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At IBC, MediaMelon will showcase its MediaCloud Services, a full service solution designed to allow operators, service providers, content aggregators and media companies to streamline the process of acquiring, packaging, distributing and marketing OTT and on-demand video services. The MediaMelon … Continue reading
Amino Communications will showcase a range of enhanced IPTV set-top boxes at IBC 2011 offering OTT capability. All Amino devices – from its Freedom media centers offering OTT functionality to the cable, satellite and terrestrial markets through to the Aminet … Continue reading
Waoo!, a Danish broadband provider delivering fiber-based network services to nearly 200,000 households, has deployed RGB Networks‘ Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG) and TransAct Packager for its new over-the-top (OTT) video service. Waoo!’s June 2011 OTT launch used RGB’s VMG and … Continue reading
Haivision Network Video has acquired both KulaByte of San Marcos, TX, and MontiVision Imaging Technologies based in Germany. The technologies of both companies, including encoding, transcoding, cloud computing, and workflow solutions, will be combined to form Haivision’s new Internet Media … Continue reading
A survey released last week is the latest evidence — if any still is needed — that cord cutting is not a mortal threat to the cable industry. What operators should be careful about isn’t outright churn– its the slow fading away. Continue reading
It certainly is true that cable engineering staffs have plenty to look forward to at the Cable Show next week in Chicago. The same statement also was true, however, of the shows in 2010, 2000, 1990….
You get the idea: There always are pressing matters. It is possible to say, however, that this this year’s conference will deal with more issues fundamental to the future of the industry than in most years. Continue reading
According to a new report by ABI Research, the number of online video viewers worldwide is expected to eclipse 1.3 billion by 2016, growing from a current 2010 base of just over 780 million. As more consumers look to their … Continue reading
Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its “Cable, Satellite, and IPTV Video Services and Subscribers” report, which tracks the telco Internet protocol television (IPTV), cable video, and satellite video markets. The report indicates continued growth in the pay … Continue reading
Over-the-top video provider Netflix and Hollywood studio Miramax announced a multi-year agreement under which Netflix members in the United States will be able to watch motion pictures from the Miramax film library. It is the first time Miramax titles have … Continue reading
Over-the-top video provider Netflix has launched a free video streaming application for some Android smart phones. Netflix already streams to several Apple products, as well as some connected TVs, game consoles and DVRs. The Android launch covers only a few … Continue reading
Tvinci kicked off its ANGA presence with the statement that cable operators should embrace OTT rather than fear it. “There is a strong focus throughout the industry on the effects of online TV consumption and whether consumers will cancel subscriptions … Continue reading
The next few years in the telecom industry? Whack, as the kids say. And they may be right. Could even be another Wild West as vendors, operators, content providers and OTT providers all scramble to gain, recapture or just get a toehold in the emerging three-screen (3S) market. Continue reading
In its financial results for Q1 2011, Netflix listed nearly 23 million total subscribers as of March 31, an addition of 3.3 million for the quarter, and up from about 14 million a year prior. In a letter to shareholders, … Continue reading
