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One full year of hyping after Disney formally threw its hat in the Netflix-dominated video streaming ring, the most highly anticipated new platform of 2019 finally made its commercial debut yesterday, November 12. Today, November 13, the Mouse House is…
It looks like YouTube TV is running a promotion aimed at its subscribers to bring more people under its umbrella. Many YouTube TV subscribers received a free trial code that they can share with friends and family who’d like to check out the service for the…
Foreign companies have long been salivating over the local streaming media market’s potential. Malaysia-based video streaming startup iflix has officially launched in Vietnam with the aim of tapping into the country’s sizable population, the company said on…
HBO Now ranks highest for customer satisfaction in 11 of 14 categories among subscription video on-demand (SVOD) services examined, a new report released by Strategy Analytics shows. The report measured customer satisfaction in 14 categories across three key…
PCCW has announced that its Viu OTT video service has reached 4 million unique users one year after launch. Viu is now available in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Indonesia and the Philippines, offering a range of premium Asian video content. Viu’s…
Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holding’s mobile division 3 Hong Kong is offering a year’s free subscription to its premium subscription TV and VOD service to all new and existing 4G users. The mobile version of the myTV SUPER and TVB Premium…
Average viewing times on mobile devices has grown by more than 200 hours a year since 2012, driving up overall TV and video viewing by an additional 1.5 hours a week, according to the latest Ericsson ConsumerLab TV & Media Report. The surge in mobile viewing…
Ooyala now powers the new advertising (AVOD) service, Vudu Movies on Us, from Vudu, Walmart’s subscription-free, premium video streaming service. Advertisers are now able to access Vudu’s millions of customers, reaching millions of streams every month across…
As of 2016, according to the Central Statistics Agency’s estimations, Indonesian millennials — born between the 1980s and early 2000s — make up about 41 percent of the 258.8 million population. “The future will be in OTT and many want to capture this market.…
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…
Singtel Group has launched “The 5-Min Video Challenge” a joint initiative by associates within the group, comprising Singtel, Optus, AIS, Airtel, Globe and Telkomsel. Winning content will be distributed and made accessible to over 600 million customers across…
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,…
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…
If Netflix wants to obtain a but, the company must obey local regulations, such as opening an office and hiring employees. Furthermore, it must also obey tax regulations, which means every transaction with Netflix in Indonesia will be taxed. According to…
