OTT news, analysis and opinion | Light Reading

Welcome

Advertise with us

Key developments related to the evolution and deployment of all types of over-the-top services.


News & Views Most Popular Eurobites: Orange Targets SMEs With XGS-PON in Poland By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/20/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telia gets industrial with 5G in Oulu; Ovum and Three UK sing praises of 5G fixed wireless; Sky clinches second-tier soccer deal, but some clubs aren't happy. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Altice One Levels Up By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/19/2018 2.0 upgrades to Altice USA's tack on cloud DVR capabilities, integration of YouTube Kids app, ability to restart shows from more networks. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Adds Tubi to X1's OTT Video Blend By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/15/2018 Free, ad-supported video streaming service sports library with about 8,500 titles. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Dish Awarded $90M in Video Piracy Case By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/13/2018 SetTV ordered to stop retransmitting Dish's satellite or OTT TV feeds, hand over SetTV-branded set-top boxes. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Marketin12124 Thaks Jeff, this is a great little article that outlines the industrial scale... ACA Calls for Comcast Antitrust Investigation & Trump Weighs In By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/12/2018 Comcast says ACA's call for an antitrust investigation is 'without merit' and 'inappropriate attempt' to gain leverage in the commercial market. The president amplifies the ACA's message. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Disney Dispenses Details About Its New Streaming Service By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/12/2018 Set for a late 2019 debut, Disney+ will feature content from Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic and take on OTT video giants such as Netflix and Amazon. Post a Comment \| Read (0) OTT-TV Gains Slow to a Crawl in Q3, but Cord-Cutting Does Not – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/9/2018 Losses of 'traditional' US pay-TV subs accelerated to 1.12 million in Q3 2018, widening from 870,000 a year earlier. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: JDonahue The service being described is obviously illegal yet LightReading allows the... Advertisement Spectrum: SD-WAN Is Coming Soon, but It's Complicated By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 11/8/2018 Satya Parimi of Spectrum Enterprise, says managed SD-WAN services are coming shortly following trials that revealed the complexity of deploying this new service. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: EU Makes Life Awkward for OTT Video Crew By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/7/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: EU approves Disney-Fox deal; Nokia helps create private LTE network for BMW in China, gets cozy with Infosys; Hyperoptic attracts Middle Eastern money; Three UK trumpets 5G progress. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: indesilife Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hai is an Indian television sequential having First Episode... Dish-HBO Carriage Spat Could Have Big Carryover By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/2/2018 HBO's first-ever blackout with a pay-TV distributor surfaces as DoJ tries to block AT&T-Time Warner merger. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Apple's Planned Cover-Up Meets Backlash By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/2/2018 The Cupertino King has been increasing prices to offset a slowdown in unit sales. But it doesn't want you to know about it. Post a Comment \| Read (5 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 @trapdaddy, You are simply either missing the point or ignoring it. ... Verizon Bundles Amazon Prime to Pump 1-Gig Fios By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/1/2018 OTT video-focused promotion enters fray as Verizon sees an increase in broadband-only subs in the Fios services mix. Post a Comment \| Read (7 comments) Latest Comment: kelseywilson Verizon started offering "Fiber to the Home" (FTTH) Internet service -- making... Comcast's O'Toole: SDN Stands Up to the 'Tyranny of the Boxes' By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 11/1/2018 Moving from legacy technologies like MPLS won't happen overnight, and operators need to find a way for legacy and new technologies to coexist in a hybrid WAN environment, said Comcast's Kevin O'Toole. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Atlantis-dude guess no odd cbls to hardware applnces .. more uniform cbling to srvrs Vidgo Soft-Launches National OTT-TV Service By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/30/2018 CEO Shane Cannon says service's underlying multi-CDN streaming platform held up as usage spiked during El Clásico match. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Facebook Picks Nick Clegg to Clean Up Its Image – Sad Face By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/19/2018 The UK's former deputy prime minister is ditching his Westminster suit and heading for the chinos-and-sneakers culture of Silicon Valley. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Netflix Tops 130M Paid Subscribers Worldwide By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/16/2018 Internet video provider Netflix is still having troubles forecasting its subscriber growth, but the company doesn't seem to have problems attracting new customers as it adds more exclusive programming and benefits from increased traction outside the US. Post a Comment \| Read (0) The Telecoms.com Podcast: Innovation, OTTs & the Smart Home By Light Reading, 10/16/2018 This week Jamie and Scott are joined by Mary Clark or, as her friends like to call her, "Madame Syn." Post a Comment \| Read (0) Making TV Set-Tops as Agile as Smartphones By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/15/2018 WOW is among a recent wave of service providers to elevate video services to the cloud and focus on the apps-based model using Espial's software-as-a-service platform. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Why Vodafone Is Betting on Cloud Video By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 10/15/2018 Major European provider will lay out the strategy behind its new Vodafone TV streaming service at Light Reading's Cable Next-Gen Europe event in London next month. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Telco Big Guns Gather to Train Fire on EU Policymakers By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/15/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: KPN braces for cuts; eSIM pioneer raises £18 million; Eleven Sports challenges UK soccer taboo. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards marshacole, 11/21/2018 11:19:00 AM Making Sense of Content Overload Re: great! Great, yes, you have a point! I totally agree with the fact that content is the most relevant thing. And definitely, too much content sometimes can be a total disaster, and that's why outline for research paper, - great... Marketin12124, 11/16/2018 4:20:07 AM Dish Awarded $90M in Video Piracy Case Re: Industrial Scale Piracy Thaks Jeff, this is a great little article that outlines the industrial scale of piracy we are seeing globally. Many of these pirates are operating at a level of sophistication that makes it harder for consumers to... JDonahue, 11/13/2018 10:29:07 AM OTT-TV Gains Slow to a Crawl in Q3, but Cord-Cutting Does Not – Analyst Re: How is this Spam Post Below Still Up? The service being described is obviously illegal yet LightReading allows the post to remain? indesilife, 11/13/2018 4:11:06 AM Eurobites: EU Makes Life Awkward for OTT Video Crew Re: Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hai Show Episodes Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hai is an Indian television sequential having First Episode Date on second March 2015. Bhabi Ji Ghar standard hai indicate is rotating around two neighboring couples, the Mishras and Tiwari. Bhabiji Ghar... sansa2020, 11/12/2018 1:41:09 PM Comcast Ready for Clash With Hulu Re: Excellent PRCA organizes the National Finals Rodeo or the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. These premier rodeo championship events are prearranged in the United States. The NFR providing the equal opportunity to everyone to show their... daniel58, 11/12/2018 11:02:11 AM OTT-TV Gains Slow to a Crawl in Q3, but Cord-Cutting Does Not – Analyst Re: OTT_TV Gains Slow Yes while it is true OTT-TV gains from the big name OTT brand names is slowing; that does not in any way at all tell the real story that is going on behind the scenes; their has literally been an explosion of IPTV service... brooks7, 11/3/2018 12:39:23 PM Apple's Planned Cover-Up Meets Backlash Re: Re: Knuckle head on Apple Futures @trapdaddy, You are simply either missing the point or ignoring it. Companies report on themselves in basic ways like revenue and profit. They also report on numbers that are strategically important to the business. ... trapdaddy, 11/3/2018 11:38:15 AM Apple's Planned Cover-Up Meets Backlash Re: Re: Knuckle head on Apple Futures Not sure why comparing with oneself is not taken care of by presenting the numbers in terms of revenue. Yes, compare Apple to apples is easy but comparing apple (phone sales) to its competitors is not so simple. ... Atlantis-dude, 11/3/2018 10:33:13 AM Comcast's O'Toole: SDN Stands Up to the 'Tyranny of the Boxes' Re: Re: tyranny of the boxes guess no odd cbls to hardware applnces .. more uniform cbling to srvrs charlescross, 11/3/2018 5:19:26 AM Xfinity Home Nets Nest & More Re: development strategies Now comes the second section, the designing of the software. On the idea of the documentation and the results of the primary phase, the gadget and the software is given a design. From this, the developers come to understand... kelseywilson, 11/2/2018 10:31:30 PM Verizon Bundles Amazon Prime to Pump 1-Gig Fios Re: Verizon fios Verizon started offering "Fiber to the Home" (FTTH) Internet service -- making them one of the first Internet providers to invest in last-mile fiber Internet infrastructure. Verizon Fios currently has one of the largest... bosco_pcs, 11/2/2018 7:51:50 PM Apple's Planned Cover-Up Meets Backlash Re: The Most Overvalued Company? I am curious why Apple* is the most overvalued company. A lot of companies stop giving guidance because they are sick of the Q to Q mentality. Recently, two financial heavy weights, Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon,... brooks7, 11/2/2018 6:01:18 PM Verizon Bundles Amazon Prime to Pump 1-Gig Fios Re: Re: overlay And you have to have a new OLT....so you have to inject the signal on the same existing fiber and then wdm/split it. FiOS should have enough link budget to do it, but I know (for a fact that there are plenty of links... rbkoontz, 11/2/2018 4:54:26 PM Verizon Bundles Amazon Prime to Pump 1-Gig Fios Re: overlay NG-PON2 is a WDM overlay on the same fiber and splitters as B-PON or G-PON. Just replace the ONT and then split the customer via WDM to a new NG-PON2 port. Makes for an easy migration path without wholesale change... tmc8080, 11/2/2018 4:51:56 PM Verizon Bundles Amazon Prime to Pump 1-Gig Fios Re: everything, but LOWER the price It seems Verizon will do just about EVERYTHING BUT lower th price... 1 GIG service has been around for about 2 years already (first as a 750/750 service which was WAY, WAY OVERPRICED), and finally a 940/880ish service which... More Message Boards		Security Now Geoblocking, Even at Low Levels, Restricts Internet Freedom – Study Larry Loeb, Author, 11/21/2018 A new research paper from the University of Michigan and Cloudflare finds that ... (0) IoT Security Problems Can Cost Enterprises Millions Jeffrey Burt, Editor & Journalist, 11/20/2018 A survey by DigiCert finds that the IoT is a priority for most companies, but ... (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News EANTC Joins Broadband Forum's Approved Lab List for CloudCO Tests Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/19/2018 The Broadband Forum has been lining up independent test labs for its CloudCO ... (0) Fujitsu's Rundberget Talks Frankly About Open Source Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 11/16/2018 Kirsten Rundberget, open strategy lead at Fujitsu Network, discusses the ... (0) GO TO BROADBAND WORLD NEWS Telecom Innovators Video Showcase 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 Cisco's Yvette Kanouff: How We Get Real Results From ... 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 Calix Gambles on a Software-Defined Reboot Carol Wilson , Editor-at-large , 6/28/2017 Having invested big bucks to become a software company, Calix seems poised for a ... (0) Leading Lights 2017: The Finalists Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 4/10/2017 Light Reading is proud to announce the finalists for this year's Leading Lights ... (1 Comment) Russia's MTS to 'Sacrifice' Connectivity in Software Rebirth Iain Morris , International Editor , 4/10/2017 Can Russia's biggest operator turn its connectivity eggs into service omelets? (0) The Growing Pains of 5G Iain Morris , International Editor , 3/15/2017 The hype surrounding 5G reached fever pitch at the recent Mobile World Congress, ... (5 comments) All Prime Reading Newsfeed Dish Hires CIO Monday, November 19, 2018 Cheddar Streams to Samsung’s TV Plus Monday, November 19, 2018 fuboTV Adds FX+, AMC Premiere Thursday, November 15, 2018 Virgin Media to Launch StarzPlay Thursday, November 8, 2018 TiVo Reports Q3 Loss, $164.71M in Revenue Wednesday, November 7, 2018 fuboTV Hires Its First Chief Strategy Officer Thursday, November 1, 2018 Didja Adds NBCU Diginets to Local TV Streaming Service Wednesday, October 31, 2018 Moosnick Departs YouTube TV & Google Fiber for Hulu Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Video Tech Vet Yuval Fisher Joins Wurl Thursday, October 18, 2018 Ultravision Deploys NAGRA's Conax GO Live Solution Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Management Acquires Ooyala From Telstra Monday, October 15, 2018 Philo Adds 3 Channels to $20 OTT-TV Package Monday, October 15, 2018 fuboTV Nearing 250K Paid Subscribers Monday, October 15, 2018 More Newsfeeds

Educational Resources

sponsor supplied content

A Holistic Approach to IoT Monetization

Achieve Transformative Revenue Growth Using “Location Intelligence”

Build Your Future-Ready Infrastructure – Optimize, Monetize, and Secure Your Network

Protect Every Strategic Control Point – A Guide to Security for Service Providers

Five Strategies to Optimize Your Network – Traffic Management for Service Providers

Educational Resources Archive

CxO Spotlight - Executive Interviews

Arris CTO: What's Next for DOCSIS?

As an extension to DOCSIS 3.1, Full Duplex DOCSIS (FDX) will put cable operators in position to deliver symmetrical gigabit speeds over their widely deployed HFC ...

Post a Comment | Read (1 Comment)

Spirent CEO: Engineers Are Human, Too

Eric Hutchinson's goals as CEO of Spirent are nothing if not ambitious. He is seeking to not only move the long-time testing and assurance vendor into a new strategic ...

Post a Comment | Read (1 Comment)

MORE INTERVIEWS

Partner Perspectives - content from our sponsors

China Telecom & Huawei Jointly Completed the Industry's First PCS-based 200G/400G Ultra-Long-Haul Field Trial in a Commercial WDM Network
By Huawei

What Is Zun? A Typical Component of Openstack to Provide Container Management Service
By Ji Wei, for ZTE

Choosing the Unified Fiber & Coaxial Access Strategy
By Huawei

ZTE 4MIX Distributed Cloud Solution Builds 5G-Ready Cloud Infrastructure
By ZTE

New Business Model for Multi-Service 5G Transport Networks
By Huawei

All Partner Perspectives

Featured Video

Flash Poll

All Polls

Upcoming Webinars

November 27, 2018
DAA - Headend Considerations Before the First Remote Unit is Turned Up

November 27, 2018
Transatlantic Optical Transmission With 16QAM

November 29, 2018
5G Expectations Still Evolving With a Global Twist

November 29, 2018
Serial 100G – A Forerunner to the Networks of Tomorrow

December 4, 2018
5G Performance Monitoring: Using the Network Edge for Competitive Advantage

December 5, 2018
How to Build an Efficient Campus Network to Drive Business Innovations in Retail & Manufacturing Industries

December 13, 2018
More Frills, Less Bills – Creative Monetization for 5G

December 20, 2018
PoE: Adding Power to (IoT)∞

January 23, 2019
Crossing The R-PHY Finish Line – RPU Installation, Cutover and Ongoing Maintenance 

Webinar Archive

Upcoming Live Events

2020 Vision Executive Summit

December 4-6, 2018, Lisbon, Portugal

Cable Next Gen-Technologies & Strategies

March 12-14, 2019, Denver, Colorado

Telco Automation Everywhere

April 2, 2019, New York, New York

Making the Most of OTT Video

April 8, 2019, Las Vegas, Nevada

May 6-8, 2019, Denver, Colorado

All Upcoming Live Events

Slideshows

Microsoft Ignite Slideshow: Stay Away From the Agony Booth

Post a Comment | Read (0)

The Many Faces of Digital Transformation

Slideshow: Behind the Scenes at Sprint's 5G 'Split'

More Slideshows

Infographics

Huawei Wins World's First Tier IV-Ready Certification

After years of development, data center construction gradually goes standard and modular.

Post a Comment | Read (2 comments)

The Power of SmartNICs

A View of the Future Mobile Threat Landscape

Infographic Archive | Sponsored Infographic Archive

To save this item to your list of favorite Light Reading content so you can find it later in your Profile page, click the "Save It" button next to the item.

If you found this interesting or useful, please use the links to the services below to share it with other readers. You will need a free account with each service to share an item via that service.
Digg
Del.icio.us
Reddit
Tweet This
[close this box]