OTT Information Weekly Summary (9.18-9.24)


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Apple TV market share is fourth, behind Roku, Fire TV and Chromecast

A few days ago, market research company Parks Associates released a report that Apple's Apple TV market share in American households fell to 15% from January to March this year. In contrast, Roku’s market share increased to 37% in the first quarter, and Amazon Fire TV and Google Chromecast’s market share were 24% and 18%, respectively. In addition, the Apple TV cost-effectively defeated Roku and Fire TV.

South Korean Government Plus Code Semiconductor Panel Industry Samsung LG Expansion

According to the Yonhap News Agency, the South Korean government announced on Monday that South Korea’s major semiconductor and display manufacturers plan to invest a total of 51.9 trillion won (approximately US$45.8 billion) in the Korean domestic market by 2024 to stimulate the Korean economy and create jobs. In addition, LG Display, the world's largest LCD panel maker, said it plans to invest 15 trillion won in the next three years to build an OLED panel factory in Gyeonggi-do and Gyeongsangbuk-do.

U.S. Set-Top Boxes Manufacturer Roku Announces Up to $219 Million U.S. IPO

On Sept. 19, Roku, a streaming media set-top box manufacturer in the United States, plans to raise up to 219 million U.S. dollars in its initial public offering (IPO). According to the latest regulatory filings filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Roku and the offering shareholders are selling 15.7 million Roku shares, of which Roku sold 9 million shares at a range of US$12 to US$14 per share. The company stated that the IPO proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes including R&D and marketing.

LG SteamVR head with wand controller design debut

In a recent VR event held in South Korea, the SVVR Twitter account discovered the appearance of the LG SteamVR helmet and released photos. The LG VR has a clamshell screen design. In the motion controller, LG also gave up the motion controller design of Vive or Oculus Rift, using the wand design.

Microsoft Sydney will hold an exclusive Xbox One X show on September 24

September 18 news, according to foreign media reports, from Microsoft Xbox one x listed two months, but since the pre-sale, the game console has become the fastest selling Xbox in history. In order to satisfy the player's expectations for the game console, Microsoft Sydney decided to hold an exclusive Xbox One X show on September 24th.

Microsoft no longer holds annual hardware conference this year to focus on AR and VR

Microsoft issued an invitation to hold a conference focusing on AR and VR in San Francisco on October 3. Microsoft Technical Researcher Alex Kipman will deliver a keynote speech. Kipman invented the HoloLens "holographic" helmet, which is currently available to developers for $3,000.

First iPhone 8/Apple TV 4K/Apple Watch 3 Orders Shipped

According to foreign media reports, Apple has started to grab orders for the first batch of iPhone 8, Apple TV 4K, and Apple Watch Series 3 from customers before September 22 (this Friday), which was originally promised. Interested users can enter the order-related mobile phone number on the UPS web page to search. However, the number of new Apple TV 4K set-top boxes is limited. The 64GB version is more popular than 32GB, and the delivery date for many orders has been postponed to October.

LG applies for new VR screen patent: it can reduce screen effect

According to the recent disclosure of patent applications, LG is trying to solve one of the most important issues: the screen's screen effect. This patent was published last week and describes a screen that “can reduce the screen effect”, which can improve the quality of images in VR.

Japanese media: Toshiba's chip business falls in the United States and South Korea consortium, Terry Gou died out

According to the Japan Economic News, Japan’s Toshiba Corporation held a board meeting on the morning of September 20 and decided to sell the chip subsidiary to the Japan-US-South Korea consortium led by Bain Capital. The previous partners, the Western Digital Corporation and the newly-initiated Hon Hai Company, regretted being out. According to reports, the determination of the specific acquisition funds and the signing of the final agreement will still take some time. Once Toshiba has signed a definitive agreement with the Japan-US-South Korea consortium, it will immediately stop negotiations with Western Digital and Hon Hai.

Netflix Emmy lost but has the best user word of mouth

At the just-concluded 69th U.S. TV Emmy Awards, Netflix once again missed the most important "Best TV Series" awards. But according to the latest report from Mark Mahaney, an analyst at Royal Bank of Canada, Netflix is ​​still suppressing its competitors with excellent content in the highly competitive global streaming media market. On Monday, Netflix’s share price rose by 0.73%, and this year's cumulative increase has reached 44.03%.

The strongest game host country Xbox One X is released

On the morning of September 20, Microsoft announced on the official microblogging the price and date of sale of the Xbox One X. The Bank of China sells for 3999 yuan. The limited edition of the Xbox One X Project Scorpio of the Bank of China will be booked on October 19th 1 month later (sale price is also 3999 yuan). The regular version will be accepted on November 1st. Finally, it will be released globally on November 7th.

Xbox business executive promoted to vice president, Microsoft or increase investment in game business

September 21 news, Microsoft's Xbox game director Phil Spencer has joined the company's senior leadership team (SLT), and become the company's executive vice president, which may mean that the company is the game as an integral part of its core strategy. Industry insiders speculated that Microsoft may increase investment in the game business.

Microsoft has approved the production of an initial Xbox handle replica

According to Microsoft Xbox co-founder Seamus Blackley on the social network, Microsoft formally approved the reissue release plan of the initial Xbox handle, and officially named it "New Duke." Microsoft will collaborate with Hyperkin, a peripheral manufacturer, to re-engrave the super big handle codenamed “The Duke” on the original Xbox, and will restore the elements of the initial generation gamepad to the greatest extent.

Comcast or Give Up OTT Short Video Platform Watchable

Comcast confirmed that it will no longer produce original content for the OTT short video platform, Watchable, and will significantly reduce the scale of the video platform that it has operated for two years. Jamie Gillingham, Comcast's vice president of strategic development, said: "We are learning from others' lessons and shifting Watchable's strategic focus to converged Xfinity TV platform content." It is reported that Comcast will not completely shut down the Watchable platform yet.

Netflix Indicted for $1 Billion Using Narcos Trademark

According to foreign media reports, Netflix is ​​caught in a trademark dispute caused by its hit drama Narcos. Roberto De Jesus Escobar Gaviria, Columbia brother Pablo Escobar’s brother, claimed Netflix had committed alleged intellectual property violations and demanded that he pay $1 billion.

OLED camp eager to expand LG Guangzhou factory started

According to Lu Xiangde, president of LG Display, the OLED display factory currently under construction in LG Display is expected to be put into production in the first half of 2019. This is the company’s first and only OLED production line overseas. The LCD panel production line previously built by LG Display in Guangzhou was mass produced four years ago.

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Mango TV Debuts IPTV Smart One Machine

On September 19th, Mango TV and China Telecom Hunan, CCTV, and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. sponsored the "2017 Hunan IPTV 'Heavy i' Big Video Wisdom Ecology Conference' held in Changsha. Mango TV was released at the conference. The IPTV intelligent integrated machine customized by Hunan Telecom in depth cooperation – love mango TV, wingmang, and Hunan Hunan IPTV brand new intelligent EPG Zhiyun UI and other heavyweight products and technologies.

Oriental Pearl New Media Stock Company and Shaanxi Radio and TV Group reached strategic cooperation

On the morning of September 19th, Oriental Pearl New Media Co., Ltd. and Shaanxi Radio and TV Group held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony. The two parties will be in the areas of network collaboration, smart space, new media and financial media, television shopping, cultural and tourism real estate, and capital operations. Collaborate in many ways.

South New Media and Sohu Video Establish Internet TV Joint Venture Company

Recently, Guangdong Southern New Media Co., Ltd. and Sohu Video Co., Ltd. jointly established the Internet TV joint venture company Guangdong Nanxun Feihu Technology Co., Ltd. to jointly develop the Internet TV business. The newly established joint venture company will rely on Sohu's video program content and distribution capabilities and resources to launch the “Cloud Vision Entertainment TV” TV client product based on the “Joyroom TV” cooperation.

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LeTV reached reconciliation with more than 50 suppliers to solve the debt of more than 100 million yuan

On September 18th, according to the relevant person in charge of LeEco Holdings, more than 50 LeTV mobile suppliers sent a letter of collective signature to LeTV, arguing that Jia Yueting and LeTV Holdings continued to perform “due diligently” under the financial crisis. The promise is enough to play and the message can be overcome by LeTV. On Friday, Jia Yueting appeared in Hong Kong. Insiders speculated that this may be closely related to Jia Yueting's progress in making breakthroughs in Hong Kong's financing, and it is possible to reach a debt repayment scheme with more than 50 suppliers under tight funding conditions.

Abandon millions of tournament fees! LeTV and LeTV are sued for breach of contract

On September 19th, according to Haidian court news, WTA and snooker events caused disputes. LeTV.com and LeTV.com were breached by the five-star company and asked LeTV.net to pay a copyright fee of 1 million yuan and the corresponding late fee. LeTV Sports Co., Ltd. assumes joint and several liability. . At present, this case is under further investigation.

Tencent's video, Hershey's store builds a one-stop social entertainment

On September 16th, Tencent’s video of Hershey's Lights at the Pan-Feng Entertainment Quality Store held a grand opening ceremony on the 6th floor of Zhuoyue Meeting, Meilin, Shenzhen. Based on this understanding, the opening of Hershey's store in the lighthouse brings together multi-advantageous resources and high-end equipment, and integrates new entertainment modes such as micro-theaters, mobile games, e-sports, and live broadcasts to create new entertainment social scenes and experiences. Hershey's store will rely on Tencent's video and music games to enrich genuine video and game IP resources, reflecting another breakthrough in Tencent's video-based entertainment.

Summer's "You Ai Teng" Three Competitions and Youku Series account for nearly half of the market share

In this year's summer drama drama market, the video website's Big Three "Youyi Teng" refreshed a new high of traffic, contributing 31.5 billion plays to 60 webcasts, accounting for 94% of the total summer traffic. Among them, Youku series accounted for 49% of summer traffic and became the biggest winner in the summer holiday.

ChinaFlood.com, Fenghuang.com win exclusive right of video broadcasting in China.com

A few days ago, Fenghuangwang Sports Channel (hereinafter referred to as Fenghuangwang Sports) and the China Tennis Open (hereinafter referred to as ChinaNet) officially reached a strategic cooperation agreement. Both parties will cooperate in the short video of ChinaNet. Fenghuangwang Sports will become the 2017 China Net. The exclusive short video broadcasting platform will be dedicated to the fans in the three platforms of Phoenix News Client, PC-side Phoenix Website, and Mobile Phone Phoenix Network to provide a more enjoyable viewing experience.

LeTV browser was found to have lost 200,000 due to unfair competition

On September 19th, LeTV made use of Youku.com to provide free videos to the iPhone without a SMD advertising service. It actively changed the UA when the Android-based LeTV browser visited Youku, and changed the settings to the iPhone logo to shield Youku. The network's SMD ads were brought to court by Youku.com, the operator of Youku.com. It is understood that the People's Court of Haidian District, Beijing made a verdict on the case and ruled that LeTV would constitute unfair competition and ordered that it should not change the setting of the UA (User-Agent) user interface. Iphone side, and compensate the company 200,000 yuan. It is reported that at present, LeTV company has filed an appeal.

August mobile video market: iQIYI APP breaks 600 million monthly, fast-moving users exceed LeTV

According to the latest Ereli mUT data, in August 2017, China Mobile video independent devices reached 1.06 billion units, and iQiyi APP had 610 million monthly independent devices, accounting for 57% of total mobile video users, and it was also the only monthly independent device. Over 600 million video brands. Tencent Video and Youku respectively ranked 570 million and 360 million in the number two and three. Short video continued to break out. Faster hands exceeded LeTV video with 140 million monthly unique devices, ranking fourth.

Aiming at the new air outlet, Ali Big Entertainment accelerated integration with Barley

Nearly six months after the acquisition of Damai, Alibaba Culture and Entertainment Group (hereinafter referred to as “Alibaba Grand Entertainment”) has accelerated the integration with Barley. The direction is aimed at the new enthusiasm of live entertainment brought about by the upgrade of culture and entertainment consumption. On September 19th, Ali Entertainment Entertainment Group was formally established. It includes three major business brands: Damai, MaiLive and Maizu. Alibaba Group Vice President, Alibaba Music and Damainet CEO Zhang Yu concurrently served as CEO of Ali Entertainment Entertainment Group.

LeTV Sports will be changed by Yi Jia Jia Yueting to sell almost all shares

September 21 news: The first two days of LeTV and LeTV Sports had just been adjudged by the arrears defendant to the court. Now LeTV Sports has a new trend to show that it will change hands and no longer belong to Jia Yueting. According to reports, Jia Yueting, the largest shareholder of LeTV Sports, has signed an “Equity Transfer Agreement” with new investors and transferred most of the LeTV Sports shares held in his hands. It is reported that Jia Yueting holds a 30.66% stake in LeTV Sports. After the transaction is completed, the new investor will become the largest shareholder of LeTV Sports.

Jia Yueting borrows music video network but cool cash

Recently, LeTV.com's 2017 semi-annual follow-up report issued by LeTV.com's zhongde securities company revealed that, since 2015, the maximum amount of Jia Yueting’s reduced holdings of loans to listed companies was 4.716 billion yuan, and the accumulated amount was 11.344 billion yuan. . In the first half of the year, Jia Yueting did not follow the previous pledge to continue to lend funds to listed companies for use under LeTV. Sino-German Securities said that considering the recent freeze of Jia Yueting’s assets, Jia Yueting’s future commitments are extremely uncertain.

Iqiyi Joins ICBC in Building a New Model of Consumer Experience in Entertainment and Finance

On September 22, IGI and the ICBC Business Cooperation Conference were held. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China formally entered into business cooperation with iQIYI, and the two sides will carry out multi-dimensional and cross-border linkages. The resources include VIP member value-added services, peripheral derivative products of movies and television, and intelligent hardware experience. The cooperation between iqiyi and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has realized the connection between the two groups of high-quality users. It will further open up the consumption of financial and entertainment services and provide high-quality "entertainment + finance" services for both parties in pursuit of quality of life. , Build a new model of consumer experience in entertainment and finance.

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Millet TV 919 big promotion across the board

Following the announcement that the price of the upstream panel has been reduced since September 1, after reducing the price of Xiaomi TV's 4A full range of products, on September 19 from 0:00 to 23 September 23:59, the millet TV 3s, Xiaomi TV 4 Each series of smart TVs, such as Xiaomi TV 4A, will open a five-day new round of large-scale price reduction promotions, as well as multiple benefits such as the gift of Xiaomi Television's children's membership card.

HPL joins Sharp to bring players a cool experience

Recently, Sharp, a well-known electrical and electronic brand, has announced that it has reached cooperation with HPL and becomes the HPL's chief partner. As the consumer market tends to be younger, Sharpe hopes to have more contact and resonance with young users. Therefore, the HPL who has mastered a large number of young viewers has become the best choice for Sharp.

HTC VR-one or Vive Focus is expected to be released at the end of the year

According to a recent HTC patent, this stand-alone virtual reality headset may be named Vive Focus. This device is a "head-mounted display" and has been approved by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the European Union Intellectual Property Office. Currently, except for HTC Vive, the company has no other similar products, so Vive Focus should be the final name of this independent head. It is reported that Vive Focus is expected to be released at the end of the year, but it is still unclear about the specific date and price.


Backing Suning to fight price war shuffling to PPTV low price fierce battle TV market

Recently, the PPTV smart TV has become the focus of a free-to-play national football World Cup Asian 12 round of China vs. Qatar. In 2017, PPTV TV will take 5 major leagues and continue to deepen the layout of sports content. According to the official customer service office of PPTV TV, the offline sales channel of PPTV TV is mainly Suning, which covers the vast majority of stores in Suning.

Skyworth on the list of the most valuable companies in globalization

On September 15th, the "2017 Business School Magazine Business Leaders Summit Forum" co-organized by the "Business School" magazine and the China Executive Club was held at the Shangri-La Hotel, Beijing. Skyworth was awarded the Most Valuable Global Enterprise Award. The evaluation dimension is: It has the ability to adapt to changes in the global environment, and has core competitiveness, market share, and brand influence in the international market. Only five companies such as Skyworth, Alibaba and L'Oreal China have won this award. Skyworth is the only home appliance company listed on the list.

Coocaa and the first "Smart Screen Ecological Laboratory" of the Communication University of China officially listed

On the afternoon of September 18th, the first smart big screen new ecological laboratory established by Shenzhen Kukai Network Technology Co., Ltd. and the Communication University of China was officially listed in Beijing. It is reported that the main purpose of the establishment of the laboratory is to explore, research and apply important aspects of the smart screen ecology, including advertising marketing, content integration operations, business product optimization, and terminal optimization and promotion.

Storm escalation of AI2.0 leads AI TV to a new stage

On September 20, 2017, Storm AI TV held a new product launch event at the Beijing Aoya Exhibition Center with the theme of “AI 2.0 response”. It announced that Storm AI TV formally entered the 2.0 stage and became the first assistant in family artificial intelligence. Fully upgrade product experience. At present, with the AI ​​2.0 storm AI TV new products - Storm X4 ECHO and Storm AI 5A full range of products have been in the storm TV official website, JD flagship store, Tmall flagship store to start an appointment, two 55-inch priced at 3499 yuan , starting special offer, to hand the price: 2999 yuan, will be officially opened since 00:00 on September 25 to buy.

Millet TV 919 won the Jingdong Tmall double first, sit on the Internet TV top spot

The latest data show that: 919 days, Xiaomi TV won the first online sales, Jingdong, Tmall TV category sales first. Among them, the Jingdong platform millet TV 4A 55” received the full model sales and sales; the millet TV 4A 32” and 49” won the first segment sales and sales. Tmall platform, Xiaomi TV 4A series 32”, 43”, 49”, and 55” took the first sales volume in four sizes. Millet TV has become a new leader in Internet TV.

Storm TV wins RMB 400 million investment, such as Dongxin, valuation of 3 billion

On the 20th, Stormwind Group issued an announcement saying that the company has entered into Shenzhen Rufeng Junshuai Technology Co., Ltd. with one of the potential counterparties, such as Dongxin Xinkai Industrial Investment Fund Management Center, to sign Rudong Xinhao Industrial Investment Fund Management Center (Limited Partnership) about Shenzhen. Storm Commander Technology Co., Ltd. Increased Capital Intention Agreement. According to the preliminary agreement, the storm commander had a pre-investment valuation of 3 billion yuan, and if Dongxinxin invested 400 million yuan, it accounted for approximately 13.33% of the equity interest. Because the storm commander is a business entity of Stormwind TV, it also means that storm TV B round financing was finalized. In August last year, Stormwind TV completed a Series A financing of 200 million, with a valuation of up to 2 billion yuan.

Panasonic Joins Cool Open System Smart TV to Unify Process

The "Family" of the Cool Open System added another member of the international giants - Panasonic Smart TV started to fully deploy the Cool Open System 6.0. It is reported that the cool open system has attracted the attention of the entire industry with its rich large content and excellent user operation experience, and has led the trend of the smart TV system industry. More and more television manufacturers began to cooperate with Cool Co., Panasonic, Skyworth, Philips and other companies are on the list.

Quantum dot LED TV sales are worrying: Samsung is ready to open up the core technology of the panel

According to a report by the Korea Business Daily, Samsung has decided to open its own cadmium-free QLED panel production technology, hoping to encourage more manufacturers to enter and expand the market. It is reported that Samsung is the only company that has mastered and can produce cadmium-free QLED panels. Therefore, it is expensive and severely restricts popularization. The current manufacturers of OLED panels are Changhong, Konka, LG, Panasonic, Sony, Philips, Skyworth, Grundig and Loewe.

TCL Acquires 10% of China Star Optoelectronics to Be Accredited to Accelerate Business Integration

On September 21, TCL Group resumed trading formally. The reason for its recent suspension was that the China Securities Regulatory Commission reviewed the company’s acquisition plan. As early as July, TCL Group planned to acquire a 10.04% stake in its China Star Optoelectronics. Specifically, TCL Group purchased a 10.04% stake in China Star Optoelectronics, which was held by Changjiang Hanwing, Xingyu Limited, Lin Zhouxing, Lin Zhouxing, Lin Zhouxingyuan and Lin Zhouxing, in aggregate through the issuance of shares. The transaction price was RMB 4.034 billion. On the evening of September 20, TCL Group issued an announcement that the restructuring has been approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission. Right now, TCL is undergoing a new round of changes, whether it is the business focus, personnel appointment or organizational structure, have made corresponding adjustments.

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It is also non-Cloud Zhonghua Media interactive live broadcasting platform leasing project

In September 2017, Yunfei successfully won the bid for the interactive live platform rental project of Hua Digital Media Network Co., Ltd., which opened the curtain for in-depth cooperation with Hua Digital Media. Non-Cloud Mobile Internet TV solution based on mobile Internet and real-time video perfectly meets the new live internet broadcast service such as event live broadcasting and live show broadcasting of Hua Digital Media's innovation, which helps Hua Digital Media's Internet-oriented business development and in-depth development. According to reports, the project uses SaaS services that are not cloud public cloud platforms to implement basic live broadcast service functions such as source access, cloud broadcast control, live broadcast management, interactive service management, and content stream distribution, and further provide secure broadcasts and channels. Monitoring, data analysis and other enhanced service functions.

Huawei Launches Envision Hybrid Video Service Solution

Huawei, an ICT solution provider, introduced Envision video solutions for cable operators. This solution can improve the capabilities of hybrid video services and enable an all-IP transformation of video services. It is understood that Envision video solutions can not only enable consumers to obtain personalized multi-screen hybrid video services anywhere on different devices, but also provide new immersive 4K and 8K ultra-high-definition video, 360-degree video, and AR/VR. Video experience.

This year, the OTT Leaders Summit has comprehensively upgraded the industrial chain and integrated "TV+AI+4K/8K+Entertainment+Education+Shopping+Advertisement" to create a "big screen event" exclusively for TV people. This summit is divided into two major themes:

OTT New Media Trend Forum: Invites BesTV/Future TV/HuaDai Media/CIBN Internet TV/Mango TV/Galaxy Internet TV/South New Media Seven OTT Licensing Companies, and Ali/Tencent/IQIYI/Sohu/LeTV/ 7 large OTT platforms such as PPTV/Youpupule and 20 TV and TV APP companies participated in the summit. The 7 largest licensees, the leaders of video sites, and the Internet have entered the family giant to discuss how OTT can lead home entertainment.

Video Innovation Forum: Inviting Hisense/Haier/TCL/Konka/Changhong/Skyworth/Samsung/LG/Panasonic/Sony/Sharp/Philips/Lexi/Infik/YiDian/Sydiko TV and Set Top Box Terminals Manufacturers, as well as emerging artificial intelligence terminals and application companies such as Xiaomi/Whale/Lenovo/Looking/Storm/Vision/YI+, discuss the future family dividends and discuss the application direction of artificial intelligence.

The guests of the OTT conference covered the entire OTT large-screen ecological chain. More than 400 industry leaders gathered in Shanghai every November to discuss the direction of the future big screen.

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