Amazon in talks to add MX Player to its video portfolio
Amazon is in talks with Times Internet to acquire on-demand video streaming service MX Player to bolster its presence in India’s entertainment space. Read more…
Amazon is in talks with Times Internet to acquire on-demand video streaming service MX Player to bolster its presence in India’s entertainment space. Read more…
Consumers hate juggling so many subscription services, but they’d subscribe to even more of them if there was a single platform to manage them all: survey. Read more…
The streaming wars are on – and the winning strategies will rely on more than just subscriber numbers or content investment. Read more…
India is planning to develop content guidelines for OTT video streaming platforms following controversy over Prime Video’s series ‘Tandav’. Read more…
Reliance Jio is sweetening the content offering for its JioFiber fiber-to-the-home customers in India with the launch of Jio TV+ service Read more…
Three studies reveal just how much smart TVs and set-top boxes track us on behalf of advertisers. It’s only going to get worse as smart TVs get smarter. Read more…
Broadcasters want to use the cloud – the challenge is maintaining broadcast quality levels end to end. Intelsat’s solution: blend connections together. Read more…
Stephane Le Dreau of NAGRA discusses the challenges pay-TV players face, the perennial piracy problem, and the importance of IoT and smart home security. Read more…
OTT video is so mainstream now that it’s forcing broadcasters to transform into ‘diversified media companies’ to compete, says a new Ooyala report. Read more…
Despite a temporary leveling-off in the first quarter of 2018, video plays on mobile devices (tablets and smartphones) surged 9.8% globally in the second quarter, exceeding 62% of all online videos for the first time, Read more…
ITEM: The year 2025 will be the tipping point for 5G, and you’ll have media companies to thank for that. Or perhaps the other way around, as 5G will help media and entertainment companies generate Read more…
Increased churn rates are plaguing video streaming services such as Amazon Prime (-2.9%) and HBO Now (-19.2%) in key markets such as the UK and the US, according to a new consumer survey from Juniper Read more…
ITEM: For cellcos, delivering the best mobile video experience for consumers doesn’t necessarily require offering the fastest data speeds. In fact, according to a new report from OpenSignal, faster isn’t always better when it comes Read more…
Global OTT video episode and movie revenues will reach $129 billion in 2023; more than double the $53 billion recorded in 2017, according to Digital TV Research. From the 138 countries covered in the Global Read more…
LONDON (Reuters) – Facebook is rolling out its Watch video service globally one year after it launched in the United States with original entertainment news and sports content to compete with platforms like YouTube. Facebook’s Read more…
(Reuters) – Amazon.com plans to launch an advertising-supported video service for users of its Fire TV streaming devices, news website The Information reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Highly profitable ad sales were a bright Read more…
Indian telco Airtel and Netflix have announced an expansion of their partnership through which subscribers of select mobile postpaid and V-Fiber Home Broadband plans will receive a free three-month trial subscription to Netflix. Customers on Read more…
Accedo has announced a project with British broadcaster ITV to use artificial intelligence to automatically generate cover artwork which is likely to appeal best to a given user segment. The project – which will be Read more…
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Spain’s top flight soccer division La Liga announced on Tuesday a landmark deal with Facebook which will allow viewers in the Indian sub-continent to watch every game over the next three seasons Read more…
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Reuters) – YouTube is creating scripted series and other original programming for international markets including France, Germany, Japan, Mexico and India to try to draw new customers to its paid subscription service, Read more…
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