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News & Views Most Popular T-Mobile Strikes Exclusive Mobile Video Pact With Katzenberg's Quibi By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/18/2019 Deal arrives ahead of Quibi's launch next spring, and adds a new wrinkle to T-Mobile's video game plan. Post a Comment Surge of Streaming Options Triggers 'Subscription Overload' – Study By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/17/2019 But platforms that bundle streaming video services, backed by single sign-on systems, could benefit both OTT and pay-TV players alike. Post a Comment What's at Stake as the Streaming Battle Builds By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/15/2019 Netflix, Amazon and Hulu have staked out their turf in the subscription VoD market, but will they be able to hold that coveted ground as Disney, Apple, WarnerMedia and NBCU enter the streaming fray? Post a Comment Advertisement Chill Out! Netflix Is Fine, Analyst Says By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/14/2019 Concerns about new direct-to-consumer competition alongside pressure on Netflix's pricing power is misunderstood or overblown, contends LightShed Partners analyst Richard Greenfield. Post a Comment Apollo Proposes DirecTV Spinout, Combo With Dish – Report By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/10/2019 Private equity firm has pitched a restructuring that would spin off DirecTV and combine it with Dish under a new company that would be controlled by AT&T, Fox Business says. Post a Comment Former Comcast Exec Named CTO of MediaKind By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/7/2019 Allen Broome comes on board as the video software company explores the development of a virtualized, software-as-a-service model for the OTT and pay-TV service provider market. Post a Comment Matt Strauss to Head NBCU's New OTT Service By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/7/2019 Strauss, a longtime Comcast exec, has been named chairman of Peacock, a streaming service set to launch in the spring of 2020. Post a Comment Advertisement At Vonage, It's Not Just About Technology By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/4/2019 Sanjay Srinivasan, Vonage VP and chief architect, talks with Light Reading's Mitch Wagner about the company's VoIP strategy and explains why SD-WAN is important to Vonage. Post a Comment Facebook's TIP Is Desperate to Add Friends By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/3/2019 Three and a half years after its birth, the Telecom Infra Project is trying to be more collaborative than confrontational. Post a Comment Charter Envisions a Fixed Wireless Triple-Play With CBRS By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/2/2019 Charter's Craig Cowden expands on the MSO's interests and intentions involving the CBRS band and provides updates on the company's recent set of fixed wireless, mobile-facing 'dual-SIM' market trials. Post a Comment TiVo Debuts Pricey Connected DVR Lineup, Ad-Supported Streaming Service By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/2/2019 Company adds TiVo Edge models for cable customers and cord-cutters, tags content partners for soon-to-launch ad-based OTT service called TiVo+. Post a Comment Net Neutrality Is Dead Yet Again By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 10/1/2019 States still have the option of enacting their own net neutrality regulations following today's DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruling upholding the FCC rollback of net neutrality rules. Post a Comment Omniverse: It's All HovSat's Fault By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/1/2019 Faced with a copyright lawsuit led by major Hollywood studios, Omniverse accuses its erstwhile partner of breach of contract and negligent misrepresentation. Post a Comment Locast: Broadcaster-Led Lawsuit 'Objectively Baseless' & 'an Unlawful Sham' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/27/2019 Locast, which has filed counterclaims, asserts RCN pulled back a $750,000 donation commitment 'as a result of intimidation from the broadcasters.' Post a Comment Looking Back: Comcast's Breakthrough X1 Video Service Turns 10 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/27/2019 Whispers about Comcast's next-video platform began to spread a decade ago at Cable-Tec Expo in Denver. Here's a look back at its journey from a secretive project originally called 'Excalibur' to a widely deployed product under the X1 banner. Post a Comment Locast to Viewers: Help! By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/23/2019 Under fire from US broadcasters, Locast is appealing for funds to help it mount a legal defense, a move that was attempted eight years ago by Ivi Inc., an OTT-TV company that was sued out of existence. Post a Comment TiVo Rolling Out Skippable Pre-Roll Ads for Retail DVRs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/20/2019 New ad inventory, to be inserted in front of DVR recordings, will be rolled out to eligible retail devices within 90 days, company says. Post a Comment Comcast's Trojan Horse for Pay-TV By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/20/2019 Xfinity Flex, now offered for free to broadband-only subs, provides streaming apps and smart home capabilities – but it's also something else. Post a Comment GSMA Warns Against Fragmentation of Digital Economy Rules By Robert Clark, 9/20/2019 Telecom regulators are being forced to broaden their activities with the arrival of new digital technologies. Post a Comment Cox Also Flexing Its Streaming Muscles By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/18/2019 Cable op has quietly launched the Contour Stream Player, Cox's twist on Comcast's Xfinity Flex video streaming product for broadband-only subs. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Comcast, Viacom Join ACE Friday, October 18, 2019 Roku Adds Apple TV App, to Make Apple TV+ Available on November 1 Tuesday, October 15, 2019 You.i TV Nets UI Deal With Australia's Network 10 Thursday, October 10, 2019 Dish, Fox Reach New Deal, End Blackout Monday, October 7, 2019 Sony's PlayStation Vue Cuts a New Disney Deal Friday, September 27, 2019 Jeffrey Hirsch Upped to President & CEO of Starz Thursday, September 26, 2019 ESPN Streams Exclusive Fare to Facebook Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Plex Gets Lionsgate for Its Ad-VoD Service Wednesday, September 18, 2019 NBCU Names Its OTT Service Tuesday, September 17, 2019 MediaKind Launches Tech Alliance, Intros Low-Latency ABR Thursday, September 12, 2019 Imagine Teams With AWS to Drive OTT Dollars Wednesday, September 11, 2019 CenturyLink Buys Streamroot Tuesday, September 10, 2019 Synamedia Broadens Its Video Tech Portfolio Monday, September 9, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Europe Starts to Build Its Own Secure Cloud Oliver Schonschek, Security Now News Analyst, 12/5/2019 The German Federal Government wants to join forces with other European partners ... 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MediaKind CTO: Adding Agility Will Shorten 'Feedback Loop' With Customers

Agile, a model based on iterative changes and small, quick releases, is table stakes for any software company. It's just how things get done these days as the older ...