Viewpoint: Why TV Operators Need to go OTT April 13^th 2016 - 08:30 PM

Television viewers continue to “cut the cord” to their expensive cable and satellite subscriptions, while moving to adopt OTT services. TV operators need to adapt to these new viewer habits to get and stay ahead of the competition.

EU Reaches Out to Mobile Industry Over Converged AV Services Under 5G March 1^st 2016 - 11:35 AM

Compromise is in the air between the broadcasting and cellular industries in the wake of the recent Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona. This was highlighted in a presentation by Günther Oettinger, EU (European Union) commissioner for the Digital Economy & Society, who urged the broadcasting and broadband sectors

Live Premium OTT is Not Quite There February 15^th 2016 - 10:00 AM

Live OTT has been the butt of various recent announcements focusing on security, quality and synchronization with traditional broadcast signals over satellite, digital terrestrial, cable or multicast IPTV. The goal is to enable delivery of premium content including TV shows and news but especially live sports to multiscreen devices at

Delivering Live OTT Content: How to Leverage ABR Technologies to Your Advantage February 4^th 2016 - 06:00 PM

According to a 2015 study from Digital TV Research, global OTT TV and video revenues will reach $51.1 billion in 2020.

“Live is King” in OTT January 28^th 2016 - 03:09 PM

Despite the explosion in Over-the-Top (OTT) in the last year or so, it is still linear TV that attracts the majority of viewers by a long way. One of the major drawbacks of OTT has been its failure to address and capitalize on live content in a way that traditional

Strategies for Secure OTT Video in a Multiscreen World January 8^th 2016 - 01:50 PM

OTT video service providers are facing huge stresses on their business. Irdeto has laid out a strategy that takes as much advantage as possible of standards while minimizing and isolating complexity.

Securing the Future of Pay TV Analytics January 8^th 2016 - 12:05 PM

The TV industry is undergoing seismic change with the rapid increase in multiscreen viewing to the partial detriment of the big screen and the corresponding arrival of new threats and opportunities. Some of the threats are competitive but others are security related. Some of the latter are specific to TV,

IPTV Catches Cord Cutting Chill December 29^th 2015 - 10:00 AM

Now it is the turn of IPTV operators to feel the pinch of cord cutting in the US while their cable competitors are holding firmer against the OTT onslaught. At one time IPTV was seen as the new wave undercutting the legacy satellite and cable operators, but now that it