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U.S. OTT Video Subscriptions to Grow 20% Over Next Five Years

by Artem Alekseenko

Parks Associates today announced that the number of OTT subscriptions in the US will increase from nearly 230 million in 2021 to more than 277 million in 2026, an increase of over 20% in …

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Elisa Estonia Launches Next-Gen Hybrid Android TV Service Powered by Nagra, Technicolor, Tech4home and 3SS

by Artem Alekseenko

NAGRA, Technicolor Connected Home, t4h. (Tech4home) and 3 Screen Solutions (3SS) together announce that Estonian multiservice provider Elisa has gone live with its next-generation super-aggregated Elisa Elamus service. The new hybrid multiscreen offering, based …

Tags:DVB-C & C2| DVB-T & T2| IPTV| OTT Video

On Average, Cord-cutters Are Spending $85 Per Month On OTT Services

by Artem Alekseenko

New research from Parks Associates finds cord-cutters are spending $85 per month on average for their online pay-TV or standalone subscription-based services, roughly $30 less than what they were paying for traditional pay-TV service. …

Tags:Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| OTT Video

Theater Owners Blast Disney for Making ‘Black Widow’ Available Online

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Last week we reported on an article that suggested that theatre and PPV streaming could co-exist (“Black Widow” Suggests that Streaming and Theaters Could Coexist). The Hollywood Reporter has since pointed …

Tags:Cinema going| Disney| OTT Video| USA

Links Week Commencing 19th July 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. This Adidas liquid billboard is straight out …

Ultra HD Forum: “Hard to make business case for 8K”

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Advanced Television reported comments from Ben Schwarz, writing for the Ultra HD Forum as saying that it is very hard for broadcasters to justify 8K adoption. The article identifies just five …

Tags:OTT Video| Satellite| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

Ateme Titan Becomes the First Live Transcoder on the Market to Natively Support Both Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos Technologies

by Artem Alekseenko

ATEME, the leader in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, has announced it has integrated Dolby Vision® HDR and Dolby Atmos® immersive audio technologies into its TITAN Live solution, …

Tags:ATEME| Broadcast| Dolby Atmos| Dolby Vision| OTT Video

A New Compression Paradigm

by Bob Raikes

What They Say SMPTE interviewed Matthew Goldman, a SMPTE Fellow and past SMPTE President and previously with MediaKind, about developments in codecs and why there is more proliferation of different technology. He pointed out …

Tags:Codecs| OTT Video

Global AVOD Revenue to Grow 144% from 2020 to 2026

by Artem Alekseenko

AVOD expenditure for TV episodes and movies will climb by 144% between 2020 and 2026 to reach $66 billion across 138 countries. AVOD growth dipped to ‘only’ 9.2% in 2020, but high growth will …

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Broadcast TV: If It’s For Free, It’s For Me!

by Pete Putman

It’s been quite a few decades since I got my master’s degree in television and film at Syracuse University. I made many connections while there, but only one has survived four-plus decades, and that …

Tags:Cable| Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| FTA (Free to Air)| OTT Video| Streaming Video

HbbTV Releases an Updated Test Suite and a Set of Test Descriptions to Further Support Conformance of TV Receivers

by Artem Alekseenko

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks to connected TV sets and set-top boxes, is pleased to announce the simultaneous …

Tags:HbbTV| OTT Video| TVs (TV Sets)

Getting the Best from Streaming Services

by Andy Marken

We played chess a little bit while in college. It was a way to feel like you were doing something constructive while skipping classes and if you were winning, you weren’t wasting time. And …