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posted in May 2017
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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.
Sky's Webb on 'Closing the Gap'
The Digerati  
5/25/2017   15 comments
Sky's principal streaming architect discusses the importance of QoE for streaming services.
Climb the Highest Mountain: BT's McRae
The Digerati  
5/24/2017   16 comments
Telco Transformation discusses 4K and VR with BT Group's chief architect.
CenturyLink's Sklar on Navigating Partnerships & Customer Experience for OTT Video
Telco Transformation Video  
5/24/2017   30 comments
CenturyLink's Steve Sklar examines business models and opportunities for service providers navigating the OTT market.
StoryUp's Hill on Enabling & Optimizing VR
The Digerati  
5/24/2017   25 comments
VR company StoryUp's CEO talks about driving VR adoption.
Pay-TV Target Audience
Flash Poll  
5/22/2017   4 comments
Should pay-TV operators focus on older customers or millennials?
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.
EE's Stagg: Video Traffic Is Good for Operators
The Digerati  
5/9/2017   5 comments
EE's head of video discusses the importance of video for operators, and new approaches being explored to help manage video growth on mobile networks.
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.
StoryUp's Hill on Healing With Holograms
The Digerati  
5/4/2017   45 comments
VR company StoryUp's CEO discusses the importance of emotion in immersive media and how VR could be used in healthcare.
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.
TDC's Kunstmann on Video Innovation
The Digerati  
5/3/2017   10 comments
TDC's head of VoD discusses innovation in TV/video.
EE's Stagg Warns of Brewing 'Content Storms'
The Digerati  
5/2/2017   9 comments
Matt Stagg, head of video at EE, discusses the network impact and implications of sudden spikes in video traffic on networks.
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.




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