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News & Views Most Popular Dalet Buys Ooyala Media Platform & People By Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 7/15/2019 To support its ongoing transition to a SaaS-based business model, Dalet signs agreement to acquire Ooyala Flex Media Platform and staff. Post a Comment Shaw Bets on BlueCurve for Broadband By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/15/2019 As part of its broad product syndication deal with Comcast, big Canadian MSO is counting on new home WiFi app, DOCSIS 3.1 rollout and IPTV launch to trigger fresh subscriber and revenue growth. Post a Comment C-Band Proposal Fixates on Fiber By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/15/2019 A proposal with cable industry backing to free up at least 370MHz of C-Band spectrum for 5G should make fiber providers and data center operators salivate. Post a Comment Advertisement Untapping the Opportunity in Sports OTT By Ivan Verbesselt, Senior Vice President Marketing, NAGRA, 7/15/2019 While sports content piracy is growing at an alarming rate, hurting the industry and dampening down the value of sports TV rights, solutions are available. Post a Comment Charter & NY Formally Kiss & Make Up By Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 7/12/2019 After New York's Public Service Commission rescinded approval of Charter's merger with TWC and Charter threatened to leave the state, negotiations succeeded and both orgs come out winners. Post a Comment AT&T Ditches Synacor as Portal Provider By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/12/2019 Synacor reveals that it's winding down three-year deal with AT&T to run the telco's web portal, which will sap nearly half of its overall revenue. Post a Comment New Route to New Revenue: Detect & Respond to Credentials Sharing By Orly Amsalem, Product Manager Video Security, Synamedia, 7/12/2019 Rather than ignoring password sharing or solely seeking ways to prevent it, service providers are now in position to monetize it thanks to advances in behavioral analytics and machine learning. Post a Comment Advertisement Will Standards Lessen SD-WAN's Growing Pains? By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 7/11/2019 Ovum and Heavy Reading explain how MEF has stepped in to create SD-WAN specifications to provide clarity in the market, and how this service definition could impact the industry. Post a Comment Cogeco Scores in US, Slips in Canada By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/11/2019 Large cross-border cable operator exceeds analyst expectations with Q3 Atlantic Broadband results in US but disappoints with Cogeco Connexion results in Canada. Post a Comment Talk – but No Greater Clarity – on Huawei Ban By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 7/10/2019 Various reports suggest there has been a relaxation on the trade position being taken by the US authorities with regards to Huawei, but the situation for US vendors is no clearer. Post a Comment Comcast Commits Millions to Harmonic's 'CableOS' Platform By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/9/2019 Under the new enterprise license, Comcast will pay $175 million in software license fees over four years in a move that could help to fuel the cable op's access network virtualization efforts. Post a Comment AT&T's Names & Delays New SVoD Service, HBO Max, Till 2020 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/9/2019 WarnerMedia's new direct-to-consumer OTT service to feature 10K hours of content, reportedly cost more than $14.99 per month. Post a Comment Video Sub Losses Now Part of US Cable's 'Bull Case' – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/9/2019 Investors are now more willing to ignore pay-TV declines as cable margins surge, thanks in part to ARPU-boosting broadband services, Craig Moffett says. Post a Comment Yvette Kanouff Joins John Chambers-Led VC By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/9/2019 Former Cisco exec and cable industry vet named partner and CTO of JC2 Ventures, a venture capital firm devoted to startups in areas such as AI, IoT and cybersecurity. Post a Comment The Story Behind Verizon's 5G Secret Weapon By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 7/9/2019 Verizon is spending billions on fiber to support its wireless 5G push. Post a Comment Roku Retains the High Ground in US Streaming Battle By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/8/2019 Meanwhile, Android TV trails the pack at retail, but continues to make strides with cable ops and other service providers worldwide. Post a Comment Eurobites: Vodafone Poaches Tata's Kumar to Head Up Business Unit By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 7/8/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: KPN sells international assets; Telenet shares dented by wholesale access proposals; Huawei's position on Poland. Post a Comment Churn Could Singe Comcast's Broadband & Video Q2 Results – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/5/2019 Meanwhile, Comcast's Xfinity Mobile business is expected to add 200K lines in the period, and reach a 'steady state,' Nomura analysts predict. Post a Comment Why Deutsche Telekom Could Exit Romania By Iain Morris, News Editor, 7/5/2019 The German operator is rumored to be in talks about selling assets in Romania. Difficult as it may be to pull off, that move could make business sense and suit its strategic objectives. Post a Comment WiCipedia: AI's Dark Side, Diversity's Baby Steps & the Power/Privilege Dynamic By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 7/5/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Allies in privilege and power; automation gone awry; no pats on the back; and more. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Will Standards Lessen SD-WAN's Growing Pains? By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 7/11/2019 Ovum and Heavy Reading explain how MEF has stepped in to create SD-WAN specifications to provide clarity in the market, and how this service definition could impact the industry. Post a Comment Comcast Commits Millions to Harmonic's 'CableOS' Platform By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/9/2019 Under the new enterprise license, Comcast will pay $175 million in software license fees over four years in a move that could help to fuel the cable op's access network virtualization efforts. Post a Comment The Story Behind Verizon's 5G Secret Weapon By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 7/9/2019 Verizon is spending billions on fiber to support its wireless 5G push. Post a Comment Talk – but No Greater Clarity – on Huawei Ban By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 7/10/2019 Various reports suggest there has been a relaxation on the trade position being taken by the US authorities with regards to Huawei, but the situation for US vendors is no clearer. Post a Comment C-Band Proposal Fixates on Fiber By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/15/2019 A proposal with cable industry backing to free up at least 370MHz of C-Band spectrum for 5G should make fiber providers and data center operators salivate. Post a Comment Charter & NY Formally Kiss & Make Up By Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 7/12/2019 After New York's Public Service Commission rescinded approval of Charter's merger with TWC and Charter threatened to leave the state, negotiations succeeded and both orgs come out winners. Post a Comment AT&T Ditches Synacor as Portal Provider By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/12/2019 Synacor reveals that it's winding down three-year deal with AT&T to run the telco's web portal, which will sap nearly half of its overall revenue. Post a Comment Untapping the Opportunity in Sports OTT By Ivan Verbesselt, Senior Vice President Marketing, NAGRA, 7/15/2019 While sports content piracy is growing at an alarming rate, hurting the industry and dampening down the value of sports TV rights, solutions are available. Post a Comment New Route to New Revenue: Detect & Respond to Credentials Sharing By Orly Amsalem, Product Manager Video Security, Synamedia, 7/12/2019 Rather than ignoring password sharing or solely seeking ways to prevent it, service providers are now in position to monetize it thanks to advances in behavioral analytics and machine learning. Post a Comment Video Sub Losses Now Part of US Cable's 'Bull Case' – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/9/2019 Investors are now more willing to ignore pay-TV declines as cable margins surge, thanks in part to ARPU-boosting broadband services, Craig Moffett says. Post a Comment AT&T's Names & Delays New SVoD Service, HBO Max, Till 2020 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/9/2019 WarnerMedia's new direct-to-consumer OTT service to feature 10K hours of content, reportedly cost more than $14.99 per month. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors SCTE-ISBE Adds Distributed Access Architecture Course 8 hours and 14 minutes ago ThinkAnalytics Scales 100M Cloud Users Wednesday, July 10, 2019 A Third of Netflix Subs Would Consider Ad-Supported Tier – Study Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Synamedia Expands Exec Team, Hires Head of US Cable Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Nuance Revs Up Brainy AI for Smart Speakers, Virtual Assistants Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Ovation TV Taps JW Player for Multiscreen Tilt Tuesday, July 9, 2019 Nokia Broadens Whole-Home WiFi Line-Up Tuesday, July 9, 2019 Arris Rolls WiFi 6 Systems to Retail Tuesday, July 9, 2019 Consolidated Expands 1-Gig Footprint Tuesday, July 9, 2019 Yvette Kanouff Joins JC2 Ventures Tuesday, July 9, 2019 New Blood at Disney/ESPN Media Networks Monday, July 8, 2019 Liberty Media Shifts Financial Management Monday, July 8, 2019 TiVo Renews With Shaw Monday, July 8, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now DNS Hijacking on the Rise as Warning Is Issued Larry Loeb, Author, 7/15/2019 The National Cyber Security Centre, a part of the UK's GCHQ, has issued an ... 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MobiledgeX's Jason Hoffman: State of the Edge The 5G Connectivity Challenge Network Intelligence & Automation in Mergers & Migrations Why Telcos Need an Elastic Services Platform Why Hardware Still Matters in the SDN Era Why Is Autonomous Operations Key to Your Network Evolution? Ribbon's Kevin Riley Talks New Company Brand, Latest ... The Cumulus Networks Success Story CloudPassage Ensuring Next-Level Container Security EXFO: Next-Level Assurance Solutions & Automation EXFO: Automate or Stagnate RAD Shares Insights on Latest Developments in vCPE & ... 100GbE in Action & More at MEF17 ADLINK Talks About OCP & Next Generation Telecom ... LINX Talks Open Networking & OcNOS Nominum & Security for Small to Midsized Businesses C-V2X Is Getting Ready for Commercialization With ... Ixia Launches World’s First 400GE Testing Solutions Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoCs Integrate the RF Signal Chain Pluribus: SDN & Beyond Cloud, Security, AI & IoT Are Driving the Need for ... Masergy's NFV Journey Mavenir on RCS Cloud Platform & Multi-ID Keep Connected IoT Devices Under Control With Allot Metaswitch: Defining the Cloud Native Core Accelerating IP/Optical Network Visibility & Control Making 5G NR a Reality With Qualcomm Act on Your Intelligence With Amdocs aia! Making 5G New Radio (NR) a Reality Accelerating C-V2X Toward 5G for Autonomous Driving Dan Sahar of Qwilt on Open Edge Cloud Platform Nominum's Craig Sprosts on DNS & Cybersecurity Trends Versa: A Lot More Than SD-WAN SmartNICs & the Future of Network Virtualization Introducing the Next-Generation ONT (Optical Network ... A10 Networks on Service Providers' Industry Needs Check Point on Cybersecurity Accelerating Telecom Digital Transformation With Nominum DNS VeEX Test & Measurement Solutions Versa Networks' Kumar Mehta on SD-WAN Managed Services The Era of Agile Optics Has Arrived Atrinet's NetACE – Migration to NFV & SDN With ... Vodafone Live NFV Use Cases Powered by Amdocs Sonus in VellOS Mellanox Open Composable Networks Network Security Orchestration Sonus in the Cloud Sonus Strategy Netronome's Server-based Networking Platform Nexius: The Strategy & Science of Data Analytics Overture Networks NFV Solutions ECI's Elastic Network Masergy: Transforming Enterprise IT Arbor Networks on ISP Traffic Visibility ECI's LightSec: Comprehensive Cyber Security Solution ECI’s LightApps: Intelligence for Networks Service Gateway Virtual Edition SDN Management & Orchestration in the WAN Sedona Systems: Multi-Layer Applications Platform NFV – a Catalyst for Business Services Growth Telefónica: In Search of Virtual Simplicity Affirmed Networks Highlights NFV in Mobile Core Close-up on ConfD NetNumber Founder on Managing Signaling Control Tail-f, Cisco & What the Future Holds Sonus Shakes Up SD-WAN Automate, Scale & Create With Juniper's vCPE Solution Metaswitch's New CEO Martin Lund Discusses His Role ActiveVideo's Cloud Virtualization Technology Nominum on Leveraging the Power of DNS to Deliver ... Palo Alto Networks on Expanding in the Carrier/Service ... Infoblox on DNS Threat Index The Netformx Ecosystem Versa Networks on Leveraging VNFs Nuage Networks on Operationalizing SDN Mellanox's New 25/50/100Gb/s Ethernet Products Arista's CloudVision VIEW FULL VIDEO SHOWCASE Prime Reading Leading Lights 2018: The Finalists Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 4/11/2018 Light Reading is thrilled to announce the finalists for this year's Leading ... (0) Atrinet Pivots, Tackles Hybrid Network Headaches Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 2/13/2018 Network management vendor revamps its strategy to promote itself as a telco cloud ... (0) TCS Pivots to Products, Plans M&A Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 2/6/2018 Systems integration giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is transforming itself ... (0) Light Reading's 2017 Survey of Women in Comms Sarah Thomas , Director, Women in Comms , 9/18/2017 The results are in from Light Reading's first-of-its-kind survey, taking the ... 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Boingo's New CEO Sees Growth Everywhere, Including in Private CBRS Networks

Anytime a new CEO takes charge, there are always questions as to whether he or she will implement a new strategic direction. In the case of Boingo, incoming CEO Mike ...