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Weijun Lee, VP TV and cloud computing solutions at ZTE USA, shares what North American telcos can learn from overseas IPTV operators, how ZTE helps IPTV operators embrace new technologies and ZTE's trusted delivery model for cyber-security
Adtran is working with customers to deliver new, innovative solutions for every ingress point in the network. These innovations are enabling service providers to accelerate change; quickly launching next-gen services. The only constant is change
As broadband service providers map out their cloud services strategies, there are several important decisions to be made along the way. CHR Solutions’ Marc Hayden offers his view on launching cloud services, and the opportunity cloud holds
Hear how technology, content and devices are enabling end-users to consume video whenever and wherever they want it, and how innovations like Liquid Net can enable the best video experience
ASSIA's Jerome Joanny shows off the company's iPhone application designed to help service providers better pinpoint broadband network problems before rolling a truck
Heavy Reading's Adi Kishore reveals some data from the latest consumer survey of pay TV subscribers as we try to find out how operators can keep customers happy and reduce churn
Eric Bruno describes how Verizon is endeavoring to make everything its customers want or need to do easier and more convenient, thanks to Internet-connected devices
LRTV catches up with Gary Southwell, BTI System’s VP and CTO, at Telco TV to talk about Content Aware Networking and what it means for service providers around the world
CHR Solutions' Vince Tyson discusses how it identifies, designs and integrates network systems that help reduce network turn-up time, accelerate network and staff transition, and drive time to market
At TelcoTV 2010 Calix CEO Carl Russo discusses the emergence of 'an all-video world' and its video-driven high-capacity and low-latency network bandwidth requirements, and introduces the new Calix E7-20 multi-terabit Ethernet Service Access Platform
Buckeye CableSystem CTO Joe Jensen explains how IPTV can help accelerate cable innovation and offers an update on how the MSO's IP video trial with BigBand Networks is going
Verizon's director of video services Joe Ambeault tells us about Flex View, FiOS's new on-demand cloud service, and opines on the tablet's role in the living room
Dallas Cox, general manager of Utah-based rural telco Manti Telephone, talks about the surprising costs of IPTV content acquisition, how to please his customers, and how to make money on the service
Dish Network's Vivek Khemka explains how the satellite giant is embracing over-the-top video, rather than fighting it, and why it's working with Google TV
Toledo Telephone COO Dale Merten discusses how OTT changed the game,cut costs, and created loyal customers for the telco after IPTV proved to be more trouble than it was worth
Ronald Wright Raffensperger of Huawei Technologies talks with Heavy Reading’s Gabriel Brown about how mobile packet core is important to the subscribers’ experience
Ian Tapp, SVP of Business Development for Ericsson, talks about how telcos can differentiate themselves by using IPTV to provide a rich user experience and how this differentiation is becoming ever more important as consumers' expectations of content and content choice continue to rise
Amir Littman, VP of Business Development for 180SQUARED, talks about how products such as v.Orchestra and Allegro can enable service providers to quickly and efficiently deploy enhanced applications and services, reducing development time from 12 months to 12 weeks
Madeleine A. Forrer, VP of Video Services for NRTC, explains how it is no longer enough for telcos to just be phone companies. She highlights the need for telcos to deliver both services and access if they want to stay ahead of the competition
Dan Lutter, Director of Sales for Net Insight, talks about the problems faced by Tecos in the IPTV arena, particularly the tradeoff between high Quality of Service and network utilization. He explains how Net Insight's zero packet loss solutions enable 100 percent QoS with 100 percent network utilization.
Carl Russo, President and CEO of Calix, talks about how Calix's Unified Access infrastructure is helping service providers move to an all-video world, having the lowest cost of operation with the greatest service deployment capability
Kevin Morgan, Director of Product Marketing for ADTRAN, explains how its customers are using ADTRAN products to maximize their video bandwidth, thereby giving an improved experience to the consumer as well as increasing revenues for service providers
Ankeena's CTO Prabakar Sundarrajan gives us his view on the content delivery challenges facing telcos, and he outlines a few tips for holding on to subscribers and building an infrastructure that won't break when VoD content continues its rapid growth
Now that telcos are being introduced to new service areas that they've never done before (entertainment delivery, home monitoring, etc.), it's worth asking: What is job No. 1 for today's telcos?
Telcos have to walk a fine line between exploiting consumers for advertising purposes and missing out on a potentially huge revenue source that could supplement the cost of their expensive TV offerings
Twitter on your telly? Really? Differentiating IPTV from cable is a major telco concern. As execs from Ankeena Networks and Amino Communications point out, there's a tension between what will enhance the TV experience and what may just be annoying
Avail-TVN CEO Ramu Potarazu says the telcos need to brace for an onslaught of VOD content by making sure they have networks that scale to match the depth of choice that video consumers have come to expect
Heavy Reading's Adi Kishore discusses his firm's latest consumer survey on pay TV. The survey reveals that consumers are more price sensitive than ever, but that consumer loyalty can be enhanced by bundling services
BesTV's Ian Chin says telco IPTV in China is bundled with broadband subscriptions and comfortably coexists as an interactive supplement to a linear cable TV service in many households. But he says Chinese carriers want to soon make an IPTV subscription something that is delivered to consumer homes, office PCs, and mobile phones.
Deutsche Telekom's head of new media, Randolph Nikutta, tells us that the future of IPTV could be quite stunning. In an interview taped late last year, Nikutta told us the telco is rolling out interactive features in its IPTV service over the next few years, primarily with sports programming. But, he says, the technology exists to allow viewers to be their own directors in the next five to 10 years.
LSI's Jas Tremblay talks about why service providers need to migrate to a service-aware network and explains the importance of increased intelligence, control, and security
Basil Alwan, president of Alcatel-Lucent’s IP Division, tells us about recent telco TV trends, in terms of content, personalization, and network demand. He also explains that viewer profiling and targeted advertising are important strategies for monetizing IPTV and that ensuring consumer privacy is critical and is managed effectively in Alcatel-Lucent solutions
Is Steve McKay, CEO of set-top maker Entone really suggesting that set-tops are on death's door? Well, yes, but he'll also explain why that reality won't sink Entone. Also, he discusses lessons learned from one of the world's largest IPTV deployments, and he has some words for telcos who are afraid of broadband-fed video taking over their pay-TV businesses
Cable Digital News editor Jeff Baumgartner, Light Reading editor Phil Harvey, and Contentinople publisher Scott Raynovich discuss the recession, price as a competitive weapon, and what cable really has to fear from telcos
The promise of tru2way is closer to becoming a reality. This move to a common software platform could let cable companies, programmers, and gadget makers provide a real interactive TV experience, even without requiring a set-top box. The transition might be painful at first, but the payoff should be huge if the services come anywhere close to measuring up to the hype. In this video, hear perspectives from
Cox Communications Inc., Comcast Corp., CableLabs, and the editors of Cable Digital News and Light Reading.
While cleaning out our video cupboard we found this bit of tape from TelcoTV 2007, a quiz game we played with some good-natured exhibitors on the show floor. Nothing particularly revealing here, unless you find it surprising that industry folk know their sandwiches from their video products
While cleaning out our video cupboard we found this bit of tape from TelcoTV 2007, a quiz game we played with some good-natured exhibitors on the show floor. Nothing particularly revealing here, unless you find it surprising that industry folk know their sandwiches from their video products
Light Reading: When you've gotta have more cowbell. Heck of a slogan, no? Have a look this short LRTV our outtake reel, as introduced by Larry the Monkey and a special guest voiceover guy, and you'll understand why it concludes with the line: 'I've seen mimes with a better command of the language.'
Light Reading: When you've gotta have more cowbell. Heck of a slogan, no? Have a look this short LRTV our outtake reel, as introduced by Larry the Monkey and a special guest voiceover guy, and you'll understand why it concludes with the line: 'I've seen mimes with a better command of the language.'
Telcos are finally offering TV services in a real way, but are any of them making money? And, now that they've figured out the technical hurdles, what should they be doing to really stand out in this competitive business?
