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TV & Video: 4 Issues Likely to Cause Apoplectic Fits in 2018
Aditya Kishore 12/28/2017 70 comments
Contentious issues that are likely to fuel lawsuits and angry blogs in the coming year.

Facebook Original Video Strategy Hits Speedbump
Aditya Kishore 12/4/2017 58 comments
Content producers are unhappy with the advertising approach and revenues they are getting on Facebook Watch.

Streaming Video Driving Connected Device Adoption
Aditya Kishore 12/1/2017 63 comments
OTT video usage is driving the penetration of various Internet connected devices to help view online streams on the larger TV screen.

Paramount Launches Movie-Theater-on-Your-Head
Aditya Kishore 11/20/2017 45 comments
Major Hollywood studio to trial 'virtual' movie theaters using head-mounted displays.

Piracy Is Killing Capacity – Sandvine
Aditya Kishore 11/3/2017 90 comments
Network technology vendor Sandvine has found that piracy isn't only hurting network operator profits – each pirated set-top box is also using up 1TB per month in 'phantom bandwidth.'

Divan.TV's Kolodyuk Shares Formula for East European Success
Aditya Kishore 10/16/2017 21 comments
In central and eastern Europe, global OTT players will struggle to find a foothold because of limited local content, piracy and high prices according to Andrey Kolodyuk, founder of Divan.TV.

Collaboration Is Key to Confronting OTT – EMA's Anting
Aditya Kishore 10/13/2017 9 comments
Commercial broadcasters across Europe have banded together to take on Netflix and Amazon.

Channel Four's Milton Talks Personalization
Aditya Kishore 10/2/2017 72 comments
Sarah Milton, head of Channel Four's OTT service All 4 discusses the value of and right approach to personalization.

'Maximize, Optimize, Kill' – NBCU's McDermott
Aditya Kishore 9/18/2017 21 comments
Hendrik McDermott, senior vice president of branded on demand at NBCUniversal International, discusses his strategy for promoting Hayu, NBC's OTT reality programming service at IBC.

Broadcast TV: The Second Coming?
Aditya Kishore 9/12/2017 202 comments
A new study from Nielsen shows that younger audiences are growing the number of broadcast-only homes in the US.

TT Poll: Balance, Flexibility Critical for Pay-TV Providers
Aditya Kishore 8/14/2017 13 comments
A recent Telco Transformation poll found that a balanced pay-TV and OTT offering, and pricing and packaging flexibility, were the most important requirements for a pay-TV provider to succeed today.

Video Bigger Business Driver Than Messenger – Zuckerberg
Aditya Kishore 7/31/2017 83 comments
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that he expects video to be a bigger driver of Facebook's growth than its Messenger application.

Understanding Generation Z
Aditya Kishore 7/24/2017 83 comments
Generation Z is the most ethnically diverse generation in the US, with the highest penetration of digital devices, according to new research from Nielsen.

TT Poll: Pay-TV Is for Everyone
Aditya Kishore 6/9/2017 37 comments
Respondents to our latest poll believe that pay-TV providers should cater to all age groups, and not concentrate only on either older, more traditional subscribers or millennial cord-cutters.

Netflix Hit-Rate Takes a Hit
Aditya Kishore 6/8/2017 19 comments
Netflix has canceled four shows in seven months – unusual for a business with history of creating hit shows with uncanny precision.

Almost Half of Global OTT Video Revenues From US: PwC
Aditya Kishore 6/7/2017 20 comments
Pricewaterhouse Coopers releases the latest version of its Global Entertainment and Media Outlook.

UHD Content Is Coming, Says Hispasat's Rodriguez
Aditya Kishore 6/5/2017 18 comments
Hispasat's marketing manager sees a lot of UHD content and significant consumer interest in the new technology, but warns that there is still much to be done to drive UHD adoption.

Caption Contest: An Iota of IoT
Aditya Kishore 6/2/2017 188 comments
This month's caption contest looks at the phenomenon of smart cities and the Internet of Things (IoT).

Intel & MLB Add to Sports VR Momentum
Aditya Kishore 6/2/2017 27 comments
Major League Baseball and Intel will be providing virtual reality coverage of baseball games in the latest initiative to promote adoption of virtual reality via sports coverage.

Mobile Media Growth to Slow – Zenith Study
Aditya Kishore 5/31/2017 15 comments
Zenith's Media Consumption Forecasts predicts that the rapid growth in media consumption, and particularly mobile media consumption, will start to slow in the next few years.

Orange Serves VR, IoT at French Open Tennis Tournament
Aditya Kishore 5/30/2017 13 comments
Orange is working with the French tennis federation to offer a virtual reality tennis experience to attendees at the French Open tournament, and using IoT technology to help organizers work more efficiently.

US Smartphone Penetration Hits 80%, but Still Lags TV
Aditya Kishore 5/26/2017 35 comments
Smartphone penetration has rocketed in the US, but TVs are still the most widely adopted device in the country.

ATSC 3.0 Offers Compelling Features for Consumers, Finds New Study
Aditya Kishore 5/22/2017 15 comments
New research from US broadcast research company SmithGeiger found that consumers were more likely to buy smart TVs, and pay more, when some of the features of ATSC 3.0 were explained to them.

How BT Learned to Love 4K
Aditya Kishore 5/18/2017 18 comments
BT's chief architect shared the operator's journey into the world of sports broadcasting, and its adoption of 4K at Light Reading's Big Communications Event.

Making Fat Video Fit
Aditya Kishore 5/18/2017 18 comments
A panel discussion at Light Reading's Big Communication Event addressed the rollout of UHD and virtual reality.

Canada's Bell Launches Skinny Bundle
Aditya Kishore 5/17/2017 17 comments
Canadian telco Bell has launched Alt TV, a streaming service offering up to 500 channels and aimed at potential cord-cutters.

Broadcast Still Pulls in Advertising Dollars
Aditya Kishore 5/16/2017 22 comments
Advertisers continue to buy broadcast advertising even as OTT and cord-cutting stories dominate industry coverage.

Caption Contest: The Winners
Aditya Kishore 5/15/2017 12 comments
Announcing the winners of the most recent Telco Transformation cartoon caption contest.

Mobile Data Now 35 Times 2010 Volume: CTIA
Aditya Kishore 5/12/2017 17 comments
New research released by the CTIA finds that wireless mobile usage, adoption and traffic continues to grow exponentially.

Discovery's Zaslav: Today's Skinny Bundles Are 'Stuffed Turkeys'
Aditya Kishore 5/11/2017 9 comments
Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav slammed the cost of sports programming, arguing that skinny bundles needed to drop sports and come down to $10 in order to succeed.

Subscribers Down at ESPN as Cord-Cutting, Skinny Bundles Bite
Aditya Kishore 5/10/2017 16 comments
Sports programmer ESPN is struggling to keep up ratings and subscribers as cord-cutting and skinny bundles drain away its audience.

Hulu Joins Skinny Bundle Party
Aditya Kishore 5/8/2017 34 comments
Hulu Live, Hulu's skinny bundle offering, launched in beta last week.

TT Poll: Live Streaming Just Needs the Right Technology
Aditya Kishore 5/5/2017 21 comments
Nearly half of respondents to a recent Telco Transformation poll believe that live streaming can scale – it just needs the right technological approach.

One-Fifth of Brits Watching VR Video
Aditya Kishore 5/4/2017 15 comments
A new study from AOL finds that 20% of UK consumers view virtual reality (360-degree) video at least every week.

Caption Contest: Birth of a New Era
Aditya Kishore 5/2/2017 122 comments
This month's caption contest looks at the phenomenon of live streaming on social networks.

Apple Music, HBO Europe to Offer Original Video Content
Aditya Kishore 5/1/2017 39 comments
It seems no one is able to stay away from creating original video content, including music services.

Viu Gets Original, Just Like Everyone Else
Aditya Kishore 4/27/2017 14 comments
Hong Kong incumbent PCCW launches new slate of original content for its Viu OTT service, joining an increasing number of OTT providers who recognize the value of original series.

Broadcasters Excited but Uncertain About ATSC 3.0
Aditya Kishore 4/21/2017 14 comments
A recent survey highlights the optimism that ATSC 3.0 is generating among US broadcasters, but also the lack of knowledge and concerns about adoption.

Live TV Still Key for Children's Broadcasters
Aditya Kishore 4/18/2017 37 comments
New research from Nielsen demonstrates that live TV continues to dominate children's viewing despite the impact of other devices.

Netflix Comfortably Leads US OTT Market
Aditya Kishore 4/13/2017 31 comments
Recent data from Comscore finds that nearly three out of every four OTT homes in the US have Netflix – to no one's surprise.

Rambles & Rants: TV Is Still Apple's Final Frontier
Aditya Kishore 4/12/2017 24 comments
Apple is reportedly talking to premium US programmers about creating a package of premium-only services for the Apple TV in its latest bid to build a pay-TV strategy.

TV Subscribers Still Growing – informitv
Aditya Kishore 4/11/2017 18 comments
The latest version of researcher informitv's Multiscreen Index finds that operators are still growing their subscriber base, despite cord-cutting in the US.

Online Video Outranks Messaging Among Teens – Google Study
Aditya Kishore 4/10/2017 15 comments
New report from Think with Google finds that some teens are spending more time watching videos online than messaging.

TT Poll: Broadcasters Should Build Their Own OTT Services
Aditya Kishore 4/7/2017 20 comments
Respondents to the latest Telco Transformation poll believe that broadcasters should develop their own OTT services and own the user experience from end-to-end.

Deutsche Telekom to Entertain in 4K
Aditya Kishore 4/6/2017 13 comments
Deutsche Telekom says it will bring UHD channels to its Entertain TV service later this year, perhaps adding momentum to the relatively cautious deployment of UHD by pay-TV providers.

Kwesé Takes New Approach to African TV
Aditya Kishore 4/4/2017 16 comments
Telecom company Econet's new media service is taking a different approach to pay-TV in Africa, according to CEO Joseph Hundah.

Build or Buy: The CDN Dilemma
Aditya Kishore 4/3/2017 16 comments
A panel discussion at the recently concluded TV Connect event exposed the differences in content delivery approaches being used by content distributors today.

Preparing for the Mobile Video Hurricane
Aditya Kishore 3/31/2017 18 comments
A panel discussion at TV Connect explored the role of mobile in the video experience.

Telekom Slovenije: Data + Intuition = Success
Aditya Kishore 3/31/2017 12 comments
Telekom Slovenije's Simon Slonjsak shares his strategy for new product launches at TV Connect, stressing that data alone cannot guarantee new product adoption by customers.

Premium vs. Skinny Bundles: A Balancing Act for Pay-TV
Aditya Kishore 3/30/2017 10 comments
This panel discussion at TV Connect explored the options pay-TV providers have to balance their larger, premium services with increasing demands for low-priced programming bundles.

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