The cloud will suck in many things but it won't ingest the settop box
"We can see a long runway for the settop," says Andy Hooper, VP Sales Engineering EMEA at video and cable TV infrastructure specialist Arris. He says video used to be the poor network relation at...
View ArticleCable industry and IP: same problems, same opportunities
Ken Fricklas of Cablelabs, the research arm of the cable industry, talks with Martyn Warwick about why the move to IP means the world's cable operators are looking at all the same problems as their...
View ArticleGoogle BYODs the videoconferencing market
I always thought ‘Hangouts’ (the brand) was needlessly cool given the ambition Google had for it. ‘Hanging out’ conjures up images of purposless socialising (with friends, drinking cans of beer all...
View ArticleEricsson wins broadcast innovation award as it reveals its vision for 2020
© Ericsson With 4KTV all the talk of this week’s NAB broadcast show, attention is turning away from the picture quality and towards the many problems associated with the acquisition, exchange and...
View ArticleSet-tops versus set-backs: is the industry adding TV to the Internet or vice...
(c) Google Google launched the Chromecast to much acclaim and now looks like giving the kiss of life to Google TV - this time it's Android TV. What gives?Users often ‘illogically’ stick to the...
View ArticleThe need for speed: Akamai ranks the global broadband winners
(c) Akamai When you run the world's largest content distribution network, you have the equivalent of a stethoscope pressed against the beating heart of the global digital economy. Now that he’s done...
View ArticleSports give-away paying off claims BT
(c) BT Sport BT caused a ripple when it announced it would give its expensively-purchased sports programming away for free to its broadband customers last year. It enjoyed that so much it’s going to...
View ArticleUK satellite broadcaster BSkyB fends off OTT competition, for now
(c) BSkyB Satellite and cable operators are coming under intense scrutiny as the impact of over the top (OTT) video services continues to dent their market share. There is a remarkable amount of...
View ArticleSocial TV: will there be room on the sofa for everyone?
Wonderlane (c) [CC BY 2.0] Is there room on the sofa for everyone? Probably not, since just about every type of player across the broadcast, broadband, broad church ecosystem is wrestling for the...
View ArticleBBC kicks off tests for ultra high-definition 4K TV network delivery
variable block size HEVC compression © NEC While the UK TV broadcasters are busy realigning their OTT services [see today’s other story here], the BBC is stepping up its efforts to make 4K TV a...
View ArticleUK broadcasters agree new OTT strategy in response to BT’s YouView dominance
© Digital UK UK public service TV broadcasters – the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 – have agreed a new strategy for their combined attempts at providing OTT video on demand. At the moment, their Freeview...
View ArticleNetflix reveals the secrets of its big data analysis
© Netflix OTT broadcaster Netflix has taken time away from its spat with US telco Verizon over alleged traffic throttling to discuss how it uses big data for more than just viewer recommendations.The...
View ArticleMobile devices now serve up one fifth of all online video viewing
© TTV Mobile video viewing is on a steep climb. The Ooyala Global Video Index (its a ‘video publishing, analytics and monetisation firm’) shows that using your mobile device (smarties and tablets) for...
View ArticleGoogle gives Android Chromecast mirroring
via Flickr © John Biehler (CC BY-SA 2.0) Google has ‘upgraded’ Chromecast, the TV dongle it launched last year, so that it can take screens 'cast' from an Android phone or tablet.Is this significant...
View ArticleNetflix gets an ally in its fight against Verizon, as Level 3 points the...
© TTV montage Poor old Verizon; the US telco just can’t seem to get a break in its attempts to deny responsibility for causing streaming slowdowns for Netflix customers. It’s already having to bat off...
View ArticleUS broadcasters take legal action against FCC over spectrum auctions
NAB CEO Gordon Smith © NAB The National Association of Broadcasters is flexing its collective muscle. It has long been upset over the FCC’s proposals for the forthcoming spectrum auction, believing it...
View ArticleDean Bubley on WebRTC. Part 1: Do telcos win or lose?
Dean Bubley, Founder, Disruptive Analysis WebRTC (Real Time Communications) is a technique to set up real-time streams between entities across the Web. These could be browsers, Web sites, M2M modules,...
View ArticleDean Bubley on WebRTC. Part 2: Beyond the browser
Dean Bubley, Founder, Disruptive Analysis WebRTC (Real Time Communications) is a technique to set up real-time streams between entities across the Web. These could be browsers, Web sites, M2M modules,...
View ArticleTelecoms equipment spend on the rise as the broadband boom continues
via Flickr © 401(K) 2013 (CC BY-SA 2.0) A welcome corner has been turned by the global telecom equipment market, according to Dell’Oro Group. The research firm says it expects the market to increase...
View ArticleCompetition in German market leads to One direction for Deutsche Telekom
© Deutsche Telekom The German telecoms market is undergoing some interesting changes, as competition leads to new service packages for subscribers. Last week, Vodafone started to offer broadband...
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