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News & Views Most Popular 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 Advertisement 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 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 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 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 Advertisement Video Sub Losses Now Part of US Cable's 'Bull Case' – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/9/2019 Investors are now more willing to ignore pay-TV declines as cable margins surge, thanks in part to ARPU-boosting broadband services, Craig Moffett says. Post a Comment Eurobites: The Future Looks Brighter for Orange's Richard By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 7/9/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: ADVA lands Luxembourg deal; Orange completes SecureLink acquisition; Telefónica extends its Internet-access-for-resale service; a Spotify for Africa. Post a Comment Roku Retains the High Ground in US Streaming Battle By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/8/2019 Meanwhile, Android TV trails the pack at retail, but continues to make strides with cable ops and other service providers worldwide. Post a Comment Churn Could Singe Comcast's Broadband & Video Q2 Results – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/5/2019 Meanwhile, Comcast's Xfinity Mobile business is expected to add 200K lines in the period, and reach a 'steady state,' Nomura analysts predict. Post a Comment Why Deutsche Telekom Could Exit Romania By Iain Morris, News Editor, 7/5/2019 The German operator is rumored to be in talks about selling assets in Romania. Difficult as it may be to pull off, that move could make business sense and suit its strategic objectives. Post a Comment SVoD App Downloads Hot, Virtual MVPD Downloads Not By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/3/2019 Downloads of apps such as DirecTV Now and other OTT-TV services declined in Q2 as prices for OTT-TV services ticked up, study finds. Post a Comment OTT-TV Succumbs to Pricing Pressures By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/2/2019 Price hike by PlayStation Vue and new packaging options from Sling TV are more indicators that virtual MVPDs need to adjust to become sustainable businesses. Post a Comment MobiTV Banks $50M More By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/1/2019 App-focused video streaming tech and distribution company says fresh round of funds will fuel global growth, further tech development. Post a Comment Vast Broadband Keeps Its Pay-TV Hopes Alive By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 6/27/2019 Indie cable op teams with Evolution Digital to upgrade, rather than de-emphasize or cut, the pay-TV cord with a new app-based video offering for retail devices and an MSO-managed Android TV box. Post a Comment Vodafone CEO Read Desperately Needs Liberty Deal By Iain Morris, International Editor, 6/27/2019 In need of a break, Vodafone has promised concessions that have won over European regulators, say reports. But the deal's opponents may not be so easily silenced. Post a Comment Eurobites: Ericsson, Telefónica Fire Up Private 5G Network for Mercedes-Benz By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 6/27/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nokia lands 5G deal with Zain in Saudi Arabia; Interxion launches IPO; telcos miss out on enterprise opportunities; Vodafone sponsors the world's smallest soccer league. Post a Comment Charter Shuffles the Top Deck By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 6/26/2019 Among them, Rich DiGeronimo will add technology officer role as current EVP of IT & engineering as Jim Blackley prepares to retire in 2020. Post a Comment Netflix Faces Global ARPU Headwinds By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 6/24/2019 A sizable and widening gap on domestic and international ARPU could negatively affect the premium value currently placed on Netflix's non-US subscription streaming business, analyst says. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive 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 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 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 Ssimplus VoD Monitor Inspector to Debut at IBC 2 hours and 14 minutes ago Video-as-a-Service & USB Video Drive Conferencing Growth Wednesday, July 10, 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 Ovation TV Taps JW Player for Multiscreen Tilt Tuesday, July 9, 2019 New Blood at Disney/ESPN Media Networks Monday, July 8, 2019 TiVo Renews With Shaw Monday, July 8, 2019 Univision Board to Review Strategic Options Friday, July 5, 2019 Atlantic Broadband Brings Advanced Services to Century Village in West Palm Beach Tuesday, July 2, 2019 Pluto TV Launches Dedicated Latino Offering Monday, July 1, 2019 AT&T Donates $500K to Locast Thursday, June 27, 2019 FCC to Vet Pluto TV's Petition for Closed Captioning Waiver Thursday, June 27, 2019 Dish Serves 'Fiber' to MDUs Wednesday, June 26, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now 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 ... 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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) 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) CEO Interview: Huawei's Eric Xu Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 3/13/2017 Light Reading spent face-to-face time with Huawei CEO Eric Xu at Mobile World ... (2 comments) All Prime Reading

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Podcast: ClearSky Data CEO Ellen Rubin Knows Where Your Data Is

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