TV’s Blurry Future

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

New HEVC Patents Group Publishes Royalty Prices

A recent pricing announcement by HEVC Advance, one of two groups pooling patents for HEVC compression technology among rights holders, has done little to clarify the situation for device makers. The launch in April 2015 of HEVC Advance surprised many in the industry who are not close followers of the compression

Credential Sharing Costs US OTT Video Providers $500 Million A Year

Sharing of passwords to services like Netflix and HBO Go among friends and family is costing the OTT video industry $500 million a year in the US alone, according to a report by Parks Associates. The report emphasizes that both content redistribution and credential sharing are growing as fast as the

Archiving In The Digital Age

In 2007, it was estimated that the planet had stored 275 zettabytes (or 10 to the 1021) of data - the equivalent of a stack of CDs reaching from earth to beyond the moon! And in a single generation, our planet will add more information than in all of recorded history, some 40 trillion gigabytes

Broadband Roll Out Continues To Drive IPTV Growth

IPTV is set for further substantial subscriber growth on the back of ongoing broadband roll out and increased capacity across most markets, according to several recent forecasts. …

Sharing Files And Live Streams On IP

Bonded cellular system technology progress is marked with MoJos and IP-based live stream sharing services. …

Young People Are Rapidly Changing How TV is Viewed

Millennials under 35-years-old are driving a gradual transition from viewing broadcast television to online video that is expected to radically change global video viewing habits in less than ten years. …

OTT must conquer live sports to reach top table

The big OTT operators must embrace live sports if they are to fulfil their ambitions of becoming dominant global pay TV players and seize the mantle from existing national or regional pay TV operators as well as dedicated sports broadcasters. The next stage for the likes of Amazon, Netflix and

​Live broadcasting fuels a remote production revolution

Nevion explains how remote production, using digital connectivity over fiber or IP, is a revolution in live event workflow. …

​Social networking drives video streaming growth

This could be the year streaming video overtakes traditional linear TV viewing for the first time, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report. Video consumption is increasingly being driven by the popular social media sites, especially Twitter and Facebook through recommendation, and is also accounting for a growing proportion of