Category: OTT Players

Over the Top Platforms are named about devices that go ‘over’ a cable box to give the user TV content through the Internet connection.

Farhad Samji, Disney+Hotstar collaborate on comedy show

Disney+Hotstar, Astro in distribution deal; Malaysian launch in June

Disney’s hybrid streaming platform, Disney+Hotstar, launches in Malaysia on June 1, 2021 with a slate of exclusive local titles – including direct-to-streaming movies – as well as a distribution deal with dominant subscription platform Astro and a direct-to-consumer offer for RM54.90/US$13 for three months, according...

India projected to add 21 mn pay TV subs by 2026

India projected to add 21 mn pay TV subs by 2026

The Global Pay TV Subscriber Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research predicts 15 million additional pay TV subscribers between 2020 and 2026, which would take the global total to 1.02 billion.

Between 2020 and 2026, 92 countries will add pay TV subscribers and 46 count...

Disney+ to use Amazon service for global expansion

Disney+ to use Amazon service for global expansion

With AWS as its preferred public cloud infrastructure provider, The Walt Disney Company leverages AWS’s proven global infrastructure to improve performance and reliability for Disney+ as the streaming service continues to scale globally.

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com...

Disney+Hotstar hopes it can keep IPL as it’s ‘critical’

Disney+Hotstar hopes it can keep IPL as it’s ‘critical’

In a cricket-crazy nation where despite pandemic-related issues viewership of the 14th edition of IPL cricket was steady --- first two weeks attracted 105 million unique viewers watching 17 matches, according to BARC India data --- no wonder Disney is hoping to retain the broadcast rights when it comes up for renewal...