Building a Successful, Multi-screen, Multi-platform OTT Service October 19^th 2015 - 02:00 PM

Video consumption has changed. Over-the-top (OTT) technologies have made the TV just one screen among many. The new reality has brought multiple new platforms and devices to consumers, which means reaching the masses requires big investments in both video delivery and application development.

Elastic CDNs Can Play Key Role Scaling OTT for Live Video October 12^th 2015 - 01:00 PM

The growing ability of CDNs (Content Delivery Networks) to enable live video streaming over the Internet was a major theme at the Content Delivery World 2015 forum in London on October 5-7. Vendors and operators agreed that virtualization of the CDN was essential for scaling high quality OTT services by separating

What’s This Button Do? October 6^th 2015 - 10:00 AM

When computers began replicating and replacing expensive electro-mechanical broadcast TV production and playback systems, the gravy train ended for some and started for others. Affordable digital TV production gear has slashed the ante for producers and is making mountains of television content with high technical integrity available for everyone.

IRT and EBU collaborate over online subtitling for IBC September 11^th 2015 - 03:00 PM

As online video comes of age, it must match legacy broadcast services for traditional features such as consistent access to subtitles. This will be a focus of separate demonstrations at IBC 2015 from the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) and Institut für Rundfunktechnik GmbH (IRT), the research arm of German broadcasters

OTT success requires continuous service improvement September 9^th 2015 - 01:55 PM

The underlying key to success in OTT services is service agility enabling continual update of the offering with key features in order to optimize the user experience and maintain competitive differentiation. This is the principle conclusion of a white paper just published jointly by Swedish TV apps developer Accedo and

For Mobile Television, Viewers Find Disparity Between Expectation and Reality in Wi-Fi August 31^st 2015 - 10:30 AM

The 2015 Arris Consumer Entertainment Index finds that nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of global consumers have issues with Wi-Fi in the home — a likely consequence of the rapidly increasing number of connected media devices.

Contents Remains King, Even in the Race for OTT August 31^st 2015 - 09:10 AM

Regardless of the business model, supported devices or distribution channels, the success of Internet-delivered television is driven by an age-old truth: content is king, says a new report from Conviva.

TV’s Blurry Future August 31^st 2015 - 08:00 AM

The future of TV broadcasting is in the air, but maybe not on the air. FCC repack auctions and ATSC 3.0 introduce new variables further complicating predictions of TV’s future, even with a UHD crystal ball and a good lawyer. A lot of people without call letters want to tell b