The Sponsors Perspective: Reaching OTT At Scale - Pitfalls And Opportunities May 13^th 2020 - 11:30 AM

OTT delivery continues to expand to meet the relentless growing consumer demand. This trend shows no chance of abating and technologists are continually looking to innovation to scale infrastructures accordingly. In this sponsors perspective, Ryan Nicometo, SVP of Product for Vecima, presents the OTT Scale – Maturity Quadrant to help decision m…

Remote Reporting Gets Alabama’s WAFF Through Trying Times April 20^th 2020 - 11:00 AM

Reporters for WAFF-TV, the NBC affiliate in Huntsville, Alabama, have seen their share of weather disasters and learned to adapt to working from home for short periods of time. It goes with covering the territory. The current pandemic situation, however, is another story all together. It’s a story that, w…

The V In TV Stands For Viewers March 23^rd 2020 - 09:00 AM

What’s the difference between a video and TV? A video without an audience is still a video. TV without an audience is a disaster.

European Consumers Will Pay For Legitimate Stream Sharing March 18^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Hopes that casual sharing of passwords among friends and family by subscribers to streaming services can be converted to legitimate paying has been boosted by a survey of European consumers.

The ATSC Looks To A New Steward To Navigate NEXTGEN TV February 21^st 2020 - 09:00 AM

When the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) began its search for a new president this year, after two decades of steady leadership by Mark Richer - who oversaw the country’s transition from analog to digital and then to HDTV - it knew it wanted a technically savvy person who c…

Effective Monitoring Strategies Today And The Path Forward February 13^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

The number of stream monitoring and data aggregation points continue to multiply, but there are increasingly efficient ways to proactively manage your QoS, QoE and compliance requirements.

Extended Reality And Wireless Quality Rise Up Agenda For 2020 February 11^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Extended Reality (ER), advanced advertising and quality over wireless networks are key themes for broadcasters and video service providers during 2020 as underlying technologies mature.

DVB-I Standard Approved For IP Centric TV December 4^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

DVB, the consortium developing open technical specifications for delivery of broadcast services, has formally approved its DVB-I specification for delivery of linear TV over IP networks including the internet.

OTT Middle Class Faces Squeeze From The Top November 1^st 2019 - 09:00 AM

Video service providers of all types must step up their engagement with subscribers and enrich their personalized recommendation through advanced voice capabilities if they are to meet the challenge of increased content fragmentation.

Comcast Accuses Google Of Abusing Privacy Regulations To Block Ad Competitors October 16^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

A case brewing in the USA between Comcast’s video advert division FreeWheel and Google could have major ramifications for the future of video advertising as it converges with online.

Software-Defined Automation: Are We Nearly There Yet? Part II May 22^nd 2020 - 09:00 AM

Playout automation has been enabling fewer people to control more channels for decades but we’re not quite at the point where human interaction can be eliminated altogether. Since most linear broadcasters will either move to a software-based deployment for their channels themselves or give them to a service provider t…

Broadcasters Go Mobile For Remote Production During Lockdown May 21^st 2020 - 09:00 AM

The global lockdowns have come just too soon for 5G mobile services to help mitigate disruption to production and content creation.

VSF RIST Spec On Road To Wide Implementation May 19^th 2020 - 09:30 AM

In 2017, at that year’s VidTrans conference a regional gathering of members of the Video Services Forum (VSF), a new protocol for delivering audio and video over lossy IP networks (including the public Internet), was born. It was an idea that many had been skeptical of, since the open Internet b…

Liberty Global And Telefonica Strike $40 Billion UK Joint Venture May 18^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

The £31 billion ($40 billion) merger deal in the UK between cable company Virgin Media and mobile operator O2 will if approved create a second major fully converged entertainment and communications group in the country alongside BT.

The Shows Go On May 14^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

The current social and medical situation with lockdowns and distancing is unleashing new ideas at local TV stations. Some will become the new normal.

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