Industry Updates

Rise in mobile bandwidth to raise OTT video demands by three folds in next three years 13 February 2015

  Peak period mobile bandwidth consumption per user is expected to increase five fold over the next three years according to a recent “Mobile Broadband Bandwidth Demand”study, conducted by ACG Research and sponsored by #ciena. Service provider backhaul networks are … Continue reading

Home entertainment moving the streaming way, away from TV 13 February 2015

Better Call Saul and Constantine have both dodged traditional UK #tv channels to partner with online streaming services.  There’s no denying that white label #vod service providers like #netflix are becoming behemoths of the entertainment world. With 2015 set to be … Continue reading

With record numbers, IPTV leads in the fee-based broadcasting industry in Korea 12 February 2015

Batch product subscribers for broadcasting plus high speed internet takes up 43% of the fee based broadcasting market. Multi-System Operators saw their market shares drop from 63.5% in 2012 to 58% in 2013 while three major IPTV service providers gained … Continue reading

Asia Pacific to lead IPTV boom in the next five years 12 February 2015

Asia Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) is expected to lead global IPTV growth by developing at a CAGR of 21.1% from 2014 to 2020. Globally, the IPTV market is expected to reach a remarkable USD 79.38 billion by 2020 (growing at a … Continue reading

Netflix and many other could sweat a lot in foreign territory on content acquisition 12 February 2015

#netflix‘s aggressive expansion plan, and as it was seen on it’s Cuban launch, could come back to hurt the white label #vod provider on content acquisition spending. Analysts at MoffettNathanson said that the global licence fee structure that Netflix is taking to … Continue reading