ZEASN, a provider of OTT and smart TV solutions, has announced that the Vietnamese television network HTV has successfully launched its smart TV application HTVC on ZEASN’s Whale Eco platform. The app is the result of the newly formed partnership between HTV and ZEASN. Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) is a Vietnanmese television network […]
The Walt Disney Company has revealed its Disney+ streaming service passed 116 million global subscribers in Q3, more than double year-on-year. Its US-based services also saw growth, with Hulu up 21 per cent to 42.8 million subscribers and ESPN+ jumping 75 per cent to 14.9 million, for a total 174 million subscribers across the Disney […]
Asian satellite solutions provider, AsiaSat, has launched its new managed connectivity service SAILAS, a key component of the company’s complete, end-to-end solution to support digital transformation of the Asia-Pacific maritime sector. “We are excited about the launch of SAILAS, our brand new connectivity service for the maritime industry. The managed connectivity service is designed with […]
Android TV and Huawei’s HarmonyOS are set to dominate the coming years across both the shrinking footprint of operator set tops, and the ballooning number of smart TVs and connected TV (CTV) devices, according to forecasts from Rethink TV. Pay-TV households will decline
Intelsat’s Media Market Watch states that traditional pay-TV viewing in the Asia-Pacific region is “leading the way” in revenue generation for operators. Intelsat’s study (via AVIA and S&P Global) states that it is the largest pay-TV region in the world with 17 key markets and some 655 million subscribers. It states that Multichannel cable households […]
ETV Bharat, the comprehensive digital national news platform, has selected a range of Grass Valley solutions to underpin its upgraded production and editing operations. The new set-up includes the video production and content management tool, GV STRATUS, integrated with nonlinear editing software EDIUS. It gives the service provider, owned and operated by Ushodaya Enterprises Pvt, future-ready capability, […]
Net advertising expenditure in Asia Pacific, calculated after discounts, declined 4.3 per cent Y/Y in 2020, according to the Asia Pacific Advertising Trends 2021 report from Media Partners Asia (MPA). Pandemic-induced macroeconomic uncertainty softened advertiser demand in H1 2020. As economies rebound, recovery is underway with ad spend forecast to exceed $200 billion by end […]
The Asia Video Industry Association’s (AVIA) OTT Summit – The Future of Video Streaming welcomed 900 delegates and featured over 80 industry experts and leaders across its four-day conference last week Opening the OTT Summit was the streaming analyst Matthew Ball, Managing Partner of Epyllion Industries, who presented a deep dive into the OTT industry […]
As video equipment manufacturers around the world virtualize production, post-production and distribution technologies, content creators and OTT service providers often face the task of having to orchestrate multiple cloud-based products within a common technical and business framework. It’s a task that challenges workflow efficiency, personnel decisions and costs. Ideal Systems Group, a systems integrator for […]
Pay-TV service revenue in Asia-Pacific is set to drop from $61.6 billion (€50.8bn) in 2020 to $60.8 billion in 2025 due to slowdown in pay-TV household penetration, continued decline in Cable TV subscriptions and fall in average spend per pay-TV account in the region, according to GlobalData, data and analytics company. An analysis of GlobalData’s […]