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Hybrid TV & OTT
Wuaki.tv to accept PayPay payments in UK
Video-on-demand provider Wuaki.tv is now accepting PayPal payments from UK customers in addition to payment…
TV operators favour mixed SVoD and TVoD OTT
TV operators are looking to launch OTT services to provide multiscreen access and compete with…
Nintendo drops TVii
Game console provider Nintendo is to drop its Nintendo TVii second screen app on August…
Comcast defends new OTT service
Comcast Communications has defended its new cord-cutting enabler Stream. The OTT service, which is currently…
YouTube redesigns mobile app
YouTube has redesigned its official mobile app, adding clip editing tools and support for full-screen…
Amazon Fire TV nears 2,000 apps
Amazon’s Fire TV streaming devices now offer nearly 2,000 channels, apps and games, according to…
MTV programming head moves to YouTube
MTV’s president of programming in the US, Susanne Daniels, is set to join YouTube to…
Netflix updates its TV app
Netflix has updated its TV to provide a ‘more immersive and cinematic experience’. The app…
MTS to launch OTT service
Russian service provider MTS plans to launch an OTT service, MTS TV, aimed at smart…
Yahoo grows video business
Yahoo said that it video revenues grew by approximately 60% in the second quarter, as…
iPlayer accounts for 62% of UK TV streaming, says government
Some 15 million UK internet users have now accessed a TV programme online, with the…
East Europe, MENA OTT revenue ‘to reach $2.6bn’
Over-the-top television and video revenues in eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa will reach…
CNN reports ‘highest month on record’ for online video
News network CNN said that CNN.com posted its strongest month ever for digital video in…
Francophone ‘Afro-American Netflix’ set to launch in September
France-based startup Afrostream is to launch what it describes as “the Netflix of Afro-American and…
Maker Studios-owned Blip.tv to shut, says co-founder
Justin Day, the co-founder of online video producer and distributor Blip.tv, has said the business…
Kids SVOD service goes global
Educational content-focused app Hopster is to launch internationally through Apple TV. The subscription on-demand platform,…
Vice wins appeal on ATVOD ruling
Youth-focused media outfit Vice UK has won an appeal against a determination by ATVOD that…
MTG buys 51% of Zoomin.TV in latest MCN deal
Modern Times Group (MTG) has bought a 51% stake multi-channel network Zoomin.TV for roughly €44.9…
FilmOn secures legal win in battle for equal status with cable
Online TV service FilmOn has secured a victory in its US legal battle to be…
NetRange teams up with Vonetize
Smart TV white label portal provider NetRange has struck a partnership with video-on-demand service services…
Brightcove updates Video Cloud offering
Brightcove has launched a “re-architected,” next generation version of its flagship Video Cloud solution. The updated…
YouTube watch-time up 60% as reach passes cable TV
The time people spent watching video on YouTube increased 60% year-on-year in Q2, with the…
French operators abandon Netflix rival plan
French broadcasters TF1, M6 and France Télévisions and service provider Orange have abandoned recently revived…
Hulu explores no ads option
US streaming and catch-up service Hulu is exploring the launch of a ‘no ads Hulu’…
HBO Now launches on Fire tablets
HBO’s new stand-alone internet service HBO Now in now available on Amazon’s Fire-branded tablets in…
Amazon sells ‘hundreds of thousands’ of Fire TV Sticks in one day
Amazon said that customers ordered “hundreds of thousands” of Fire TV Sticks during its first…
Netflix pass 65 million subscribers, confirms China launch plan
Netflix passed the 65 million subscriber-mark in the second quarter and confirmed plans to launch…
icflix: 60,000+ hours viewed a month
Middle East and North African streaming firm icflix claims its subscribers are watching more than…
Sky Go and Now TV powered by Elemental
Video technology provider, Elemental, has partnered with Sky to process and deliver its over-the-top TV…
Netflix’s US market share to drop to 50% in 2018
Netflix’s share of the US over-the-top (OTT) video market is due to fall from 85%…