Industry Updates

VOD was the fastest growing segment but still accounted for only 6% of the market in 2015 08 June 2016

Linear programming accounted for 89.5% of global audiovisual services revenues, which totaled €409.7 billion, in 2015. According to Idate’s DigiWorld Yearbook 2016, this represented a respectable 2.5% increase on the previous year, with the market as a whole growing by … Continue reading

OTT Will Grow steered by Market 07 June 2016

As the number of over-the-top players is expected to proliferate, AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan said his channels are positioned perfectly to weather the distribution onslaught with a mixture of high quality content and attractive pricing. AMC Networks channels – … Continue reading

Online video piracy is alive with illegal usage of OTT set-top-boxes (STBs) 07 June 2016

Online video piracy is alive and well in 2016, but the threat landscape has shifted from straight conditional access (CA) technology and P2P file-sharing to illegal OTT set-top-boxes (STBs) that connect users to sites that look like professional OTT service … Continue reading

Sports broadcaster ESPN Inc. launched a set of mobile first digital products for India 07 June 2016

Sports broadcaster ESPN Inc. has launched a set of mobile first digital products for India including a multi-sport website and the ESPN app, seeking to tap into a large and potentially lucrative, but highly competitive market for sports content. Both … Continue reading

SVOD to remain LatAm’s largest OTT revenue source, contributing USD 2.1 billion by 2021 07 June 2016

According to a report by Digital TV Research, OTT TV and video revenues in Latin America will reach USD 3.59 billion in 2021, more than triple the USD 1.15 billion recorded in 2015. Although Netflix has been present across the … Continue reading