"OTT" articles

Parks Associates and mPortal have released a complimentary whitepaper, “Mobile Collaborative Communications for Business." This whitepaper assesses the impact of connected device use on business communications and workflow strategies. It also analyzes the impact of connected devices and includes strategies for businesses to leverage mobility and cloud-based services in order to build their competitive edge. Topics in this whitepaper include: OTT applications use...

OnMobile  has announced the closing of its acquisition of  Livewire Mobile . After the new combined entity is established, Livewire Mobile and OnMobile's clients will include six of the top ten mobile operators in North America. "Global mobile operators have struggled to monetize mobile data beyond core data plans, partly due to aggressive competition from OTT players over the last several years," said Harry Wang, lead mobile analyst from international...

Parks Associates has released new market focus research entitled, " TV Viewing Habits and the Challenge of Young Nonsubscribers. "   The research examines the viewing habits of Millennials and their attitudes toward pay-TV services.  It provides a comprehensive overview of consumer trends for TV and OTT services, complete analysis of the factors driving cord cutting, and recommendations for pay-TV providers.   Parks Associates finds that 30...

The sale of Hulu by its owners has been called off. Bids for Hulu have been coming in for more than six months, but its owners have recently announced they intend to retain their ownership of the company.  Owners have instead made the decision to invest $750 million for additional content and company growth. The vision for Hulu they hope to accomplish centers on bulking up the subscription video-on-demand portion of the site in order to become a more credible rival for...

Rogerio Takayanagi, CEO of TIM Fiber, Brazil, is speaking on Day One of the Broadband Latin America conference taking place on 2-3 July 2013 at the Grand Hyatt, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Ahead of the show we speak to him about how Brazil’s broadband infrastructure is developing at a pace and how TIM Brasil is readying itself for the rapid expansion of demand for data in the country in time for the World Cup and Olympics. The world’s eyes will be on Brazil in time for the upcoming...

TV Connect provides a great opportunity to catch up on trends in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Every market really looks to the US to see what tech is coming next and then assesses the impact and likely timeline for that tech to hit their market. A few of the interesting takeaways include the following: Piracy is just killing TV services, VoD and legitimate OTT services in developing markets. Operators are desperate to find something to provide differentiation and cause...

I’ve long maintained that nature abhors a vacuum when it comes to over-the-top content, and believe that content owners who don’t take full advantage of the opportunity to get their wares in front of consumers stand to—eventually—lose out to those who do. Want a sure recipe to lose audience, especially younger viewers? Hide content behind a pay wall, ignore OTT, and watch your audience dissolve… especially your audience in the 18- to 35-year-old segment. One...

Some marriages are made in heaven. Consider Batman and Robin, butter and popcorn, and football and Saturday afternoons among them. Lionsgate U.K. may have just found a mate that will add to that list: Pizza and streaming video. The studio this week tied the knot on a deal with Domino’s Pizza , giving the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based pizza delivery company the right to stream Lionsgate movies in the United Kingdom. There are nearly 750 Domino’s Pizza stores throughout the U.K. and...