Industry Updates

Online video streaming and the future of traditional television 21 April 2015

The way we watch television has changed dramatically in just the past decade or so. The days of sitting through commercials, waiting a week or two between episodes of your favorite shows and upgrading to a more expensive cable package … Continue reading

The next billion OTT viewers will be able to stream HD online, claims Irdeto 20 April 2015

The next billion OTT platform viewers will be those consumers who will be able to stream HD content online as new compression technologies get adopted, eliminating one of the major limitations – bandwidth availability. Irdeto believes that currently there are … Continue reading

Gov’t may block Comcast-Time Warner merger, new boost for Net Neutrality 20 April 2015

According to a report by Bloomberg finance news agency, the Department of Justice is “nearing a recommendation” to stop Comcast from purchasing Time Warner Cable. The two firms involved in the potential deal are already the largest and second-largest cable … Continue reading

Internet TV to replace linear in 20 years, says Netflix 20 April 2015

Over the next 20 years internet TV and video on demand platform are going to replace linear TV as the way that people consume video, according to Netflix president and CEO Reed Hastings.  Speaking on the firm’s first quarter earnings … Continue reading

Video infrastructure set to rocket 37% despite virtualization 20 April 2015

Video infrastructure markets will continue to grow at a relatively healthy pace of 37% over the next five years, despite the impact of visualization separating hardware and software requirements. According to ABI Research, broadcast pre- and post-production, video encoding, and … Continue reading