is launching soon and it is going to let users share any video streaming content and earn a cut from it. Earning money can be from various ways – royalties from Prime members, revenue sharing through … Continue reading

Middle East and Africa a hot market for SVOD 11 May 2016

According to the latest Digital TV Research forecast, the SVOD market in the Middle East and Africa is expected to grow ten times by 2021, from $124M in 2015 to $257M. Turkey is expected to maintain the top slot. From 2.79M … Continue reading

Nat Geo plans VR and Instagram video series 11 May 2016

At the Digital Content NewFronts event in New York, National Geographic unveiled plans of forming a virtual reality studio and an Instagram video streaming service. With VR, Nat Geo would content available to view from ‘inside the stories’ literally. The … Continue reading

Google will list linear and video on demand show timings 11 May 2016

According to a report on Engadget.com, Google will now show listings of linear TV and live video on demand on its search results. There will be a news results module according to the report. It will probably display the programming … Continue reading