TVB launches OTT, partners Elemental for content delivery services

Television Broadcasts (TVB) has introduced an over-the-top service, GOTV, in Hong Kong. It is priced at HKD59 (USD7.61) per month and HKD499 (USD64.36) for a year. TVB has roped in Elemental Technologies to deploy Elemental software-defined video solutions on the OTT platform for content delivery services.

Initially, GOTV will offer over 350 drama series i.e. 10,000 episodes in total. TVB plans to add more drama series gradually. TVB aims to captivate over 100,000 subscribers to the service by the end of this year and break even in one or two years, stated Cheong Shin-keong, General Manager of TVB.

Elemental software processes and manages live linear broadcast channels in real time for TVB’s OTT content delivery service. Mediatech (International) Ltd is overseeing integration and configuration of Elemental video processing for TVB.http://nextvasia.com/5-otts/tvb-launches-ott-partners-elemental-for-content-delivery-services/?utm_campaign=NexTV+Latam+daily+Newsletter&utm_content=TVB+launches+OTT%2C+partners+Elemental+for+cont+%28nextvasia%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=getresponse