Australians have a growing taste for sports and video entertainment content sending the SVoD services market to new heights, reaching 12.3 million total subscriptions at the end of June 2019, according to research from Australian emerging technology analyst firm, Telsyte. A solid year-on-year increase of 29 per cent has driven subscription up from 9.5 million […]
SK Telecom and the three major broadcasters in South Korea have received the green light to launch a new online video service called Wavve, which ill directly compete with Netflix in the country. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said it had approved SK Telecom’s acquisition of a 30 per cent stake in CAP, which runs […]
Vodafone Idea, the Indian telco, and STARZPLAY, the international premium subscription platform from STARZ, a Lionsgate company, have teamed up to launch Lionsgate Play in India. This partnership will enable Vodafone Idea customers access to a broad portfolio of blockbusters and feature films from the studio. Lionsgate Play will be available to Vodafone Play and […]
Eros Now, the OTT South Asian entertainment platform owned by Eros International, a global Indian entertainment company, has announced its partnership with Wasu Media to deliver Bollywood and original Indian content to Chinese digital customers. Wasu Media is a major cable television, broadband network OTT and IPTV service provider in China. Commenting on the partnership, […]
The Walt Disney Company has confirmed global launch dates and pricing for Disney+ in Canada, The Netherlands, Australia, and New Zealand, and announced it has reached global agreements with nearly all the major platforms to distribute the Disney+ app across partner mobile and connected TV devices. Disney+ will offer what the company calls ‘unparalleled content […]
The BBC has vexed a number of television production companies after attempting to extend iPlayer shows from one month to one year – without raising the licensing fees they pay for the content. Earlier this month, Ofcom ruled that the iPlayer service could extend the amount of time box sets could be viewed from 30 […]
US wireless carriers have long said they may slow video traffic on their networks to avoid congestion and bottlenecks. But new research shows the throttling happens pretty much everywhere all the time. Researchers from Northeastern University and University of Massachusetts Amherst conducted more
Cult film-maker Kevin Smith has revealed he is bringing back the popular 1980s He-Man character for a new animated series on Netflix. The series, entitled Masters Of The Universe: Revelation, will return to Castle Grayskull and the fantasy realm of Eternia to wrap up key storylines involving He-Man and his arch-enemy Skeletor that have remained […]
Parks Associates research finds that over 50 per cent of US broadband households that subscribed to an OTT video service within the past year indicate that the service trial played a key role in their subscription
Netflix has released July data from its ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. While not quite as large as the increases in June, the month of July brought several notable upticks. Denmark’s Dansk Kabel TV saw the largest increase, rising […]