Managing the data analytics opportunity with cloud computing
Channel 4 has put data at the heart of its future, including data gathered from 4oD usageMedia companies have always dealt in data, but...
Cloud video processing takes centre stage at NAB 2014
The Elemental Live encoding platformWhen it comes to video processing, the biggest story from NAB Show, and indeed the spring trade show season generally,...
Netflix is posterboy for ‘cloud’; Pay TV is getting started
Netflix gave the Pay TV industry a fright with its deep catalogue of SVOD content, available on virtually any device. It has turned out...
Making the cloud work for TV
The new user interface for Comcast Cable, which is built on the cloud-centric X1 platformIn the TV business, the term ‘cloud’ no longer refers...
Future headends: More virtualization and all-ABR delivery
An HP ProLiant server, the kind of technology that can be harnessed for virtualizationWe have just reached the tipping point in the migration towards...
New ABR solution promises less bandwidth and faster stream start-ups
Quiptel claims you will get more reliable Internet streaming thanks to its technlogy, so you never miss a goalService providers and content owners are...
MovieLabs specs set a new benchmark for content protection
Comcast's Xfinity TV Go on the PC. The company is going to stream 4K video through its app on Samsung Smart TVsIn order to...
Gauging the addressable market for UHD
Sky Deutschland has been showing Bundesliga football in UHD. Pic: Sky/SampicsThe latest (and provisional) forecast from the research firm Strategy Analytics is for 7.3...
The next big challenge for cable is providing seamless mobility
CEO, ONO, "We have to sell bundles that offer mobile because that is what customers want" The dominant topic on day one of Cable...
Latest thinking on UHD bit rates and upscaling
A Samsung U9000 bendable UHD. Samsung has been demonstrating the quality of its upscaling of HD to UHDWhile online video providers will be able...
