InterDigital claims a new model is needed to handle growing video traffic
Video has crushed the Internet. In 2014, video represented 64% of all consumer Internet traffic, and that will grow to between 80% and 90% by 2019. The pain is especially severe in mobile...
On this week’s Carrier Wrap, we dig into the growing push by wireless carriers into streaming video services
Wireless carriers have had a tough relationship with streaming video services as such offerings are bandwidth intensive and tend to stretch cellular network resources. For the most...
Multi-year agreement includes development of original content, music for Verizon Go90 platform
Verizon Wireless signed a multi-year deal with Sony Music to distribute original video content from Sony Music through the telecom operator’s recently launched Go90 mobile video service. The deal is set to include...
This week I'm talking to Daniel Buchanan of VARDNet. Daniel's startup is working with the University of Tennessee football team to develop VR quarterback training. We'll look at some of the hardware and software available for these projects.
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Alliance for Open Media also includes Cisco, Intel, Microsoft and Mozilla
The way people consume video content is rapidly changing, as the cord-cutting movement gains momentum, cable subscriptions are declining while streaming platforms like Netflix, Hulu and others with massive libraries available on demand become...
NFL Mobile app now free for all customers as reports indicate imminent launch of video service
Just ahead of the expected launch of a mobile-focused video platform, Verizon Wireless is expanding access to its exclusive agreement with the National Football League to stream NFL games.
Verizon...
Competition between communication service providers and over-the-top players could be set to change. According to Ovum’s "Telco-OTT Tracker" survey, Latin American telecom operators are increasing the number of partnership deals signed with OTT players.
The tracker counted more than 500 deals across 11 categories on...
New report from Juniper Research predicts 55% increase in adult video consumption by 2020
Adult video content is set to explode across the mobile space, with a new report suggesting each smartphone user that accesses such content will watch nearly one adult video each day...
In this episode of Coders I dig into the tools and techniques used to bring video app Pheebo to life. Pheebo is a video aggregation app for iOS that provides a slick user interface to quickly find and watch video content across the disparate...
Yesterday's Google IO keynote gives us plenty to talk about, with updates on Project Loon, Android Wear, and the introduction of cloud testing, an IoT solution for developers, Android M, Google Photos and more.
Android M is particularly notable for the introduction of system-level support...
Verizon and AT&T tackle video for value creation
When I was a manager in the engineering and operations workforce in Sprint’s local division (later to become Embarq, and then CenturyLink), I remember a discussion with the VP on a process improvement project. “Jim, everything we...
