Towards a global future TV standard – Part I
In the first of a two-part series, Contributing Editor Barry Flynn looks at the Future of Broadcast Television (FoBTV)’s attempts to create a global...
Boosting television prospects with enriched data analytics
ThinkAnalytics illustrates the impact of content recommendation on engagement levelsLast September ThinkAnalytics published research showing that after integrating its Recommendations Engine product, its clients’...
The churn-busting feedback-loop when viewing data meets QoE insights
Conviva shows off a custom dashboard linking QoE to viewer engagementAccording to evidence from video optimisation firm Conviva, viewers are increasingly impatient when QoE...
V-Nova: PERSEUS lowers OTT network storage costs and cuts number of ABR profiles
By Barry Flynn, Contributing Editor
Most of the focus on V-Nova’s PERSEUS video compression platform since it came out of stealth mode last April has...
2m French TV homes need to upgrade as DTT platform abandons MPEG-2
By Barry Flynn, Contributing Editor
Last month, with only 4 months to go, France’s national frequency agency, the ANFR (Agence Nationale des Fréquences), launched the...
Tveon to begin trials with major US carriers later this month
By Barry Flynn, Contributing Editor
British Columbian video compression specialist Tveon, which dropped a bombshell last October with its claim that it could deliver 4K-resolution...
How more meaningful metadata improves content marketing and monetization
Every film or TV programme delivered over a digital TV system – broadcast or online – is associated with a set of ‘metadata’ of...
Attention moves beyond 4K resolution to HDR and ‘Ultra HD Premium’ at CES
Panasonic shows off its new 'Ultra HD Premium' badged televisionThere is plenty of Ultra HD news coming out of CES 2016 in Las Vegas...
ThinkAnalytics exploits Recommendations Engine’s data to offer new analytics platform
By Barry Flynn, Contributing Editor
ThinkAnalytics, whose content and recommendations engine services over 150 million subscribers worldwide across more than 60 video service providers, is unveiling...
UHD TV’s biggest challenge is interoperability
By Barry Flynn, Contributing Editor
Yesterday’s Videonet webinar on Ultra HD: What Is It And When Will We See It, sponsored by the UHD Forum,...