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With increase in TV viewing, YouTube viewers hits 1.5bn 27 July 2017

YouTube viewers has increased to 1.5 billion monthly which is the result of a rise in big-screen viewing as per company stats. According to Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, people are watching an average of 60 minutes a day of YouTube … Continue reading

SVOD to rise by 85% in China 26 July 2017

According to a new research, China will account for 85% of Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) customers and 78% of online video sector revenues in the Asia Pacific region by 2022. According to some research studies from Media Partners Asia … Continue reading

US households with Subscription Video on Demand service on the rise 26 July 2017

According to a research from Leichtman Research Group, Inc (LRG), 64% of all US households have a subcription video on demand (SVOD) service from one of the three big players namely Netflix, Amazon Prime and / or Hulu. 51% of … Continue reading

Hulu subs likely to end their linear TV service 25 July 2017

Cord-cutting is increasing for customers of OTT service Hulu , with the biggest Q1 drop in pay TV subscribers as reported by researcher M Science, according to whom, Hulu subscribers are more likely to discontinue their cable, satellite or telco TV … Continue reading

OTT devices and services market expected to reach $165.13 billion by 2025 25 July 2017

As per a new report by Grand View Research, Inc, the global (over-the-top) OTT services market is estimated to reach upto US $165.13 billion by 2025. The increasing penetration of mobile devices including smartphones and tablets and technological advancements in … Continue reading

Netflix content library worth $12 billion 25 July 2017

Despite talks about how quickly Netflix is burning through cash, the top ranked SVOD provider is seeing tremendous growth in the value of its content library. As per Morgan Stanley estimates, Netflix’s program library was worth $12 billion at the … Continue reading

Increasing number of people in Spain watch OTT series online 21 July 2017

According to Kantar Media, one in two Spanish people that have internet access, watch series via online and (over-the-top) OTT platforms. With the growth of streaming and changing viewing habits around the world, Spain is following the global trend and … Continue reading

Number of U.S TV Homes with multiple SVODs continues to grow 21 July 2017

A continued growth has been seen in Multiple subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services in U.S TV homes. According to a recent study, 38% of TV homes subscribe to 2 or more major subscription VOD services like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu. Those … Continue reading

Generation Z, millennials in the US increasingly use Subscription Video-On-Demand 20 July 2017

As per the 2017 Nielsen Total Audience Report, millennials who were at the beginning stages of their careers were found to have the lowest household incomes and were more likely to live in urban areas on rent hence were more … Continue reading

IPTV on the rise in Latin America 18 July 2017

FTTH connections in LATAM account for one in 10 internet homes thereby improving accessibility to (over-the-top) OTT video platforms and IPTV. Fixed broadband connections reached 68.11 million by end of Q1 2017 according to research by Dataxis which is a … Continue reading