Brightcove: low video ad CPMs driving new SVOD offers in APAC
Low CPMs for video ads in Asia are driving experimentation with Netflix-like SVOD models there, according to Mark Blair, Brightcove's newly-appointed EMEA VP.
Blair was...
FCC move to disintermediate STBs opposed by US pay-TV sector
FCC Media Bureau Chief William Lake presents Unlock the Box rule to FCC meeting on Feb 18 2016
By Barry Flynn, Contributing Editor
The US telecoms...
Orchestration is the tech-wonder that turns software-defined video into cloud agility
Software-based video processing, virtualization and orchestration underpin the TV operations revolution (Pic: Kynny & iStock)
An operations revolution is just starting in television, although some...
Ateme squeezes more from MPEG-2, targeting US ATSC capacity crunch
Diagram from FCC workshop on broadcast incentive auctionBy Barry Flynn, Contributing Editor
French video compression specialist Ateme has developed a new high-efficiency MPEG-2 codec, HE-MPEG2,...
Pay TV operators need to be ready for anything, thus the focus on agility...
The new operations paradigm relies on virtualization, orchestration and data centers (Photo credit:Baranozdemir & iStock)In the early days of OTT, Pay TV operators were...
CSA judges HD DTT transition a “success”, but is over-ruled on Numéro 23
The French audiovisual regulator, the CSA, says the country's second DTT switch-over, from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4, has been a success.
For viewers, the principal effect...
Connected TV Summit: Mixed Reception for EU content portability rules
William Bush, executive director of the Premier League speaking at the Connected TV World Summit. By Barry Flynn, Contributing Editor (with some additional reporting...
Ampere: Direct to Consumer OTT can work out more cost-effective than broadcast
By Barry Flynn, Contributing Editor
The costs of distributing video Direct To Consumer (DTC) over the Internet are now at a level where for...
DVB takes first step towards possible Virtual Reality delivery spec
By Barry Flynn, Contributing Editor
David Wood, Chair of the DVB’s new Study Mission Group on Virtual Reality (VR), thinks it’s “quite possible†that once...
Ericsson launches its own global CDN in partnership with service providers
Mobile World Congress 2016, where Ericsson entered the global CDN marketEricsson has taken another dramatic and potentially disruptive step into the CDN market with...
