local ott platforms strengthen collaborations to dominate entertainment landscape

Local OTT platforms strengthen collaborations to dominate entertainment landscape

Local over-the-top (OTT) platforms are stepping up their game amid the changing landscape of the entertainment industry.
ott market sees fierce competition

OTT market sees fierce competition

The competition between over-the-top services providers has been increasingly fierce, with fresh players joining the market.
viettel launches its ott service

Viettel launches its OTT service

Viettel Telecom, a member company of the Viettel Group, on April 20 launched its own over-the-top (OTT) service that provides free Internet-based calls and messaging to users.
local ott looks to win on home turf

Local OTT looks to win on home turf 

Over-the-top consumption has been increasing for the past few years on the back of increased smartphone usage, inexpensive data, and improved internet penetration – and unprecedented social distancing measures have come as a boon to such platforms, especially local ones stepping up their game to capture a larger share of the lucrative market.
ott takes advantage of cinema slump

OTT takes advantage of cinema slump

National social distancing measures are dragging CGV and other cineplexes down, causing substantital losses. However, over-the-top services operating online like Netflix have greatly profited from the crisis, especially since they have yet to observe their tax obligations in Vietnam.
ott to star at hennessy concert series

Ott to star at Hennessy Concert Series

German artist Mona Asuka Ott will hit the right notes at the upcoming Hennessy Concert Series in Vietnam in June.
tax hammer falling on foreign ott apps

Tax hammer falling on foreign OTT apps

The Vietnamese government is taking further measures to force compliance out of overseas over-the-top platforms.
ott not the core business for mobile network operators

OTT not the core business for mobile network operators

Nguyen Viet Dung, CEO of Viettel Telecom, noted that it is small firms, such as Zalo, not large mobile network operators like Viettel, which are now leading the OTT (over the top) market.
ott services spark tension with major telcos

OTT services spark tension with major telcos

Vietnam is ready to support the development of flourishing over-the-top (OTT) services, whereas telecom companies are frowning upon the free services.
millions of usd lost every month from unlicensed ott apps

Millions of USD lost every month from unlicensed OTT apps

About 50,000 people use unlicensed OTT apps on Android box a month, according to some estimates. Collecting fees through scratch cards, the unlicensed apps may earn billions of dong of illicit profits.
vn television requests ott suppliers to conform to copyright law

VN Television requests OTT suppliers to conform to copyright law

The national television channel VTV is still not ready to provide VTV-produced TV channels on the internet as it needs to carefully consider technical solutions to copyright protection, according to a VTV Digital representative.
vietnam proposes stricter regulations for ott apps like zalo telegram

Vietnam proposes stricter regulations for OTT apps like Zalo, Telegram

The burgeoning adoption of over-the-top (OTT) telecommunications services like Zalo, Viber, and Telegram poses a grave concern, as the existing legal framework fails to provide adequate governance, jeopardising the rights, safety, and security of users' sensitive information, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications.
video contest still in the frame

Video contest still in the frame

German-backed Siemens Vietnam has decided to prolong its video contest about sustainability for Vietnamese students to August 31, 2011.
social video becomes the new normal

Social video becomes the new normal

In recent years, video content has become more and more attractive to users. This lead to the popularity of platforms and apps like Facebook allowing video consumers to watch and create their own video content. COVID-19 has forced economies and societies to adapt to a new normal, where social video truly ascends to the throne.
a video snapshot of sustainability

A video snapshot of sustainability

Siemens Group has just launched a green video clip contest to raise young people’s awareness of sustainability.