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OTT revenues to top $50bn

Global OTT TV and video revenues [covering 64 countries] will reach $51.1 billion (€45.5bn) in 2020; a massive increase from the $4.2 billion recorded in 2010 and the $26 billion expected in 2015. According to the Global OTT TV & Video Forecasts report from Digital TV Research,

June 15, 2015

YouTube Gaming this summer

YouTube has announced that YouTube Gaming will launch in the UK and US later this summer, a new app and website designed to keep users connected to the games, players, and culture that matter most to them, with videos, live streams, and the biggest community of gamers on the web – all in one place. […]

June 15, 2015By Nik Roseveare

Alibaba plans Netflix-like streaming service

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is to launch an online video streaming service in China in about two months, with the aim of emulating services such as Netflix and HBO. “Our mission, the mission of all of Alibaba, is to redefine home entertainment,” said Patrick Liu, head of digital entertainment. “Our goal is to become […]

June 15, 2015By Colin Mann

Vimond OTT collaboration with Nordisk Film

Vimond Media Solutions has announced a strategic collaboration with Nordisk Film. As part of the multi-region, multi-year frame agreement, Vimond will provide an end-to-end managed cloud OTT-TV and video streaming service for Nordisk Film brands such as minbio.dk (also known as www.minkino.com) and the newly-launched Dansk Film Skat “Nordisk Film has ambitious plans in the […]

June 15, 2015

Smart TVs in a third of Australian homes

The latest Australian Multi-Screen Report – from Regional TAM, OzTAM and Nielsen, and covering the first quarter of calendar 2015 – explores household take-up of new screen technologies and trends in how major age groups view broadcast television and other video across multiple screens. It also presents new findings about Australians’ claimed use of and […]

June 12, 2015

NHK World goes On Demand

Japan’s public broadcaster NHK is making available much of its NHK World International service available On Demand. The service, entirely in English, will open for availability on June 15th and is free to users. NHK says the service will start with 13 programmes mainly transmitted within the past one week or two as a way […]

June 12, 2015By Chris Forrester

Sky Deutschland OTT on Android

Sky Deutschland’s OTT service, “Sky Online”, is now accessible on a selection of Android devices. The streaming service is now available as an app on the Google Nexus 5, Nexus 7, Samsung Galaxy S3, S4, S4 mini, S5, S5 mini, Note 2, Note 3, Note 10.1, Tab 3 (7.0, 10.1), Tab 4 (7.0, 10.1) and […]

June 12, 2015

Netflix raises price for new subs

Netflix has announced that new customers in the UK  will now be charged £7.49 (€10.3) per month for the streaming service’s basic HD package, up from £6.99 under the previous pricing structure. Netflix’s cheapest package – which offers SD playback on one device for £5.99 per month – will remain the same for the time […]

June 11, 2015By Nik Roseveare

7% of US homes have OTT but no pay-TV

Industry research from Parks Associates finds global OTT video service subscription revenues will increase from nearly $9 billion in 2014 to over $19 billion in 2019. Currently, 57 per cent of US broadband households subscribe to an OTT video service. Among European broadband households

June 11, 2015

OTT video ‘Killer App’ for LatAm home broadband

According to research from TDG, Latin America is poised to become an important market for OTT vendors of all kinds, whether equipment, content, or service providers. El Futuro de TV – OTT Video in Latin America, 2015-2025, TDG’s first foray into the Latin American TV market, offers an original analysis of the social, cultural, economic, […]

June 11, 2015