Mansha Daswani

YouTube’s usage and revenues are growing rapidly in Asia, Robert Kyncl, the video sharing site’s chief business officer, told delegates at APOS today.

OTT service Viu now has 6 million monthly active users across its markets in Asia and the Middle East, up 50 percent from its user base in November 2016.

Entertainment One’s Polly Williams and Jude Troy presented the company’s new scripted projects and discussed expansion into the U.K. and Australia in a Series Mania session moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati in Paris today.

While its subscriber growth slowed in Q1 2017, Netflix ended the period with a total of 98.7 million streaming memberships, consisting of 50.8 million in the U.S. and 47.9 million internationally.

Participants were treated to sunny skies, Croisette glamor and some 25 drama screenings, while distributors kept newsfeeds humming with deals across a wealth of genres.

Ampere Analysis data from Europe and North America finds that rather than shedding their pay-TV services, consumers are "doubling up" with subscriptions to pay TV, VOD and SVOD platforms.

Some 10,500 delegates, including 3,800 buyers and 1,500 exhibiting companies from about 100 countries, were in Cannes for MIPTV this week, according to organizer Reed MIDEM.

Amazon Prime is set to deliver a live OTT digital stream of Thursday Night Football following an agreement with the National Football League (NFL).

Rikard Steiber, the president of Viveport at HTC Vive, discussed opportunities for VR content with World Screen’s Anna Carugati during a MIPTV keynote.

NEW YORK: After weeks of speculation, Viacom has officially named Jim Gianopulos as chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures, effective April 3.