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News & Views Most Popular 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) 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) Apple's Walls Come Tumbling Down With Samsung TV Tie-Up By Iain Morris, International Editor, 1/7/2019 A TV alliance between the iPhone maker and the South Korean tech giant points to a weakening of Apple's position as a hardware and software giant. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Light Reading's 23 Most Popular Cisco Stories in 2018 By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/26/2018 Cisco transformed its service provider business, fended off VMware and white box threats and beefed up network automation. 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... Eurobites: €1.75B Plan for IoT, Connected Car R&D Gets EC Green Light By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/19/2018 In today's EMEA regional roundup: Euro giants to collaborate on multi-billion euro IoT and connected car chip/sensor developments; TIM and Sony Mobile forge 5G pact; Telefónica Germany and Nokia build their joint 'Early 5G Innovation Cluster' in Berlin; Open Fiber lands another broadband rollout tender; G+D Mobile Security boasts of Orange eSIM engagements; Altice and KKR have a Hivory; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 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) Advertisement Verizon Gives Fios TV a Facelift By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/12/2018 Upgraded, multi-room 'Fios TV One' platform adds support for 4K video, voice search & navigation, Netflix integration, WiFi-connected video clients. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CommScope Still Hazy on Arris's CPE Biz By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/7/2018 CFO Alex Pease says broadband CPE is viewed as a 'strategic differentiator,' and struggles in the video set-top sector can be cost-managed. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Finds More Work for X1 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/7/2018 Cloud-powered video platform is in 'extended trial period' with hotels, with more business- and sports-venue deployment models in the works. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Charter Unit Checks In With Up-Market Video Move By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/5/2018 Spectrum Enterprise teams with Moviebeam to beef up video offering for hotels. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Smart Homes Making Botnets Feel Welcome – Nokia Report By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/5/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ericsson and Telia test 5G in Stockholm; ADVA makes itself small; Safaricom trials tubular basestations; Yandex has a smartphone. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Altice USA's Mobile Service to Be 'BYOD-Heavy' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/5/2018 But cable operator is still evaluating its pricing and business model for mobile as it prepares to launch service in 1H 2019. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Arris Flirted With Handful of Potential Suitors By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/3/2018 Since early 2017, The Carlyle Group and five other entities pursued M&A discussions with Arris before CommScope deal was consummated last month, filing shows. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T Bets Big on OTT to 'Bend the Cost Curve' of TV & Video By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/30/2018 Also sets plan to launch a three-tiered SVoD product in Q4 2019. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Some other tidbits from AT&T's talk w/analysts: -Donovan also mentioned... Will Plume's Open Source Plan Pay Off? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/29/2018 Comcast, Liberty Global, Bell Canada, Samsung and Sagemcom are on board with 'OpenSync,' as Plume seeks much more buy-in for its smart home software initiative. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: epicmelon Agreed, though I wouldn't say it's a direct competitor necessarily. OpenSync... Sale of Arris Set-Top Box Biz 'On the Table' for CommScope – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/26/2018 CommScope could get $500 million for that unit 'in a distressed sale to a financial buyer,' Jefferies analyst George Notter suggests. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Podcast: CommScope & Arris Tie the Knot, but Why? By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 11/19/2018 CommScope and Arris are merging. Though they frame this as a complementary deal, there's some lingering questions about the broader strategic rationale of the deal and if this is, indeed, a marriage made in technology heaven. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Technicolor Eyes Options, Including Sale of Set-Top Biz – Report By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/19/2018 Will only confirm that Technicolor 'regularly reviews and evaluates strategic alternatives for its assets' and that no decisions have been made. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: stevfortyfive Finally it seems the end is near. This latest news is the continuation... Operator-Supplied Boxes Still Have Role in Video Streaming Era By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/19/2018 AT&T gets ready to test Android TV-powered box with DirecTV Now subs. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Even if there is an operator-supplied STB biz left, I'm starting to wonder... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards 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... 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... epicmelon, 11/30/2018 1:45:03 PM Will Plume's Open Source Plan Pay Off? Re: Re: TR-369/USP and Opensync are competing standards Agreed, though I wouldn't say it's a direct competitor necessarily. OpenSync does a small fraction of what USP/TR-369 can do, particularly when it comes to the things that have already been modeled in the Device:2 data model... Jeff Baumgartner, 11/30/2018 9:53:30 AM AT&T Bets Big on OTT to 'Bend the Cost Curve' of TV & Video Re: AT&T Fiber & Ad-Tech Tidbits Some other tidbits from AT&T's talk w/analysts: -Donovan also mentioned that ATT's fiber biz is also playing a big role in his group. And they are still bullish about it. He mentioned that in markets where ATT is... donalallen, 11/30/2018 6:36:36 AM Will Plume's Open Source Plan Pay Off? Re: TR-369/USP and Opensync are competing standards It's basically a competing standard to the Broadband Forum's TR-369/USP protocol that can also be used for cloud communication with CPEs and other devices, e.g. IoT. They will both likely co-exist - USP is backed by Arris... macemoneta, 11/29/2018 2:32:50 PM Will Plume's Open Source Plan Pay Off? Re: No need for a cloud The reality is that home automation has no need for Internet cloud-based services. I've personally replaced the firmware in the IoT devices I've purchased with open source Tasmota firmware. This provides me with all the... stevfortyfive, 11/19/2018 10:54:43 PM Technicolor Eyes Options, Including Sale of Set-Top Biz – Report Re: Does anyone want this skeleton of a company? Finally it seems the end is near. This latest news is the continuation of a long story of failure since the French purchased RCA in the late 1980s. Technicolor executive leadership never had a clue how to make... Jeff Baumgartner, 11/19/2018 4:48:07 PM Operator-Supplied Boxes Still Have Role in Video Streaming Era Re: Who will be left to made the STBs? Even if there is an operator-supplied STB biz left, I'm starting to wonder who will be around to make them as rumors swirl that Technicolor is trying to stop its set-top biz: https://www.lightreading.com/cable/set... 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... jbtombes, 11/12/2018 12:04:28 PM Why CommScope Wooed Arris Re: Re: Wot? Seems like the $1b from Carlyle could decrease the debt, non? The CG has positioned COMM for this deal, but the execs in Hickory have a history of thinking big. If they hadn't bought Andrew 11 years ago ($2.6b) I can't see... brooks7, 11/10/2018 11:35:41 AM Why CommScope Wooed Arris Re: Re: Wot? Dan, Arris was trading over 40 P/E (way over). The business is not a high growth business that one would expect such a multiple on. And then CommScope paid a premium? Seems like an awful deal to me. Let's... Jeff Baumgartner, 11/9/2018 8:07:36 PM Why CommScope Wooed Arris Re: Re: Wot? I'm curious to know what specific reasons they gave, but, yeah, it is noted that analysts went into downgrade mode in the wake of the deal. One of the issues is that both companies haven't been cueing up the Styx... DanJones, 11/9/2018 6:46:47 PM Why CommScope Wooed Arris Re: Wot? Investment types I talked to yesterday thought this was a terrible deal. What's that about? bosco_pcs, 11/9/2018 3:10:36 PM Is Arris the Answer to CommScope's Pain? Re: Re: Necessary mistake? Not if you view this as a private equity special. ARRS got some valuable assets. It got Ruckus at a discount from AVGO when the latter bought BRCD. Carlyle, with its convertible and probably some debt in COMM could instigate... Jeff Baumgartner, 11/9/2018 1:49:06 PM CommScope Puts Up $7.4B for Arris Re: Raymond James reax Among other reax to the deal, Raymond James analyst Simon Leopold has downgraded ARRS to Market Perform from Outperform ... He also noted that Q3 sales at Arris of $1.65B came a little under consensus of $1.71B and below... More Message Boards		Security Now Justice Department Indicts 2 Ukrainian Nationals With Hacking SEC Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading, 1/16/2019 The Justice Department has charged two Ukrainian nationals with hacking into the ... (0) Federal Judge: Police Can't Force Suspects to Unlock Devices Using Biometrics Larry Loeb, Author, 1/16/2019 A federal judge in California finds that police can't force suspects to unlock ... 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