The use of CE devices in the consumption of OTT video content is increasing rapidly as service providers seek new revenues opportunities, attempt to reach new consumer groups, and look for ways to differentiate their offerings, according to IMS Research The firm forecasts that in 2016, connected CE devices in the home will account for […]
TumTiki an online video site, has launched what it claims is the largest video library of any web destination site. TumTiki was created and is operated by US telco Frontier Communications. TumTiki is available to anyone with Internet access and features a library of premium TV episodes, movies, web original clips, and local content, of […]
Gilat Satcom has announced that – together with Tvinci, the Pay OTT video platform provider, – it will offer, for the first time, a full duplex satellite-based OTT TV solution. Launched at AfricaCom, the solution utilises Gilat Satcom’s satellite-based connectivity services and Tvinci’s pay OTT platform to deliver accessible OTT TV content across PC, Connected […]
Following the October revelation that it would be launching a subscription streaming service in the UK and Ireland in early 2012, Netflix has inked a new multi-year licensing agreement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios that will make Netflix the exclusive subscription streaming service in for most first-run feature films from MGM. MGM titles will be available for […]
Media and entertainment company Central European Media Enterprises (CME) is moving towards a subscription model of its video on demand service in all of its regions. Following the roll out of the VOD brand Voyo in six central and eastern European countries during 2011, the next step, says the company, is to monetise the service […]
Argentinean mobile telephony operator Claro launched its “Ideas Entretenimiento” (Entertainment Ideas) OTT service in Argentina. The company’s Premium Plan is offered at $9 a month. The Premium package offers access to more than a thousand titles. There’s also a lower-priced bundle at $4.50 a month that offers 530 titles. According to the company, “Claro will […]
Google is considering delivering a subscription TV service over its experimental fibre-to-the-home network in Kansas City, next year. The company has held exploratory talks with Walt Disney, Time Warner and Discovery Communications about carrying TV channels on the test network, according to the WSJ. Google selected both Kansas City for the build out of an […]
Advanced media browser solutions provider Oregan Networks has revealed that it has been selected by MediaCorp, Singapore’s leading media company, as a key enabler of its up-coming Over-the-Top (OTT) interactive TV service on set-top boxes. Oregan Media Browser provides the media player and run-time environment for the User Interface applications, which allow users to interact […]
ESPN Star Sports (ESS) and now TV, Asia’s biggest sports content provider, have launched ESPN Player, a broadband sports network with live and on-demand premier sports content, exclusively in Hong Kong. Following the successful launch of ESPN Player in Singapore and Malaysia, Hong Kong sports fans can now watch ESS’ line-up of sports content through […]
Although OTT video services are providing another competitive challenge to established cable video and satellite or IPTV offerings, market research firm Infonetics Research doesn’t expect OTT to have a significant impact on pay-TV subscribers. The firm’s Pay TV Services and Subscribers report, which forecasts and analyses the telco IPTV, cable video, and satellite video services […]