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Music streaming is quickly becoming a favored service, offering Indonesia’s music-seeking public a legal means to access music. However, with a majority of Indonesians possessing low-end smartphones, the outlook may not be as rosy as some think. According to…
The China Unicom Network Technology Research Institute is working on a new use case for advanced technologies including 5G and VR – panoramic VR streaming of live video using drone technology. China Unicom and wireless broadband technology provider Baicells…
Emerging subscription-based streaming video service iflix intends to set itself apart from Netflix by becoming a social media platform for television, according to company executive. “Netflix is very much into an original production base… they are really…
Napster is upgrading its analytic ecosystem to implement the Teradata Unified Data Architecture (UDA). The deployment includes multiple nodes of the Data Warehouse Appliance with Teradata QueryGrid for seamless data and systems integration and, in addition, a…
An unlikely new player has reportedly entered into the video streaming business, according to reports – North Korean state broadcaster KCTV. BBC News notes that the broadcaster’s new set-top-box, Manbang, has been called North Korea’s version of Netflix in…
New research reveals mobile video streaming is growing at more than 30% a year and on-demand TV, sports and music is changing when and where Australians watch their favorite entertainment, according to Telstra. To help customers make the most of the mobile…
Time Warner will become a 10% owner of Hulu, joining The Walt Disney Company, 21st Century Fox, and Comcast in the joint venture. Turner’s entertainment, sports, news and kids networks including TNT, TBS, CNN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, truTV, Boomerang and…
Netflix has entered into a partnership with Globe Telecom, to provide access to viewers the Philippine telco’s mobile or broadband service. Globe customers will be able to subscribe to Netflix through Globe, and enjoy its content anytime, anywhere, on nearly…
Singtel has expanded its media content portfolio with the launch of Singapore’s first OTT video portal app, open to the operator’s postpaid mobile customers. The operator’s new Cast portal will offer content from major providers including Viu and Nickelodeon,…
Global IP traffic is on track to nearly triple over the next five years as more than a billion new internet users come online, according to Cisco’s latest Visual Networking Index. IP traffic is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 22% over the period of 2015 to 2020…
Taiwanese film distribution and production company CatchPlay group has launched a streaming video-on-demand service in Indonesia with the country’s state-owned telecommunications giant Telkom Indonesia after offering such a service in Taiwan in March. The…
Spotify is finally kicking back into expansion mode in Asia. Nearly two years after its last country launch in the region and close to four years after it first stepped into Asia, the music streaming service has confirmed plans to go live in Indonesia at the…
At CES earlier in the month, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced that the popular streaming service was being made available in over 130 countries around the world – essentially in every country except China. The Wall Street Journal said the block came “after…