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Guest Article: Success in SVOD Starts with Subscription Billing

The market for streaming video on demand (SVOD) is growing fast. A new report from Research and Markets predicted 306 million homes will use SVOD by 2020, up from an anticipated 161 million by the end of 2015. Moreover, by 2020, global SVOD revenue will reach $26,794 million, which is more than twice the total revenue expected in 2015. Many companies will successfully take advantage of this growing market, but others won’t make the cut. What makes a SVOD business successful?

Netflix Rolls Out to 43 More Countries

Netflix continues its international expansion, bringing its streaming service to 43 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The rolling launch campaign began in Brazil on Sept. 5 and will continue for a week.

Fox Movie Mall virtual storefronts offer QR code mobile shopping

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Taubman Centers have collaborated to establish Fox Movie Mall virtual storefronts, an upgrade from DVD vending machines that incorporate considerable marketing pizzazz for the studio’s Fox Movie Mall app.

StackMob Lands $7.5 Million for Mobile App Cloud Platform

San Francisco - StackMob, the provider of a platform for developing and managing mobile applications in the cloud, announced on Monday that it has...

DirecTV Delivers NFL to PS3 and Android

Sony has announced a deal with satellite TV provider DirecTV that lets fans get the premium NFL Sunday Ticket package using a PlayStation 3...

MSNBC.com Buys BreakingNews.com Domain

New York - MSNBC.com, the network and website joint venture between Microsoft and NBC, has purchased the domain BreakingNews.com, PaidContent reported. Last year, the company took over...

Hulu Kicks Off Original Content with Morgan Spurlock

Hulu has chosen as its first original television-style series A Day in the Life, a six-episode documentary by Morgan Spurlock, his producing...

PepsiCo Picks Ten Startups to Mentor

PepsiCo has named the ten European startups that will make up the PepsiCo10, the company’s program for discovering and supporting emerging technology companies. These startups will work on pilot marketing initiatives with some of PepsiCo's leading brands.

GameStop to Acquire Online Games Publisher Kongregate

Grapevine, Texas - Video game retail store chain GameStop announced on Tuesday that it will acquire online game publisher Kongregate. Financial terms of the transaction were...

'Mongrels' Gets a Visa to Appear on Hulu [with trailer]

Following Hulu’s success with the British sci-fi series "Misfits," the streaming service and BBC Worldwide America today announced a deal to bring BBC3’s "Mongrels" to the United States exclusively through Hulu and Hulu Plus.