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Lightbox TV to launch VoD platform 26 February 2018
Lightbox TV is all set to launch “Lightbox Movies, a video-on-demand movie service with a pay per view model. It is also expected to launch a tiered service soon which will have a standard and premium subscription. A Transactional Video … Continue reading
Kwese buys “significant stake” in iflix 26 February 2018
Pay-TV provider Kwese acquires a “significant stake” in iflix Africa. Kwese, the Econet Media-owned company which was already in an existing relationship with iflix was a partner in launching Iflix’s SVOD service in sub-Saharan Africa. iflix is currently operating in … Continue reading
90% of users prefer to watch online content on mobile:Hotstar report 23 February 2018
Hotstar, the OTT platform of Star India reports that affordable data charges are resulting in promising growth for OTT consumption in mobile with close to 90% of users preferring to watch online content on smartphones, tablets etc. Hotstar report also … Continue reading
CenturyLink brings the curtain down on its OTT TV Beta Service 23 February 2018
In less than one year, CenturyLink is pulling the plug on its online video platform CenturyLink Stream, a national OTT TV service. The video-on-demand platform will officially end effective March 31, 2018. While the online platform is no longer accepting … Continue reading
SVOD subscriptions in the US touch 125 million 23 February 2018
According to reports, although the US consumer spending on SVOD is still just 10% of the total pay TV market, 2018 is going to witness a substantial growth. The growth will be driven by the quicker expansion of a “plethora … Continue reading
OSN becomes Netflix’s first distribution partner in MENA 22 February 2018
The customers of OSN, the leading regional pay-TV provider in the MENA region soon to have access to the content of the OTT streaming giant Netflix via an upcoming integrated set-top box (STB). In addition to that, the subscribers of … Continue reading
BBCWW inks OTT deal with Migu Video 22 February 2018
BBC Worldwide (BBCWW) has inked a deal with Migu Video, the online video platform of China Mobile’. Through this deal, more than 2200 hours of BBC content will be added to the content catalog of Migu Video. The OTT deal … Continue reading
Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Spotify to become taxable 21 February 2018
Singapore government is all set to implement Goods and Services Tax (GST) on online services sometime in between 2021 to 2025 which means subscribers will have to pay more for the online streaming platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, … Continue reading
Hotstar’s premium subscription plans to be cheaper 21 February 2018
Star India’s OTT platform Hotstar has cut down the subscription price of its annual, half-yearly and quarterly plans. The call is to encourage users to subscribe to long duration plans. While the monthly subscription price of the online video platform … Continue reading
Spanish La Liga to launch OTT streaming service 20 February 2018
The Spanish La Liga is all set to come up with its own multi-sport OTT streaming service which will be offered free of cost to its viewers. The video streaming service will launch in the month of August. The video-on-demand … Continue reading
