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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
Video-on-demand survey finds 65% of viewers would block ads 05 August 2016
In a survey of global users of video-on-demand platforms by Nielsen, 62% of respondents found ads on those services annoying or distracting and a further 65% said they would like to block them. Neither Netflix nor Amazon have ads on … Continue reading
India: The next battleground for Amazon & Netflix 03 August 2016
OTT space in India has already been racing hot and is going to set a competition bar again with the launch of US-based Netflix this January. In a recent report by financial express, the battle is going to be intensified … Continue reading
VOD service Pantaflix to launch in Europe and USA 27 July 2016
German actor Matthias Schweighöfer follows the footsteps of Netflix, Amazon and Maxdome and sets up a video-on-demand (VOD) service. Pantaflix will launch on July 28, 2016 in Europe and the USA with further territories to follow. The target is global availability. … Continue reading
EC demands more European Content from VOD providers including Netflix, YouTube and Amazon 11 July 2016
VOD providers including Netflix, YouTube and Amazon will be forced to include more European content on their platforms under new rules being proposed by the European Commission (EC). Global video platforms may also have to contribute financially to other Europeans’ … Continue reading
Sandvine survey claims Netflix is far larger than its rival Amazon 05 July 2016
According to a recent report from broadband utilization analysis firm Sandvine (via Recode), Amazon Video remains significantly less popular than Netflix in terms of its usage. Per Sandvine’s latest internet usage report, Netflix accounts for a staggering 35.2% of all U.S. … Continue reading
Sandvine says Amazon is the 3rd biggest streaming video platform in US 30 June 2016
Amazon Video, one of Bezos’ biggest bets, has quickly proven to be on a major growth trajectory for the company, as they now rank as the third biggest video streaming site behind YouTube and Netflix. According to research from Sandvine, Amazon … Continue reading
Netflix still dominates video streaming, representing 35.2% of traffic in North America 24 June 2016
Amazon, the e-commerce giant notoriously hungry to break into hot new markets, is quickly rising the ranks to compete with industry titans like Netflix. Amazon Video is now the third most-streamed online video on demand service, behind Netflix and Youtube, … Continue reading
Amazon to Launch Music Streaming services costing $9.99 a month 14 June 2016
According to Reuters, Amazon is going to throw its extremely large hat into the ring of music streaming with a new monthly subscription service. In the past year, the space has gone from being dominated by Spotify to very competitive, … 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
