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Long Reads
9 min read
The hybrid evolution of Europe’s HbbTV standard
With free-to-air broadcasters increasingly looking to hybrid solutions, combining broadcast with IP-based advanced interactive services…
7 min read
Cloud cover: how playout technology is adapting to the multiscreen
As cloud-based multiscreen TV becomes mainstream, broadcast playout technology is adapting. Anna Tobin reports. There’s a…
3 min read
Interview: Sergey Dolgopolsky, GS Group
Russia’s GS Group, supplier of technology to pay TV leader Tricolor TV, has ambitious international…
5 min read
Q&A: Milya Timergaleyeva, Oregan Networks on pay TV and interactivity
Oregan Networks vice-president of market strategy, Milya Timergaleyeva, talks to DTVE about the challenges facing…
3 min read
Q&A: Julien Ducarroz, Orange Romania
Orange Romania’s chief commercial officer Julien Ducarroz talks to DTVE about the company’s recently launched…
3 min read
Q&A: IneoQuest’s Kirk George on the future of OTT and multiscreen
IneoQuest Technologies director of marketing Kirk George talks to DTVE about quality assurance for OTT…
10 min read
Optimising search and recommendations
Unified content search is fast becoming an essential for TV viewers, but what difficulties remain…
3 min read
Q&A: Simon Trudelle, Nagra
Access network providers are beginning to market CDN services to content providers as well as…
15 min read
Access CDN: the survey
Access network providers and content owners are increasingly looking to build their own CDN infrastructure….
4 min read
Q&A: Boris Felts, Envivio
Boris Felts, vice president of products for Envivio, talks to DTVE about the new HEVC…
4 min read
Q&A: Tom Jahr, Conax
Tom Jahr, executive vice-president, products & partners at Conax, talks to DTVE about the security…
4 min read
Q&A: Simone Sassoli, RGB Networks
Simone Sassoli, vice-president, marketing and business development, RGB Networks, talks to DTVE about the challenges…
4 min read
Q&A: Mark Price, director, CoralTree
CoralTree director Mark Price talks to DTVE about the billing and customer relations challenges facing…
14 min read
The multiscreen and OTT TV survey
In the final part of this week’s series of features about multiscreen and OTT TV,…
14 min read
Multiscreen routes: problems and solutions to IP-based content delivery
From the straightforward business of delivering TV services to set-top boxes, pay TV operators now…
13 min read
The evolution of the second screen app space
The ‘second screen’ app space has grown up in recent years, but how are these…
15 min read
Five go over-the-top: OTT service case studies
Over-the-top business models are many and varied – and still largely subject to trial and…
9 min read
Channelling eastern promises
Despite the continued fallout from the global financial crisis, there are strong signs of pay…
9 min read
The eastern OTT frontier
Central and eastern Europe’s online video space is rapidly evolving. Andy McDonald looks at some…
10 min read
Fragmentation and competition in CEE’s pay TV market
The CEE pay TV market remains characterised by fragmentation and intense competition, but operators are…
7 min read
CEE Survey: The big picture
Central and eastern Europe has been hit by the economic ill-winds blowing in from the…
3 min read
Q&A: Dragan Solak, chairman, United Group
United Group, combining SBB, Telemach Slovenia, Telemach Bosnia-Herzegovina and satellite broadcaster Total TV, is one…
5 min read
Interview: György Zsembery, CEO, Volia
Volia has taken a major step to realise its ambition to be Ukraine’s leading service…
3 min read
ViewSat doubles up with MENA expansion plans
Satellite service provider ViewSat is expanding its footprint in the Middle East as demand for…
6 min read
Security across different screens
The requirements of multi-screen video delivery present a series of challenges, but how much of…
12 min read
The cost of quality assurance
The success of the iPad has helped change consumers’ expectations of what web video should…
7 min read
Cable edges to an IP future
Cable operators have long seen the advantages of delivering TV services via IP and merging…
6 min read
Dressed to compress – can HEVC transform multiscreen TV?
HEVC or H.265 is being heralded as the next generation of video compression technology, with…
5 min read
Q&A: Dale Barnes, director of innovation, Virgin Media
Virgin Media’s director of innovation Dale Barnes talks to DTVE about the UK cable operator’s…
5 min read
Interview: György Zsembery, CEO, Volia
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has taken a major step to forwarding its ambition to be…