iflix, the Southeast Asian Internet TV service, has activated over 100,000 subscribers streaming over 30 million minutes of content, less than two months since launching in Malaysia and the Philippines. The company’s advanced programmatic marketing stack, which captures viewer data reveals that subscribers tune in for an average 1 hour and 45 minutes per session […]
Findings from the Consumer Entertainment Index (CEI) produced by IP, video and broadband technology specialist ARRIS, suggest that binge-viewing has ‘gone solo’ in 2015. According to
OTT TV and video revenues in EEMEA [19 countries] will reach $2.6 billion (€2.4bn) in 2020; up from only $52 million recorded in 2010 and the $616 million expected in 2015, according to Digital TV Research’s Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa OTT TV & Video Forecasts report. From the $2.21 billion in revenues to […]
Netflix’s impressive recent quarterly results pointed to continued subscriber growth, driven in particular by further international expansion. In addition, Netflix spoke of its desire to move consumers up to higher pricing tiers. Analysis from Futuresource Consulting points
A plan to by a group of French broadcasters and telco Orange to launch an SVoD service in competition to Netflix has been abandoned, according to French financial daily Les Echos. Discussions had centred on Orange, TF1, M6 and France Télévisions pooling their SVoD offerings. A Letter of Agreement had been prepared, but never signed, […]
Figures presented by the British Video Association (BVA) at the bi-annual Insight Forum, hosted by the BVA and supported by Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) and Digital Entertainment Group Europe (DEG Europe) indicate that while the digital home entertainment market is at crucial mass market tipping point, physical product continues to hold its own and show […]
Streaming giant Netflix saw subscriber additions rise nearly 94 per cent year on year to about 3.3 million in the second quarter, beating the company’s forecast of 2.5 million. The service now boasts 65 million global subscribers – with 42 million of those in the US. Netflix posted revenue of $1.64 billion (€1.5bn), an increase […]
Amazon has announced that it will premiere Spike Lee’s upcoming film Chiraq – marking the first time its Amazon Prime Video streaming service has offered an original movie. The film, which Lee directed and co-wrote, is a musical comedy about violence in Chicago starring Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Hudson, John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. “I’m […]
Zodiak Kids has announced a deal with Sky for the rights to over 150 episodes of CBeebies favourites Waybuloo and Mister Maker. The episodes will be available in the UK and Eire through Sky’s On Demand service and via its mobile TV service Sky Go. Sky recently announced a major increase in the number of […]
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 […]