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News & Views Most Popular Vodafone Gets Blessing for €18.4B Liberty Takeover By Iain Morris, International Editor, 7/18/2019 The deal should take the pressure off Vodafone CEO Nick Read but comes as a big blow to German incumbent Deutsche Telekom. Post a Comment Stranger Things: Netflix Falls Short on Subs By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/17/2019 Despite passing the 150-million subscriber mark globally, Netflix disappoints investors by falling well short of its second-quarter target of adding 5 million paid subscribers worldwide. Post a Comment Report: Netflix Doesn't Need Friends By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/17/2019 In its latest take on the SVoD space, MoffettNathanson says Netflix will still dominate the OTT video market despite the impending loss of Friends and The Office to new streaming services from WarnerMedia & NBCUniversal. Post a Comment Advertisement D3.1 Finally (Really) Debuts Down Under By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/17/2019 Australian government-backed wholesale broadband provider concludes successful D3.1 field trial on a retail operator's HFC network in Victoria, achieving download speeds of nearly 1 Gig. Post a Comment Eurobites: S&P Puts Vodafone on Creditwatch By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 7/17/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Tele2's earnings up 3% in Q2; Openet goes cloud-native for 5G; Inmarsat takeover comes under scrutiny. Post a Comment You.i TV Cashing in on Multiscreen Migration By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/17/2019 As the traditional pay-TV biz suffers and the direct-to-consumer OTT video market rises, You.i TV has found its niche as companies on all sides seek ways to simplify the path to a wide array of screens. Post a Comment Pirates Poised to Pluck More From Pay-TV, OTT By Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 7/17/2019 Piracy and account-sharing are taking a sizable bite from operators' content revenue, with incumbents and OTT startups feeling the financial hurt. Post a Comment Advertisement Cord-Cutting Could Clip Other Video Players By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/16/2019 Back-to-back studies by InMyArea Research indicate major TV programmers and streaming services like HBO and Netflix could also face a mass exodus by subscribers soon. Post a Comment 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Atlantic Broadband Deploys Gigabit More Widely Wednesday, July 17, 2019 SCTE-ISBE, CABA to Partner on Smart Homes, Smart Cities Initiatives Wednesday, July 17, 2019 Ssimplus VoD Monitor Inspector to Debut at IBC Tuesday, July 16, 2019 Niko Picks Eurofins for Smart Home & IoT Test Automation Tuesday, July 16, 2019 SCTE-ISBE Adds Distributed Access Architecture Course Monday, July 15, 2019 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 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Malvertising Adds Sophistication to Disruption Larry Loeb, Author, 7/17/2019 French security researcher Malekal delved into a murky world. (0) New BitPaymer Ransomware Discovered Hunting Big Game Larry Loeb, Author, 7/16/2019 New variant shares most of its code with the BitPaymer ransomware operated by ... (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News DOCSIS 3.1 Gains New Ground Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 7/17/2019 Some operators expand existing D3.1 infrastructure, while others discover ... (0) BBWN Bites: Google, Microsoft & WISPA: Fixed Wireless Can Bridge Digital Divide Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 7/17/2019 Google, Microsoft and WISPA hope the FCC agrees that by allowing FWA operators to ... (0) GO TO BROADBAND WORLD NEWS Telecom Innovators Video Showcase New 5G Network Security Threats Sigma Systems at Digital Transformation World 2019 Ciena Talks Converged Interconnect Networks at Cable ... Red Hat Enterprise Linux: A Secure Foundation for the ... Viasat: Connecting the Unconnected LotusFlare: Awesome Digital Experiences to Drive Growth Source Photonics CEO: Vertical Integration & Lean Models ... MobiledgeX: Who Benefits From Edge Computing? Why Is 5G Different? VMware Service Assurance: Reducing Operational ... Architect Digital-Ready Infrastructures Using SDN & NFV Accenture 5G Acceleration Services at Mobile World ... PacketFabric: Leading the Way in Highly Scalable Network ... Accenture 5G Acceleration Services at Mobile World ... Semtech: LoRa Technology Enabling Proven, Flexible IoT ... Versa's CEO, Kelly Ahuja: Securing & Software-Defining ... How Lumina Is Redefining SDN Aryaka's Gary Sevounts: Advantages to Consuming SD-WAN ... Calix's Shane Eleniak: How Data Analytics & Software ... 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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