Nearly 40% of US broadband households now have at least two OTT video service subscriptions, according to Parks Associates.
“Unique” hybrid OTT box enters Polish market
Poland’s TVN, the owner of the OTT service player.pl, and ITI Neovision,the operator of the DTH platform nc+, have announced the launch of the player+ Box.
Pantaflix launches on Apple TV
German media company Pantaflix Technologies has made its global video-on-demand (VOD) service Pantaflix available on Apple TV.
German Pay-VOD market on growth course
Paid-for video-on-demand (VOD) services have reached the mass market in Germany: At the end of 2017, 18% of all households were subscribing to at least one Pay-VOD service.
Netflix to overtake Sky in Germany
Streaming provider Netflix could overtake pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland in terms of subscriber numbers in Germany by the end of the year.
Christof Wahl to leave ProSiebenSat.1
Christof Wahl (53), Chief Operating Officer of ProSiebenSat.1, will leave the German media company on July 31, 2018.
Austrian court: YouTube jointly responsible for uploaded content
Austrian commercial TV broadcaster Puls 4 has achieved a stage victory in its legal dispute against YouTube.
Baltcom launches OTT service
The Latvian cable operator Baltcom has launched a new OTT service named Open TV.
Russia’s ivi suspends streamed channels
The Russian OTT platform ivi has suspended the streamed channel offer it added to its service late last month.
40% of US broadband homes own a streaming media player
Ownership of streaming media players has risen from about six percent of US broadband households in 2010 to almost 40% at the beginning of 2018.