icflix subscribers are watching more than 60,000+ hours of premium content every month, a number that is rapidly rising as OTT consumption continues to grow in the region, the company says. Citing the strategic partnerships and unconventional methods of marketing, the MENA streaming giant reports it continues to grow from strength to strength since launching […]
Video streaming apps saw strong quarterly growth as their performance vaulted the Entertainment category to #4 by iOS revenue. HBO NOW and Hulu led revenue growth in the US as both apps made it into the Worldwide Apps Index for May 2015, according to a report from app market analyst App Annie. With HBO NOW […]
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has signed a deal with Internet company Tiscali for the broadcasting of TV content on online portals Tiscali.it and Istella.it. Mediaset will make available, in embedding mode, a selection of entertainment, TV series and news programs from its online service Videomediaset.it. The content will be indexed by the popular search engine […]
Enterprise-class subscription billing specialist Vindicia, and video, analytics and advertising technology provider Ooyala have released research identifying the driving forces for OTT growth in the US. Forty-five leading entertainment content and service providers participated in the study, offering their predictions and market indicators on the prospects for premium OTT. International research and consultancy firm MTM […]
Connected television in Germany and Austria has now passed the threshold into rapid and sustained growth, The total number of SVoD subscriber grew by 46 per cent in the first six months of 2015, according to consulting firm Deadline Media TV. This is without any noticeable cord cutting.The primary challenge of OTT TV is to […]
Synacor, the technology development, multiplatform services and revenue partner for video, Internet and communications providers, and device manufacturers, have announced a strategic partnership with Siemens Convergence Creators, a provider of advanced OTT solutions and a business of the Global Fortune 100 Company; and EveMeta, a specialist in high quality, low bandwidth video solutions. The new partnership with Siemens […]
ICFLIX, the Middle East and North Africa’s leading VoD streaming service, has announced the start of an exclusive partnership with Maroc Telecom, which will allow Maroc Telecom customers to use the service at a discounted price. “Maroc Telecom – a pioneer in the Moroccan industry, will enable us to reach a greater number of viewers […]
Entone, a global provider of Cloud TV and Connected Home solutions, has announced that Horry Telephone Cooperative (HTC) has selected its Engage hosted service assurance platform to support their hybrid IPTV services. Engage is Entone’s multi-device (IoT) service assurance solution that provides premium support and management tools to ensure an optimised consumer experience. For over […]
Bell Media has revealed that its premium TV streaming service CraveTV will become available direct to all consumers on January 1st 2016. The announcement means that the content available exclusively on CraveTV will soon also be offered to all Canadians with access to the Internet. “As our business model has continued to evolve, the time […]
Vodafone and Orange are seeking deals with Netflix – which is set to launch in Spain in October – to stop the expansion of Telefónica’s Movistar Plus, their main rival. Their strategy is reaching distribution agreements and alliances with the US streaming service to offer their clients good series and films. Vodafone and Orange claim […]