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How to Launch an SVOD Service in the Age of Acceleration

Wed, Mar 15, 2017 | by Bruce Tuchman

Just about five years ago, if you wanted to distribute your video content via the Internet and retain any kind of a full-quality experience, it was an intimidating and extremely costly endeavor. The technical infrastructure for streaming services required a substantial investment in proprietary software, capital equipment, and a brain trust of sophisticated engineers, as well as a healthy dose of science, experimentation, and alchemy to get it just right. But as with all things associated with the digital age and broadband, a rapid acceleration in the scaling of this business and the development of commoditized solutions in the last couple of years have presented fewer and fewer barriers to entry.

Thu, Dec 22, 2016 | by Andy Stout

2016 started and finished with the instantaneous and almost global rollout of two major SVOD services, Netflix in January and Amazon Prime Video in December, showcasing the power of the cloud to trans...

Thu, Dec 8, 2016 | by Sarit Rosenthal-Aviram

While 2016 has been a tumultuous year on the world stage, for operators it’s been one of positive change. Our CEO, Paul Molinier, looks at the developments in key technologies we can expect to make an...

Wed, Nov 9, 2016 | by Andy Stout

An “enormous and rapid shift” is underway to mobile video consumption according to Ericsson, while consumers seem to rate OTT over pay-TV in a growing number of metrics. And Oculus VR Chief Scientist,...

Thu, Nov 3, 2016 | by Nardit Mosacho

We’ve written before about the growth in the APAC OTT market, a flurry of reports and research earlier this year suggesting, amongst other things, that 7.7% of the region’s TV households will subscrib...

Wed, Oct 5, 2016 | by Andy Stout

A new report from Juniper Research suggests that SVOD revenues are about to surge worldwide, while NBC the much-reported low viewing figures for NBC’s coverage of the Olympic Games was offset by some ...

Mon, Aug 1, 2016 | by Andy Stout

5G and the IoT are going to conspire together to lead to a huge growth in mobile data, but there are plenty of difficulties ahead in the transition from 4G. Meanwhile, Ofcom in the UK confirms that, w...

Tue, Jul 5, 2016 | by Andy Stout

The figures surrounding the future development of television viewing still seem encouraging, with both SVOD services in Europe and the global TV Everywhere audience showing strong growth. Meanwhile, i...

Wed, Jun 29, 2016 | by Chem Assayag

The industry narrative of Millennial viewing habits tells us that a new generation of viewers is cutting the cord and that TV Everywhere is leading to highly individualized viewing spread throughout t...