J’son & Partners Consulting - Operators OTT Market – Pay TV Services in Russia
J’son & Partners Consulting presents brief results of the research: Operator OTT Market – Pay TV Services in Russia, Results of 1H2014 & Forecast till 2018.
Operator OTT Segment
There is a possibility that new market segment will appear on Russian Pay TV Market - Operators OTT Market Segment or Pay TV OTT market. In terms of this research, OTT operators are companies, which launched in commercial use Pay TV services via OTT-device. This new segment is not being regulated by the government yet, as, for example, Cable TV. In Russia OTT operators on Pay TV market do not need special licenses, and content rights are being purchased not for cable broadcast but for content distribution via Internet.
Service is considered as operators OTT on the Pay TV market if:
Operators devices (STB) is needed for provision of services;
Paid services are being provided under subscription model.