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FandangoNOW app comes to Android TV

by Bob Raikes

The FandangoNow OTT video service in the US is now available on Android TV and with a catalogue of 40,000 shows. The service was originally launched as M-Go and is now owned by NBCUniversal …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Vudu Free Movie Service has Commercials

by Bob Raikes

Vudu, the US service for OTT content that is owned by Walmart, has launched a new service that is based on advertising revenue so that users can watch for free. The service is called …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 41| Walmart

China to Push Asian SVOD – No Netflix

by Bob Raikes

The Asia Pacific region will have 157.78 million SVOD [subscription video on demand] subscribers by 2021, up from 41.68 million in 2015 and 76.12 million expected by end-2016. The total will be nudging 100 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Telia Joins Forces with Netflix

by Yvette Raikes

Netflix has made a regional agreement for the Nordics and Baltics with Telia Company. Telia’s Swedish and Finnish customers will be the first to get access and there will be multiple launches during 2017 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Netflix| Nordics| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 41

VOD Growing to 50%+ in Three Years

by Bob Raikes

Click for higher resolutionGfK said that 16% of the viewing population* have multiple SVOD (subscription video-on-demand) services in their homes, up from 10% three years ago. Those who pay for combinations of Netflix, Amazon …

Tags:GfK| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Streaming Without Data Usage Offered in Croatia

by Yvette Raikes

Croatian provider Hrvatski Telekom is offering a new service, Stream On, which allows subscribers to watch content through a mobile app regardless of where they are and without any data usage on their mobile …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 40

US Viewers Like User-Generated Content

by Bob Raikes

Parks Associates said that almost 35% of US broadband households are watching user-generated video content (such as YouTube, Vimeo, and Dailymotion) on a regular basis. According to Parks Associates’ IoT research: Men watch user-generated …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 40

Cdiscount Starts Triple Play Streaming

by Yvette Raikes

France’s Cdiscount has acquired 16 million customers since it was founded in 1999. It is now offering a streaming service which it describes as a “world first”. Cstream has three applications – music, video …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Apple

Apple’s Universal Search in Five More Countries

by Yvette Raikes

Apple TV’s universal search function is now available in Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden, bringing the total to 11 countries. This feature allows a voice or text search to get results from …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 39

SVOD Income Five Times Higher by 2021 in MEA

by Yvette Raikes

At the end of this year, SVOD subscribers in the Middle East and Africa will number 3.7 million, according to Digital TV Research. But this figure is forecast to rise to 20 million by …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 39

amazon

Holland Rumoured to Get Amazon Prime

by Yvette Raikes

Amazon Prime looks to be coming to the Netherlands next year. Although the company normally keeps quiet about future launches, the CEO of RTL Nederland says that Amazon is buying the rights to several …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Netherlands| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 39