As Netflix continues on its quest for global coverage, Futuresource Consulting has identified five key developing markets which present significant opportunity for Netflix and the wider digital video landscape. The firm notes that Netflix has enjoyed enormous success in developed nations and is now looking to emerging markets for continued growth. The advent of digital […]
Wurl, a streaming video platform for pay-TV, has introduced a new video index that compares the usage of major video viewing services based on publicly available data. The index – AMOV – measures the average minutes of viewing by US adults on each video platform, taking into account both usage (minutes of viewing) and reach […]
STARZ PLAY, the authenticated online TV Everywhere service for STARZ premium subscribers, has launched on Samsung Smart TVs. STARZ subscribers may now watch exclusive STARZ Original series including Blunt Talk, Survivor’s Remorse, and Power, among others, as well as hundreds of movies and first-run films on Samsung Smart TVs. The launch marks STARZ PLAY’s most […]
According to Netflix, it may have taken Walter White nearly an entire season to become Heisenberg and Frank Underwood 13 episodes to become VP, but it turns out fans committed to these series long before those plot twists unfolded. Netflix analysed its global streaming data across the inaugural seasons of some of today’s most popular […]
Premium content services provider Vubiquity and BBC Worldwide have signed a deal to deliver original television content to South African video-on-demand (VoD) service MTN FrontRow. The new shows include the BBC’s BAFTA award-winning Sherlock series and David Attenborough’s Planet Earth. MTN FrontRow was the first OTT VoD service to be launched by a South African-based […]
BBC Director General Tony Hall’s told the Royal Television Society Convention: “Over the next few years, we intend to work with global partners to grow Worldwide further, taking advantage of the demand for British programming and new digital opportunities…Next year, we’re launching a new OTT video service in America offering BBC fans programmes they wouldn’t […]
The Italian Football League (Lega Calcio) has launched a new online streaming service that will air three football matches per week plus additional pre- and post-match content. Lega TV will kick-off on September 19th, with the Udinese vs Empoli match, with live coverage of two more games on Sunday (Chievo Verona-Inter and Genoa-Juventus). The service […]
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 […]
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 […]