Industry Updates

Showtime, Hulu part of Spotify’s students package 15 September 2018

Swedish streaming giant Spotify along with video streaming service Hulu has added Showtime to its student discount bundle. The deal is an improvement to the previous package which was priced at $4.99 per month. Now, if students subscribe to the … Continue reading

Music streaming company iHeartMedia all set to acquire Stuff Media 15 September 2018

Leading audio streaming company in America, iHeartMedia has signed a strategic deal to acquire Stuff Media, LLC, a leading publisher of entertaining and informative podcast content. With this deal, iHeartMedia can leverage Stuff Media’s original content, programming and experienced podcasting … Continue reading

HOOQ targets Indian territory, plans to double investment on online video content 15 September 2018

Singapore based video-on-demand streaming service HOOQ is looking to double its India investments as it focuses primarily on English premium video content. The recent growth of Indian OTT video market has prompted many VOD platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime … Continue reading

Ontology inks deal with music blockchain platform for decentralizing music industry 14 September 2018

Blockchain service, Ontology Network is entering into an strategic agreement with music blockchain platform, Muzika to help decentralize music industry. Muzika and Ontology will help in creating a reliable blockchain music streaming platform which will give fans more right and … Continue reading

OTT platform Huawei Video introduces in Spain and Italy 13 September 2018

Chinese mobile phone manufacturer, Huawei is introducing its OTT platform, Huawei Video in Spain and Italy. The OTT platform offers a vast library of local and International content through agreements with Zoomin, RTVE, eOne, Atresmedia, Thema, Inverleigh, Daluqiao, and  among … Continue reading