Industry Updates

Frontier readies launches IPTV in Rochester, NY, challenges Charter’s monopoly 30 August 2016

Frontier Communications plans to launch its Vantage TV VOD service in Rochester, New York, by the end of this year. This launch by Frontier lays a new challenge for Charter Communications, which was leading the market for quite some time … Continue reading

Rostelecom records 40,000 IPTV Subs in Penza 30 August 2016

The Russian Telco, Rostelecom recently announced that it has acquired over 40,000 subscribers in the Penza region. The telco declared that the figures grew by 20% year by year by June end this year. The IPTV VOD platform added about 6,500 new subscribers … Continue reading

55 million LATAM viewers watched Olympics on smartphone 30 August 2016

2016 Olympics has been the biggest mobile event ever with over 55 million smartphone users streaming the games. Additionally, 120 million videos for the Olympics were played through YouTube and 91 million played through a Video streaming Platform app called Claro. … Continue reading

BizWireTV to launch Mobile and OTT TV Apps 29 August 2016

Business Wire’s video-news show is all set to launch its apps with mobile as well as over-the-top live streaming platforms including Apple TV, iOS and all Android platforms. The BizWireTV app will feature Business Wire’s top trending news stories, expanding their … Continue reading

VOD Ads generate 4.85 Billion in 2016 29 August 2016

According to a recent report by Canoe, ad revenues by video on demand platforms were at 4.85 billion in the quarter 2 of 2016, which is almost double than that of 2.775 billion in the last year. The increase comes as viewers are shifting … Continue reading