With practically every social media platform doubling down on video over the past decade, the emergence of apps like TikTok, and the rise of competing movie and TV services, video on demand is the battleground where businesses fight for the attention of consumers.
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TiVo contacted me to speak at their upcoming Pay TV Executive Summit. They wanted me to discuss the reemergence of Video over Broadband, and if done well, how it would help operators grow their business. While this is important, it is only one slice...
We’re in the midst of a media revolution. Seemingly every content publisher in existence is launching their own digital distribution platform. As a result, many content publishers are finding themselves involved in something new: A direct relationship with the consumer. To nurture and secure...
Director of Verizon 5G Labs: 'Music artists can build entire worlds with 5G and MEC'
“I was able to create my own world,” music artist The Hxliday says in a video released by Verizon 5G Labs. “This is more of a creative thought process than...
AT&T combining network and subscriber base, Warner Media content and analytics-driven advertising
As it works to build what CEO Randall Stephenson has referred to as a "modern media company," AT&T will leverage its subscriber base and network, combined with Warner Media content assets, to launch...
The broadband performance and economics of cellular with 4G and 5G is making it possible for many of us to do without any wired connection at all — already including those who, on average, stream up to an hour of video per day. Nevertheless,...
AT&T said planned launch of its Stream Saver service early next year will allow for customer control over streaming video quality.
AT&T Mobility is following smaller rivals T-Mobile US and Sprint in offering a video optimization plan for customers, which is set to...
Sprint rolled out a new premium option for its unlimited plans providing access to HD streaming $5 less expensive than T-Mobile Binge On option
Sprint’s broader push into unlimited data services continues with the launch of its new “Unlimited Freedom Premium” option that tacks on...
With streaming video content delivery mechanisms hogging bandwidth and QoE, Flash Networks looks at potential solutions
Video traffic is flooding mobile networks and the tsunami has only just begun. According to our customer data, mobile video traffic accounted for 55% of total mobile data traffic...
Live or progressive? Which codec and compression rate? All these factors and more impact end user QoE and operator’s bottom-line.
By 2020, more than half of all mobile data will be video driven, according to industry projections. As consumer demand for mobile video continues to explode, service providers...
Giraffic wades into the streaming video content challenges facing the mobile telecom space
It's a great time to be in the streaming media business. Over the course of the past year, we’ve seen tremendous growth in mobile watching – especially with millennials. With services like...
