The online à la carte service M2M TV has begun to offer a package of Turkish channels to a worldwide audience.
Netflix leads with originals, but Amazon catches up
Netflix provides its subscribers with more originals than its competitor Amazon, but the latter is heating up competition with high investments in its own productions.
3SS develops ran Fighting app for Amazon Fire TV
German multiscreen software provider 3 Screen Solutions (3SS) has developed an app making combat sports streaming portal ran Fighting available on Amazon Fire TV.
Apple plans original video content
Apple is planning to build a significant new business in original television shows and movies, according to the Wall Street Journal.
MegaFon opts for Elemental solutions
The Russian telco MegaFon is using Elemental for its OTT service MegaFon.TV, which has seen its subscriber total increase from 10,000 to over 1.4 million over the past year.
BBC to reinvent the iPlayer
The BBC iPlayer will be reinvented in a bid to be the “number one online TV service” in the UK by 2020, the broadcaster’s director general Lord Hall has said.
Russian OTT bill questioned
Russia’s State Duma has questioned a proposed law that would limit the level of foreign ownership in OTT services to 20%.
TVPlayer adds digital first content from Frequency
CES 2017. OTT steraming service TVPlayer has signed an exclusive three-year deal with Frequency, a cloud-based internet video service that aggregates and distributes video from digital providers.
Skylink gives hybrid box/OTT update
The leading Czech and Slovak DTH platform Skylink expects to sell around 20,000 hybrid receivers this year.
Comcast launches D2C solution for content providers
CES 2017 Comcast Technology Solutions has expanded its direct-to-consumer solution to help content providers to launch OTT services.