SVoD
Streaming ahead: Asia a dynamic video market offering a rich seam of growth opportunities in coming years
By Shaun Lim The demand and appetite for content on a global scale has never been greater.
Why more viewers in Asia will turn to SVoD services
Driven by high penetration in both fixed and mobile broadband, as well as low subscription prices, more viewers in Asia are consuming content from subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) services.
Disney+ capturing 66 million Asian subscribers by end-2021
The Walt Disney Company will be launching Disney+ in South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan in November 2021, while expanding Disney+ Japan to feature additional entertainment content.
An Uncomfortable Truth: OTT operators invading traditional pay-TV’s exclusive domain – live sports
By Shaun Lim With populations around the globe continuing to adapt and adjust to a new way of living, work-from-home (WFH) is becoming the New Normal brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic … and it seems that more and more are now reluctant to work a five-day week in the office.
Satellite DTH empowers Good TV to deliver affordable linear HDTV to folks in rural Thailand
By Shaun Lim Like many countries in South-east Asia, Thailand has introduced lockdowns in one form or another over the past few months to manage the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Verizon’s ‘unprecedented offer’ for access to Disney+ rocking the SVoD boat?
Verizon and Walt Disney have jointly announced that Verizon Wireless customers will have access to Disney+ at almost no cost for 12 months.
TV pilot episodes down by 32%
And despite producing the same number of new series, the titles fell from 106 in 2015 to 73 in 2019; however, the share of pilot converting into series remains constant at 45%.
Will Netflix eventually run ads?
Joshua Lowcock, EVP and CDO of media agency UM Worldwide, said during a panel discussion at IAB Digital Content NewFronts: “If you look at their content costs .
Strategic move by Mediacorp
Mediacorp’s premium content will be streamed on both iflixVIP and iflixFREE.
AVoD is the new black
The increasing dominance of OTT is backed by rising user acquisition rate in AVoD.
All systems go for HBO Go on Mediacorp’s Toggle platform
Singapore terrestrial broadcaster Mediacorp has inked a deal with HBO Asia, to make the latter’s subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) service, HBO Go, available on Toggle.
Netflix boosting original Chinese drama
Netflix has announced the production of its second Mandarin series, Triad Princess, in Taiwan, as part of its plan to expand investment in Mandarin content.
HOOQ unveils Indonesian original productions
Three new original series will be available on the HOOQ platform this month and the coming months, starting with Keluarga Badak in mid-December HOOQ, a subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) service, has announced a slate of original productions for Indonesia with three new titles under the HOOQ Originals collection.
Keeping audiences engaged through the adoption of cloud
Cloud has been dubbed as one of the technologies that has the capability to shape the future of the broadcast and media industry.
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