MediaMelon, a company based in San Francisco and focused on content-aware streaming, announced that Brazil’s Telecine SVOD OTT has deployed its SmartPlay OTT streaming optimization platform to deliver a better video Quality of Experience (QoE) with lower content delivery costs despite an unprecedented surge in new subscribers and viewing hours that the Brazilian platform is [...]
To commemorate the end of the year, the Brazilian SVOD OTT Telecine Play, Telecine platform, the Globo Group’s premium channels network, launched a new offer that allows the OTT subscribers to pay a 50% less of their monthly subscription. According to the measure, the platform’s basic plan will cost R$ 11,90 (USD 2.88) per month [...]
In an effort to more closely align with priorities for future consolidated strategies against piracy, the organization Alianza (Contra Pirateria de Television Paga) announced its restructuring with the creation of an executive board of officers. The executive board will be comprised of members from DirecTV, Discovery, ESPN, FOX and Turner, a group of content providers, [...]
The Brazilian company Oi presented new features in its Oi Play VOD platform, available for iOS and Android devices. The application now has the ‘Pra Trocar’ update, which allows subscribers to choose which OTT content they want to add to their plan. The system works through virtual currencies called ‘plays’, and lasts for 30 days. [...]
Brazilian satellite pay TV operator Sky has expanded its prepaid channel packages catalog with different time periods and programming. The Digital Package, with a 30-day duration and 47 channels, has a cost of USD 4.8 per month, while the Premium option, with 191 channels in HD, amounts to USD 28.3 monthly. There are also recharge [...]
