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US broadband households subscribing to Netflix, Amazon and Hulu on the rise 14 July 2017
Subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services are rapidly growing in the US according to Parks Associates that reveals that 59% of US broadband households subscribe to Netflix, Amazon or Hulu. According to the analyst’s OTT Video Market Tracker, only 6% of US … Continue reading
Flow to possibly integrate multiple OTTs into a single platform 13 July 2017
Flow’s main features and the possibility of integrating OTT services were points highlighted by Gonzalo Hita, COO of Cablevisión, Argentina’s largest pay TV operator. He also mentioned how Flow is intending to integrate OTTs following the example of the successful … Continue reading
Waipu.tv signs more than 260,000 households for its IPTV Service 13 July 2017
Ever since its launch 9 months ago, more than 50,000 households have opted for Germany based Waipu.tv’s paid packages. As per a survey conducted by Waipu, more than half a million people have already subscribed to the service taking into … Continue reading
Netflix sustains in Russia despite foreign ownership restrictions 05 July 2017
Foreign ownership of online video services has been limited to 20% stake, however, Netflix continues with its online streaming service in Russia despite this new law. Netflix may benefit from some parts of the law, for instance, the ownership limits … Continue reading
Amazon Prime aims to gain momentum on Prime day 05 July 2017
Amazon’s Prime day is to be on July 11 wherein Christmas in July sale is held for Prime members. The event starts at 8 pm Central time on July 10 and runs until the end of the day on July … Continue reading
More than 2M subscribers for Sling TV – comScore 27 June 2017
Sling TV which controls the major chunk of subscribers and can currently boast of more than 2 million users According to ComScore, Sling TV, AT&T’s DirecTV Now and Sony’s PlayStation Vue have about 3.1 million users amongst them. DirecTV currently … Continue reading
OTT subscribers willing to pay more to continue with their preferred streaming service 19 June 2017
As per IBB Consulting, 61% subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) subscribers will spend $2 or more to continue with their favorite streaming service and 81% would like to spend to subscribe to a new service that they found interesting. Over half of … Continue reading
Anti-Piracy alliance formed by major content providers 15 June 2017
An Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) which is a global association created for reducing online piracy has been formed by around 30 content creators and on-demand entertainment companies. Some of the big names include Amazon, Bell Canada, CBS Corporation, … Continue reading
Netflix outgrowing Cable TV 14 June 2017
Traditional cable TV has been surpassed by Netflix in terms of total subscribers, for the first time as per Leichtman Research. Compared with 48.61 cable TV subscribers, Netflix accounts for 50.85 million subscribers. Small cable networks (5% of total cable … Continue reading
Unlimited length 360 Video Streaming introduced by InstaVR 14 June 2017
InstaVR will enable streaming videos of unlimited length via their VR platform and this feature will be extended to 360-degree videos as well. Although videos don’t have a size or length limit, creators only have 500GB of monthly video bandwidth … Continue reading
