HBO Now, the direct-to-consumer over-the-top app launched earlier this year, has between 970,000 and 1.9 million subs, according to one Wall Street analyst. Looking to pierce the secrecy surrounding the recent launch of direct-to-consumer over-the-top video apps launched by … Continue reading
Five years from now, a viewer will turn on his or her television and see a host of content being offered that is tailored specifically to that individual. Not just a list of cable programs that are on, but … Continue reading
Churn rates for over-the-top video services are high, says market research company Parks Associates. This shows that U.S. households are experimenting with their options, Parks concludes. According to Parks research, 4 percent of U.S. broadband households have cancelled their … Continue reading
Apparently Comcast doesn’t think its media empire is big enough. According to The Wall Street Journal, the company is in talks with Buzzfeed, Vice Media and Business Insider as it mulls investing in the media companies or making a purchase to … Continue reading
PGA Tour Live, a brand new over the top pro golf subscription service, starts tomorrow with early opening rounds of the Quicken Loans National. That’s interesting to some golfers, because golf viewers never get to see the opening morning rounds … Continue reading
Sky Plc, Rupert Murdoch’s European pay-TV company, reported sales that topped analysts’ estimates, boosted by subscriptions to its OTT VOD platform Now TV service in the U.K. and new customers in Germany. Sales rose 4.7 percent to 11.3 billion pounds … Continue reading
BBC Worldwide’s EVP for Asia David Weiland had a few things to say about the OTT surge and BBC strategy. “We have managed to have a lot of successes. Our business here is structured fairly equally between our own branded … Continue reading
Shares of Internet bandwidth provider Akamai Technologies are down $7.65, or over 10%, at $66, in late trading, after the company delivered a weaker-than-expected Q2 earnings report, and forecast this quarter’s revenue and profit below consensus. The content-delivery and Internet … Continue reading
TV operators are looking to launch OTT video services to provide multiscreen access and compete with the likes of Netflix, with most favouring a hybrid model, according to research by e-commerce firm MPP Global. MPP found that 60% of … Continue reading
Online video business has recently seen a surge with various platforms mushrooming in the country. The Video-on-Demand (VOD) players operating in this space include Zenga TV, NexG TV, Spuul and now HOOQ, with other international players looking to step … Continue reading