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News & Views Most Popular VEON to Close London Office, Cut Jobs After Digital Disaster By Iain Morris, International Editor, 1/18/2019 The Russia-focused operator is jettisoning its high-profile digital platform in a move that will hit employees in Amsterdam and London. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Netflix Adds 8.8M Paid Streaming Subs in Q4, Expands to 139M Worldwide By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/17/2019 'We compete with (and lose to) Fortnite more than HBO,' Netflix says in jab at its competition. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 8K Association Formed to Spark Tech Ecosystem By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/17/2019 As 4K enters the consumer mainstream, a trade group has begun work on developing best practices and standards required for the leap to 8K video resolution. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Podcast: What in the 5G World Happened at CES? By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 1/16/2019 There was a lot to see in Las Vegas last week, but was there anything said that we had never heard before? Phil Harvey and Mike Dano discuss the week's activities and parse each major carrier's 5G progress following CES 2019. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Netflix Raises Prices as Content Spending, OTT Competition Heat Up By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/16/2019 New and existing US subscribers will take on the brunt of the price hike to help Netflix feed its subscription streaming beast. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Can NBCU Crack the Economics of OTT? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/15/2019 2020 streaming play will support subscription and free, ad-based models as NBCU attempts to feed consumer demand for direct-to-consumer OTT without maiming its traditional distribution and ad business model. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Amazon Joins OTT's Big Free-for-All By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/11/2019 'IMDb Freedive' will aid Amazon's streaming platform strategy, but did the new AVoD service miss a big opportunity? Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Eurobites: Sky Takes a Stake in Synamedia By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/8/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Infracapital acquires half of SSE Enterprise Telecoms; Amazon teams up with HERE for connected cars; BBC plays catch-up with its catch-up service; TIM hires new trio; Ericsson tests 5G with T-Mobile US and Intel. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: GypsumFantastic Would rather the BBC had a public consultation about abolishing the TV licence.... 8K TVs to Creep Into US Market in 2019 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/7/2019 Just 200,000 8K sets expected to ship this year, compared to 22 million 4K TVs, according to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Post a Comment \| Read (0) iPhone Upset Leads to Apple Crumble By Iain Morris, News Editor, 1/3/2019 Mix exorbitant prices with underwhelming gadgets and a dose of Chinese nationalism, and then sit back and watch a trillion-dollar company tank. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Roku Targets Amazon With 'Premium Subscriptions' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/2/2019 Expansion to the Roku Channel will enable users to buy subscriptions directly to more than two dozen video services, including Showtime & Starz… but not HBO. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner More than six months ago, it was reported that Apple was working on something... Light Reading's 23 Most Popular TV Stories & Interviews of 2018 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/28/2018 Light Reading's on-camera coverage during the year spanned a wide range of topics and technologies, from 5G and 4K to HDR, AI, automation, edge computing and more... Post a Comment \| Read (0) SSIMWAVE Makes Waves in Video Quality By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 12/27/2018 Canadian video tech startup apes human perception to track video quality on any screen. Post a Comment \| Read (0) What Is Comcast Doing With VivaLiveTV? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/20/2018 SEC filings claim that company behind a skinny-bundle, subscription OTT-TV service has notched a content and tech partnership with Comcast Technology Solutions that kicks in January 2019. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner While there's no formal word on how VivaLiveTV's relationship wiht Omniverse... T-Mobile Dumps Plan to Debut New OTT-TV Service in 2018 – Report By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/19/2018 Launch delayed to 2019 reportedly due to unforeseen complexities and desire to avoid launching a me-too video offering. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: MindCommerce TV and video in general is one of those latency dependent services that really... Virtual Reality Gets Real Gimmicky By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/17/2018 Sling TV, ESPN, Fox bring video streaming apps to the Oculus Go. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Analyst: AT&T Made 'Major Strategic Error' on SVoD Plan By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/17/2018 Decision to launch a trio of direct-to-consumer services and continue to license content is the wrong move, analyst says. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner As mentioned above, WarnerMedia and Disney are pushing ahead with their DTC... DT, Orange Prove Europe Remains Hostage to US, Chinese Tech By Iain Morris, News Editor, 12/17/2018 Two of Europe's biggest operators are desperate to wean Europeans off US and Chinese technology, but they are uncomfortably reliant on it themselves. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: jexterjason Europe's tech dilemma like the deep and meaningful partnership two of its biggest... Telia Carrier's Evangelist on Internet Traffic Trends By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/13/2018 On the sidelines of Light Reading's 2020 Vision Executive Summit, Mattias Fridström, chief evangelist at Telia Carrier, discusses the latest shifts in public Internet traffic trends and whether the likes of 4K/8K video, SD-WAN and 5G will impact international traffic patterns. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Djingo Unchained: Orange, DT Take AI Fight to US Tech Giants By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/12/2018 Unveiling a new smart speaker in Paris today, the CEOs of Deutsche Telekom and Orange hope growing concern about data privacy will provide a spur to Europe's homegrown technology expertise. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards banarasedi, 1/18/2019 10:56:04 PM Comcast Ready for Clash With Hulu Re: goo HSBC Sydney 7s Rugby doors will be thrown opened on Friday 1 February with free entry for day one of the tournament which will feature some of the biggest names in the sport including Emilee Cherry, Charlotte Caslick, Emma... elaineweir, 1/18/2019 12:50:53 PM AT&T Sets Sights on Another Streaming Service Re: Recommended Well i agree with your post this will gonna help all of us who need to take tricks from your post regarding sets sights streaming services and curently i've taken services of aniamtions through whiteboard animation video... jexterjason, 1/16/2019 11:33:56 PM DT, Orange Prove Europe Remains Hostage to US, Chinese Tech Re: DT, Orange team Europe's tech dilemma like the deep and meaningful partnership two of its biggest telcos touted this week. The CEOs of Orange (Stéphane Richard) and Deutsche Telekom (Timotheus Höttges) see more than €120bn... fredaberg102490, 1/16/2019 5:49:42 AM Comcast Ready for Clash With Hulu Re: Nice This topic is so interesting. Thanks to this thread, I now know something from this topic. I also find the shred information very important. I look forward for more helpful information from this thread. Check out also crazy... GypsumFantastic, 1/10/2019 8:56:51 AM Eurobites: Sky Takes a Stake in Synamedia Re: TV licence consultation? Would rather the BBC had a public consultation about abolishing the TV licence. An outdated stealth tax. They can then charge consumers to use their iPlayer like other OTT players, and at least people then have the choice... mayankkhanna, 1/7/2019 1:43:41 PM Samsung to Bring iTunes Movies, TV Shows to Smart TVs Re: What is required to make SMART TV truly SMART? Good to see Samsung to bring iTunes Movies, TV Shows to SMART TVs. However, it is still limited to the amount of content available in the market. Similar strategy should be made to add OTT platforms specific to the distribution... mayankkhanna, 1/7/2019 12:52:54 PM Gracenote Beefs Up Video Search & Discovery Re: Video Discovery and Search is need of the hour Good to see that Gracenote is taking a step to bring video search and discovery. They've been the first movers in TV guide. However, in OTT segment we foresee the need couple of years back and created India's first video... Jeff Baumgartner, 1/2/2019 2:15:51 PM Roku Targets Amazon With 'Premium Subscriptions' Re: Apple next? More than six months ago, it was reported that Apple was working on something similar for its "TV" app that would allow consumers to buy subscriptions directly, though imagine that the negotiations on what % of the cut Apple... Jeff Baumgartner, 12/21/2018 1:31:12 PM What Is Comcast Doing With VivaLiveTV? Re: Omniverse While there's no formal word on how VivaLiveTV's relationship wiht Omniverse will shakeout, Falcones did tell me earlier in an email earlier that it's expected that he "won't have much do with with Omniverse" once... MindCommerce, 12/20/2018 3:35:27 PM T-Mobile Dumps Plan to Debut New OTT-TV Service in 2018 – Report Re: 5G for TV and other URLLC Services TV and video in general is one of those latency dependent services that really needs 5G, more specifically 5G New Radio (5GNR) via millimeter wave RF. However, it is well-advised that they have their business case worked... sansa2020, 12/19/2018 1:10:34 PM Comcast Ready for Clash With Hulu Re: x games on hulu Hulu allows for the viewing of over 50 live channels at $39.99/month. In order to take advantage of the free possibilities, one would have to sign up and receive the free 7-day trial and enjoy x games aspen live on hulu.... sarcher60555, 12/19/2018 1:51:36 AM DT, Orange Prove Europe Remains Hostage to US, Chinese Tech Re: Tis the Giving season. "A desperate Vincent Peng, the president of Huawei's business in Western Europe, told the Financial Times that Huawei would do "anything" to restore confidence." Lots of nice gifts to decision makers at work desks around... Jeff Baumgartner, 12/18/2018 4:54:07 PM Analyst: AT&T Made 'Major Strategic Error' on SVoD Plan Re: OTT Holiday Cheer from NBCU's Steve Burke As mentioned above, WarnerMedia and Disney are pushing ahead with their DTC OTT plans while speculation runs rampant on what NBCU and Comcast will do (if anything) on that front in the wake of the Sky de According to Bloomberg,... t.bogataj, 12/18/2018 2:59:44 AM DT, Orange Prove Europe Remains Hostage to US, Chinese Tech Re: Artificial vs Natural "Just 51% of companies in Germany believe in the potential of artificial intelligence, compared with 91% in China and 97% in the US." This is the best proof of existence of natural intelligence in Europe. T. Jeff Baumgartner, 12/6/2018 12:47:11 PM Comcast Is First Major Pay-TV Player to Support 'Movies Anywhere' Re: Comcast purchases also accessible on Movies Anytime apps The other thing to point out is that any purchases made via the Comcast store will also be accessible on the Movies Anytime apps. 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