PCCW Media has raised US$110 million from Hony Capital, Foxconn and Temasek, who become investors of its international OTT services, including Viu. The investment hands the investors around 18% of shares in PPC unit PCCW OTT, which will use the cash on production of original content, and further allow the company to build and develop […]
Asian OTT service Viu has launched in Indonesia, as its streaming rival Netflix experiences problems in the country. Viu is run by Hong Kong-based telco PCCW and is largely programmed with regional content. The catalogue is about 15,000 hours. It has already rolled out in Malaysia, India, Hong Kong and Singapore and has now inked […]
Indian digital services Hungama and Vuclip have bought drama packages from BBC Worldwide, which will pave the way for War and Peace and Doctor Foster in the country. Digital channel Hungama has bought a selection of Worldwide’s scripted shows including thriller Prey and comedy drama Not Safe for Work. It has also snagged sci-fi comedy […]
Hong Kong-based telco and pay TV operator PCCW made an aggressive OTT play this October when it launched the Viu service. Building on the mobile VOD Vuclip platform, which PCCW acquired earlier this year, Viu will be pan-regional OTT offer, programmed with first-run Korean and Asian series. With Netflix on the horizon and the Asian […]
Viu, a new OTT service from Asian telco PCCW, has launched in Hong Kong with further roll outs throughout Asia and the Middle East planned. The new service launched this week and PCCW said it will now progressively hit other Asian territories including India. It will, the telco added, also launch across the Middle East. […]
