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Useful essay from Mike Darcy, ex-CEO of Sky, on Netflix and the streaming model

by Bob Raikes

What They Say If you are interested in the world of streaming, its challenges, and how it affects traditional PayTV, I strongly recommend reading this great article by Mike Darcey of Sky which really …

M7 Group integrates TV platforms into smart TVs – Philips First to Adopt

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The M7 Group, part of Canal+, said that it has worked with Mediatek to ensure that its M7 channel mechanism FST (Fast Scan Tables), full compliance with the M7 CAM (Conditional …

Tags:Pay TV| Smart TV| STBs| Streaming Dongles| TPV (TP Vision)

Home Entertainment Viewing Keeps Growing

by Andy Marken

Just in case you don’t know it, I live in Silicon Valley and have worked in the technology industry like forever. It’s good because you get to see new things born and grow rapidly …

Tags:Netflix| OTT Video| Pay TV| Sports and Stadiums| Streaming Video

Omdia Research Finds US Virtual Pay TV Users Over-Index Substantially in Video Services

by Artem Alekseenko

New research from Omdia has found that the average virtual pay TV user utilized 13.5 video services per month compared to the average video household* at 7.4 services during 2021. The latest outlook comes …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| AVOD| Pay TV| SVOD

U.S. pay TV penetration to fall below 50% in 2026

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DigitalTVResearch forecast that traditional pay TV penetration in the US will slip below 50% of TV households in 2026 – down from 91% in 2010 and down from 60% in 2021. …

Tags:Pay TV| Streaming Video| TV Viewing| USA

The M&E Industry is Stronger, Healthier Together

by Andy Marken

Keeping a home entertainment budget under control today as the marketplace “matures” is a lot like keeping yourself in shape as you mature. Suddenly it’s OMG! “I’ve never, ever, ever, ever, ever met someone …

Watching Sports Is Fun … and Game/Industry Changing

by Andy Marken

I don’t quite get why people are so wild about watching sports. I just know they have since before the Roman Empire. Back then people would sit in the bleachers and cheer as two …

Tags:Pay TV| Sports and Stadiums| Streaming Video| TV Viewing

TV as an App – With Cloud Support

by Bob Raikes

Back at CES in 2010, I met in a hotel suite with a firm that had a new approach to TV that struck me as significant, useful and important. A friend had gone to …

Research: 71% US homes still pay-TV subs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say US analyst Leichtman Research Group said that 71% of US TV households have some form of pay TV service – down from 82% in 2016, 87% in 2011, and 86% in …

Tags:Pay TV| USA

Links Week Ending 29th October 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 second part of this week. Sixteen-nine’s Dave Haynes has a look a …

Vewd Introduces World’s First SaaS-based Operator TV with Vestel

by Artem Alekseenko

Vewd, the leading provider of OTT software solutions, together with Vestel, Europe’s largest TV manufacturer, introduced the Vewd Operator TV, a fully-featured Smart TV with a built-in, content-enriched Pay TV experience. Now, Pay TV …

Tags:OTT Video| Pay TV| Smart TV| Vestel

Vewd Introduces World’s First SaaS-based Operator TV with Vestel

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vewd and Vestel announced a deal to develop an SaaS-based TV for operators. Vewd’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model is intended to align Operator TV with Pay TV subscription models and revenue, …

Tags:Cloud TV| Pay TV| Streaming Video| Vestel