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A payment method rethink for OTT TV
The Over The Top (OTT) direct-to-consumer market opportunity demands a payment method rethink, writes Michael Tomlins,…
Netflix: another stellar quarter in an evolving competitive landscape
Netflix delivered a stellar set of quarterly results this week, growing its streaming revenues by…
A Future for VR TV?
Ivan Verbesselt, senior vice-president, group marketing, Nagra, looks at the future of virtual reality as…
Subs up: Sinclair, Disney and the direct-to-consumer world
The inexorable rise of subscription video-on-demand and the concomitant decline of advertising-based broadcasting is a…
Bigger media: Fox, Sky, Vivendi
21st Century Fox has now proposed a possible sale of Sky News to Disney as…
Brave new world of entertainment
Is eSports, YouTube and gaming the future of entertainment? Modern Times Group’s leadership certainly believes…
Size matters
Recent months have seen a plethora of mega-media deals on boardroom tables. No doubt more…
Broadcasters get together
Spain’s leading terrestrial broadcasters teamed up this week to develop an OTT TV platform that…
US pay TV: cord-cutting, cable and content
Another week, another set of statistics heralding doom for the US pay TV business. Stuart…
Mobile-first means opportunities for operators
Operators need to cater for the growing trend towards mobile-first viewing, writes Arpad Jordan, head…
Big telecoms and bigger tech: the shape of battles to come
Stuart Thomson looks at the current and future shape of the competitive landscape facing cable…
Murdoch outfoxed by Comcast Sky bid
Stuart Thomson looks at the likely fallout from Comcast’s audacious bid to take over Sky….
Original ideas
As Europe’s leading telcos post their full-year financial results, Stuart Thomson takes a look at…
English Premier League: Sky, BT and the Amazon question
Stuart Thomson looks at the implications of this week’s Premier League rights award to Sky…
Keeping it original
Telefónica flexed its muscles as a creator of original content this week by announcing major…
TDC and MTG’s Nordic powerhouse
TDC’s €2.0 billion buyout of MTG’s Nordic Entertainment and Studios businesses will create a regional…
BamTech’s European push highlights the future of online sports
Last week BamTech Media, the Disney-owned streaming media company that powers online services for the…
YouTube’s battle for advertiser approval
YouTube’s battle to create a safe space for advertisers took another turn this week when…
CES: the top trends and streaming
Richard Halton, CEO of Connected TV platform YouView, offers his verdict on what tech trends unveiled…
Convergence tales: Com Hem, Liberty Global, Altice
As Tele2 combines with Com Hem and T-Mobile takes over UPC Austria, Stuart Thomson looks…
Liberty Global: a sale in Austria, the Lat Am split off, and the Vodafone question
Stuart Thomson looks at the options facing Liberty Global and Vodafone in an evolving European…
ConsumerLab 2017: Making the Social VR Experience a Reality
Olie Baumann, senior technical specialist, video processing, Ericsson Media Solutions, looks at the importance of social media to VR. The…
Soccer’s biggest battle
Mike Darcey assesses how vulnerable Sky is to a bid for Premier League rights from…
Cyber-security: it’s all about the people
Steve Sharman, director, Hackthorn Innovation, looks at what media organisations need to do to protect…
IPTV piracy and Kodi plug-ins are the big threat to pay TV
Simon Trudelle, senior director, product marketing at Nagra, explains why IPTV piracy and Kodi plug-ins…
Geo-piracy and the digital single market: now is the time to act
The TV industry is not reacting fast enough to the growing US$5 billion geo-piracy problem…
A sporting chance
Live sport is emerging as a key online battleground as traditional media companies look to…
Rising the media industry up into the cloud
Kunbin Hong, director of vertical Solution (media and ISP), Huawei Western Europe Enterprise Business, looks…
Transitioning towards the future of UHD
Ericsson’s CTO, broadcast and media services, Steve Plunkett, discusses 4K, High Dynamic Range and the…
The new narrow: the end of mass TV and what comes next
Rob Hodgkinson, COO of TVPlayer, outlines six factors that are changing the nature of TV…