When it comes to content licensing, local territory VOD and SVOD operators should maintain their local focus rather than compete with global buyers like Netflix for US TV series.
Premium OTT: the next three years
Globally, no country regards its premium OTT video market as mature, with even advanced ones seeing themselves as moving from a fast growing to plateauing stage.
Germany approves HbbTV removal by platform operators
German platform operators don’t have to distribute TV channels’ HbbTV services on their networks as they are not considered to be part of the programme content.
UPC wins Polish legal backing
Poland’s Constitutional Court has made a ruling favouring UPC Polska’s stance on copyright infringement.
Orange TV stick debuts in Romania
Following a period of testing with 100 customers, the Orange TV stick has launched in Romania.
Online.nl launches on Chromecast
Dutch IPTV provider Online.nl, part of the M7 Group, has added Chromecast to its streaming video app.
Altice in Bouygues Telecom talks
Patrick Drahi’s Altice is offering to buy Bouygues Telecom for just over EUR 10 billion in cash.
Latin America OTT TV and video ready for take-off
OTT TV and video revenues in Latin America [for 13 countries] will reach $2.91 billion in 2020; up from only $37 million in 2010 and the $1.13 billion expected in […]
Lebara Play launches multi-ethnic OTT service
Lebara has launched a multi-ethnic entertainment OTT service bringing together free and premium, fully licensed content in 13 languages.
Molotov wants to disrupt TV viewing
JeanDavid Blanc, founder of AlloCiné, and Pierre Lescure, founder of Canal+, have teamed up to create an innovative service for the distribution programmes and channels : Molotov.