Dr Giles Wilson, Head of TV Compression at Ericsson, tells Chris Forrester what motivated the company’s investment in its all new AVP 4000 platform, the first with an Ericsson developed video chip set, and what a step forward it is in video compression and content delivery flexibility.
Graham Kill, CEO of content security provider Irdeto, talks to Nick Snow about how pay-TV operators can turn the potential threat of OTT into a major opportunity. Learn about adapting to new consumption habits with multi-screen implementation, understanding piracy motivations and protecting revenue security. Hear about case studies including SBS and ITV.
Service providers are under increasing competitive pressure to provide the consumer with the ultimate service in terms of QoE, flexibility and functionality. A TV provider can no longer be a passive carrier of content but must be an active intermediary, and the CDN is central to this process. Three leading practitioners discuss the developing role of the CDN in TV [...]
Speaking at CabSat MENA in Dubai, Mohamed Youssif, CEO of YahLive, tells Nick Snow about ambitious plans for the all-HD service in the year ahead.
CA DRM 2012 Is pay-TV theft in developed markets a thing of the past? Will economic hard times encourage more piracy? How are providers meeting the challenge of multi-screen delivery? Is MPEG DASH a decisive move towards IP delivery standards, are there security implications? Will the set top box and the smart card remain at the centre of premium pay-TV [...]
CA DRM 2011 Conditional Access providers are facing a conundrum; their clients want their content available more widely than ever, on more devices than ever, and yet they want it as secure as ever. Fortunately, there is nothing CA vendors enjoy more than a challenge. When five senior representatives of leading CA/DRM providers gathered in London in July, the agenda [...]
Push VOD Interview Advanced Television interviews Logiways’ Olivier Rousseau on the future of VOD. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
HomeNet 2010 In a world of Over The Top providers, implementing the Home Network is vital for service providers who want to maintain customer loyalty and enhance their service and monetization opportunities. But with the myriadof in-home and portable devices to connect, and an array of content types, this is no easy task. Hear from the experts as representatives from Cedar [...]
Over The Top Services have the potential to change the face of the TV industry forever. Fast broadband access straight to the viewers TV will mean new opportunities for both new entrants and existing content players, bringing ever more options to consumers. But it could also have major implications for incumbent pay-TV platforms and network providers. Participants from BesTV, Nagravision, [...]
The Set Top Box has been key to all new television developments in the last 20 years but has it had its day? Will functionality migrate to the Cloud leaving the STB as a ‘dumb’ thin client, or does a new future as the home gateway and hub of the smart home await?
