Latin America’s VoD OTT services generated $509.2 million (€445m) in 2014, according to data published today by Dataxis. By 2018 this figure will grow by 262 per cent reaching $1.84 billion. The information included in Dataxis’ new report “OTT in Latin America” includes combined VoD OTT services’ revenues – in its different variants (by subscription, […]
Following its recent relaunch, legal online entertainment resource FindAnyFilm.com has welcomed HMV as the latest retailer to join the platform. According to Sylvia Wan, Digital Communications Manager, Industry Trust, FindAnyFilm remains the call to action on all of its anti-piracy consumer education activity, which means that ensuring the service is as comprehensive and representative as […]
Following its 2014 introduction of Fire TV, which became the #1 best-selling Amazon device category, with Fire TV Stick quickly becoming Amazon’s fastest-selling product ever, Amazon is introducing the next generation of Fire TV—the new Amazon Fire TV with support for 4K Ultra HD, and the new Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote. The new […]
Traditional operators will need to keep a close eye on telcos’ rising interest in the TV space as operators make their mark both in Western Europe and other key regions. Following a number of false starts in Western Europe, IPTV homes are now a viable platform, hitting 27 million in 2014, 15 per cent of […]
Mediapro-owned OTT platform TotalChannel failed to distribute the signal of beIN Sports to all 120,000 users during the transmissions of the Champions League on September 15th leaving around 7,000 subs with no access to the service. According to the company, the huge demand to watch the matches led the service to saturation and the collapse […]
In a deal that enables it to expand its digital distribution capabilities, Vubiquity, a global provider of premium content services, is to acquire Digital End-To-End (DETE), a managed content technology service, from Warner Bros. Technical Operations. Vubiquity will acquire DETE to service all of its clients, made up of the world’s leading video content and […]
ThinkAnalytics, developer of a TV search and recommendations engine, has announced that Belgian cable operator Voo has gone live with ThinkAnalytics personalised recommendations across its .evasion service. Voo’s .evasion set-top box gives users access to personalised recommendations based on their viewing behaviour across linear TV, pay/transactional VoD, catch up content. “The ThinkAnalytics Recommendations Engine works […]
Exhibiting at IBC earlier this week, Lukup Technologies showcased its hybrid services that deliver a combination of television, Internet access, on-demand content, home automation and interactive services across televisions and a variety of connected devices in homes for customers of broadcast TV. These services are being offered to operators and broadcasters interested in adding OTT […]
A study released by IHS and SpotX has found that revenue across Europe from online video jumped from €22 million in 2012 to €375 million in 2015. IHS forecasts that €2 billion, which is over half of all online video advertising revenue, will be generated programmatically by 2020. Programmatic video is the automation of ads […]
Ooyala, a specialist in video publishing, analytics and monetisation, has released its Q2 2015 Global Video Index, revealing 49 per cent of all ad impressions for publishers were on mobile devices during the quarter, an 11 per cent increase from Q1 2015. Further, the report shows 44 per cent of all online viewing is now […]