The era of residential gigabit-speed broadband services is upon us, and the way in which broadband is publicized, promoted, and sold has already begun to change.
Brynhild Vinskei – OTT taking centre stage
The television experience is changing before our eyes and morphing to fit today’s viewers and their viewing habits.
Broadband’s New Race to the Top
Google’s recent acquisition of Webpass shows that the competitive race for consumer broadband services in the US is far from over. In fact, Google’s move beyond organic growth suggests that […]
Taking Security to New Heights: How the Cloud Is Making TV More Secure
Cloud computing is a growing industry that allows businesses and individuals to store data on the internet and access it anywhere. But the cloud isn’t just useful for sharing files and getting more storage, writes Christopher Schouten.
Updating the AV Directive: analysing the Commission’s proposal
The European Commission’s wide-ranging Digital Single Market Strategy has attracted both acclaim and criticism over the last 18 months, the latter especially from the audio-visual industry.
Speakers’ Corner: Dramatic shift in content distribution
We’re currently witnessing some tectonic shifts in the way TV content (namely linear TV channels) is being distributed, says Christian Knaebel.
Peter Charissé: TV versus Amazon and Netflix: Making the Case for Timeshift Television
Traditional linear television will continue to be successful even in the media world dominated by online.
Martin Ornass-Kubacki: The Sat>IP solution
Martin Ornass-Kubacki, VP and chief regional officer of SES in CEE, looks at how Sat>IP can reduce operators’ costs.
Simon Murray: A quarter of UK homes pay for SVOD
UK audience measurement body BARB recently released its first UK TV Landscape Report. The report estimated that 24% of UK households paid for an SVOD platform by end-2015, up from […]
David Souhami: Content Storage now a critical differentiator for broadband and pay TV operators
Personal storage has emerged as a valuable service in a world where the digitization of private data has become critical. However current solutions face conflicting requirements between privacy, data backup, […]