Overall spend on video entertainment in Canada remained flat in 2018 at CA$11.3 billion.
Free linear and VOD OTT service DistroTV launching
DistroScale, a video-as-a-service provider, is launching DistroTV, a streaming OTT service in the US, Canada and UK with a range of entertainment, news, sports, film and TV programming in live, linear and video-on-demand formats.
Ivi goes on Roku
Ivi has become the first licensed Russian VOD service to appear on Roku.
Best Buy to sell Amazon Fire TV smart TVs
Amazon and retailer Best Buy will bring the next generation of hybrid Fire TV Edition smart TVs to customers in the US and Canada.
With five million subs CBS OTT outperforms expectations
Last year, the two CBS OTT services reached almost five million subscribers, reaching the target originally set for 2020.
Canadian Edgy TV launches in Europe
Canadian online magazine Edwige Magazine, aimed at working women around the world, has launched their TV channel in Europe.
Canal+ to launch ‘best of’ international channel
Canal+ is set to launch “best of” channel Canal+ International for international markets in November 2017.
Comwave selects Abox42 Smart STB platform
Canada’s Comwave has selected Abox42 M30-Series Smart Set-Top Box platform for its new ComwaveTV service which is launching this September.
North America to add 59 million SVOD subs
The North American SVOD sector is by far the most mature in the world, with 112 million SVOD subscribers to movie and TV episode platforms by end-2016.
OTT service CBS All Access to go global
CBS is expanding the availability of CBS All Access internationally through a partnership of its CBS Interactive and CBS Studios International divisions.