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 […]
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 […]
By 2014 consumer spend on digital content will reach nearly $52 billion, accounting for 46 per cent of total global spend across media. This compares with the 24 per cent share in 2010. “While packaged media is declining, it certainly isn’t falling off a cliff,” explained Futuresource Senior Analyst, Mai Hoang. “The decline in packaged […]
A report by Enders Analysis predicts BSkyB earnings will double over the next five years. It says EBITDA will balloon from 2010’s £845 million (€953m) to £1.7 billion in 2015 from revenues up from £5.7 billion to £8.1 billion in the same period. Veteran analyst Toby Syfret believes the earnings will flow as a period […]
Indian telco and DTH giant Bharti Airtel is reportedly looking to trim more than 2000 jobs. Currently Bharti’s three core businesses (fixed line, mobile and DTH TV) are run as separate divisions even though the retail operations share the same customer-facing stores. The plan is now to merge the three divisions, which collectively generate some […]
SPECIAL DELIVERY The exponential growth of video traffic is placing additional demands on carrier and service provider networks. Recent acquisitions and alliances suggest the demand for OTT-delivered content will only continue to rise. How will the different elements in the online video delivery chain develop to meet customer requirements and expectations? What lies ahead for […]
Nielsen Media Research says a record number of American TV households are switching from cable to receiving video programming via an alternate delivery system (ADS), mostly via direct broadcast satellite, according to a TVB analysis of data for May 2011, while cable penetration has declined to a 21-year low. According to Nielsen NTI data, national […]
According to the 9th Annual Report from ITMedia Consulting, digital terrestrial television has supplanted satellite and is now the most popular digital TV platform in Europe. Last year, 87 per cent of TV homes in Western Europe watched digital TV, with an annual growth of 29 per cent, while the homes with a digital receiver […]
The number of connected devices will reach over 15 billion – twice the world’s population – by 2015 predicts Cisco. It predicts the proliferation of tablets, mobile phones, connected appliances and other smart devices will drive this growth and consumer video will continue to dominate Internet traffic; that by 2015 one million minutes of video […]
An analysis of Europe’s largest OTT markets by SNL Kagan finds the UK and France leading Europe’s emerging deployments. The analysis – focused on France, Germany, Italy, the UK and Spain – notes an increase in OTT service launches in recent months, driven by broadcaster-led catch-up services that are significantly impacting how content is distributed […]