OTT/Streaming

 

Streaming Video Driving Chinese Entertainment Growth (Variety)

Streaming video is providing growth for the entertainment sector in China, as theatrical film slows to low double-digit figures. The Chinese film and TV industries grew by 26% last... More

Aspera’s Mike Flathers Explains FIFA World Cup Video-Transfer Tech (SVG)

Aspera’s video-streaming software built on top of its FASPStream protocol has rapidly become one of the industry’s go-to sources for video transfer at scale. And there’s perh... More

Hulu, Netflix Rises See U.S. SVOD Subs Start to Grow Again (Rapid TV News)

While growth in subscription video-on-demand in Europe has remained healthy for some time, the US has now begun to see its own upturn in subs after a plateau according to the lates... More

The New Movie Soundtrack: A Spotify Playlist (WSJ)

Spotify Technology SA is disrupting another part of the music business: the soundtrack album. Independent movie studio A24 is releasing the music to the new film “Mid90s” as a ... More

Netflix Seeks Aggressive Push Into India (Variety)

Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos says the global streaming giant is planning an aggressive push into the Indian market. It will involve increased production and may inclu... More

Classic Cinema Streaming Service FilmStruck Will Close November 29 (Engadget)

FilmStruck, WarnerMedia's streaming service that focuses on classic and indie cinema, is shutting down November 29th. The two-year-old platform is already closed to new subscribers... More

Fox Nation Sets Launch Date (Variety)

Fox News said it would launch its new Fox Nation subscription-based video outlet on Nov. 27, and charge $5.99 a month for the service, or $64.99 per year.... More

Is Broadcast TV’s Future OTT? (Media Post)

For most of the 20th century, broadcast television was the king of media. Families would gather in their living rooms to turn on their cathode-ray sets (and later plasma TVs and LE... More

English Football Dodges an OTT Bullet From La Liga, But Just for Now (MediaPost)

English football just dodged a bullet -- and I'm not talking about the uproar that would have occurred if Wembley Stadium had been sold off. No, we're on Eleven Sports here. It's t... More

Global TV, OTT Revenues to Reach $265B by End of Year (Rapid TV News)

A study from Digital TV Research is forecasting that global revenues from traditional pay-TV and over-the-top TV episodes and films will reach $265 billion in 2018, up from $254 bi... More

What Does the Future Hold for OTT Live Sports Streaming? (NAGRA Blog)

OTT streaming infrastructures have drastically democratised how consumers access live sports content. And this is driving a rapid evolution in consumption habits and expectations. ... More

Spanish Football League La Liga Pushes Into OTT with a Subscription Service (Digiday)

Spanish football league La Liga in August piloted an OTT subscription service that lets fans watch second-tier Spanish football matches for €2.99 ($3.45) a month or €14.99 ($17... More

WarnerMedia CEO: New Streaming Product is About Meeting Customer Demand (CNBC)

AT&T's new HBO-focused streaming product isn't so much about keeping up with competition as it is about meeting customer demand, John Stankey, CEO of AT&T's WarnerMedia, told CNBC ... More

Report: Cable Subs Would Cut Cord if They Could Get Live TV (B&C)

While the TV business already has seen an alarming number of consumers go over-the-top to get their TV programming, a new study says even more subscribers would cut the cord if the... More

Study: Music Industry Missing Out on $2.65B a Year from Stores’ Improper Streaming (Billboard)

Business licenses are intended for use when music is played to benefit a business and offer creators greater compensation. These rights are not included in cheaper, standard consum... More

Netflix, Amazon Leave Little Room for Streaming Video Latecomers (Bloomberg)

Media executives say they’re confident the digital frontier is big enough for more paid video services. They’re gambling that a rising number of cable TV cord-cutters will enla... More

CEO: Ooyala to Enhance Video Streaming Services after Telstra Sale (Digital TV Life)

Jonathan Huberman, CEO of Ooyala, cited that as a company, they will continue their investments in Ooyala Flex Media Platform as the aim to increase their market-leading post in me... More

Testronic Announces Platform Testing Services (MESA)

Testronic has launched Testronic Platform Testing Services focusing on live streaming of sports. The comprehensive multi-part service offering is designed to help clients create an... More

Yahoo’s NFL Streaming Audience Has Been Steadily Growing (Fierce Video)

Ever since Verizon-owned Yahoo Sports last year signed an expanded streaming deal with the NFL, the site has seen its viewership steadily increase. Through the first three weeks of... More

Trump Signs Sweeping New Music Licensing Legislation (Variety)

President Donald Trump signed the Music Modernization Act on Thursday at a White House ceremony. The bipartisan act addresses music licensing and royalty legislation, among other i... More

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