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News & Views Most Popular ITC to Investigate Rovi/TiVo Complaint Against Comcast By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/23/2019 Latest complaint at the International Trade Commission seeks to block imports of X1 set-tops, broadband gateway devices and associated software. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Sizing Up Plan to Syndicate a Virtual CMTS – Sources By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/22/2019 Comcast says it's premature to talk about how its network virtualization strategies will take shape, but industry sources say Comcast has discussed the idea of licensing its new tech to other MSOs. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Podcast: 5G & Hollywood Are the New SVoD Couple By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 5/22/2019 In this podcast, Disney takes full control of Hulu and that could pose a bigger threat to traditional pay-TV providers. Also, nearly every single mobile network operator has a different angle on providing video services to consumers. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Former Cisco Exec Takes Helm of EditShare By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/20/2019 Conrad Clemson named CEO as EditShare takes on a majority investment from ParkerGale and plots plan to scale up its business and migrate its media asset collaboration and management platform to the cloud. Post a Comment \| Read (0) ACE, Omniverse Slug It Out as Court Date Looms By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/20/2019 ACE claims it's struggling to get its mitts on a long-term contract between Hovsat & DirecTV that is key to Omniverse's streaming TV offering. Post a Comment \| Read (0) In Chasing AT&T, Verizon & T-Mobile Diverge in 5G Video Strategies By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 5/16/2019 As AT&T digests DirecTV and Time Warner, Verizon and T-Mobile are working on refining their video strategies ahead of broad 5G rollouts. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T's SVoD Services Will Be Pay-TV Friendly By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/16/2019 AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson said the expectation is that distributors like Comcast will be 'important partners' for WarnerMedia's upcoming set of OTT-delivered subscription VoD services. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Comcast Still Has Big Streaming Dreams By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 5/15/2019 Even as it hands over operational control of Hulu to Disney and paves the way to sell its Hulu stake, Comcast sees loads of opportunity in the OTT video market as it revs up plans for both Sky's Now TV streaming service in Europe and NBC's forthcoming OTT service. Post a Comment \| Read (0) WOW & Philo Bundle Up By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/15/2019 Continuing a growing trend, WOW has become the latest cable operator to combine its broadband service with a skinny bundle OTT-TV offering. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Ofcom Calls Time on Customer 'Loyalty Penalty' By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/15/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: 3SS adds AI to the video mix; Insight TV pushes into MENA; the changing face of content consumption. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Direct-to-Consumer a Key but Not Exclusive Play for Programmers By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/14/2019 Premium networks like Showtime must spread their bets and lock in distribution on both legacy and newer OTT platforms, COO Tom Christie says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Disney Takes Full Operational Control of Hulu By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/14/2019 Under 'put/call' agreement, Comcast can require Disney to buy NBCU's 33% stake in Hulu as early as January 2024; Comcast also inks deal to offer Hulu via its X1 video platform. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 5G Tests Aim to Disrupt the Economics of On-Location TV Production By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/14/2019 In tests with AT&T, LiveU will equip its portable video production backpacks with 5G, believing that the capabilities of the new network will drive down the costs of on-location news and sporting event coverage. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Liberty Global Grapples With Revenue Slump By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 5/13/2019 Even as it carries out its phased retreat from the European continent, Liberty Global is trying to stem video sub losses and spur fresh revenue growth with a slate of new product and service offerings. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Telia's Bonnier Deal Comes Under EU Scrutiny By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/13/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodacom revenue rises; EU's connected-car WiFi plan stalls; UK councils asked to prioritize mobile connectivity. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cable One Hits Broadband ARPU High By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/10/2019 MSO thrives as 10% of its new broadband subs take its new $40 unlimited data option for power users and other data subs shift to higher-priced speed tiers. Post a Comment \| Read (0) TiVo to Hew Its Products & Licensing Businesses Into Two By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/9/2019 But many big questions remain unanswered as company aims to complete the separation by mid-2020. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner As a follow-on, here are some bullet points from yesterday's earnings call,... Disney Direct-to-Consumer Losses Mount in Q1 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/9/2019 Deeper investments in ESPN+ and costs tied to the coming Disney+ OTT service attributed to a widening Q1 operating loss of $393 million at Disney's international and direct-to-consumer unit. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: BT Maintains Dividend Despite Revenue Slip By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/9/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom powers on in Q1; Sky invests in You.i.TV for cross-platform app development; back-of-the-net for BT Sport! Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights Winners On Fire! By Light Reading, 5/8/2019 We invited our 2019 Leading Lights awards winners to share their thoughts with the Light Reading video crew. Here's what they had to say: Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards tonyawards, 5/24/2019 6:00:44 PM Comcast Ready for Clash With Hulu Re: how to watch tony awards live stream TonyAwards.com is broadcasting two-hour special Live Red Carpet to the Tonys. After these preshows, there are a number of ways to watch the main Tony Awards event. 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Epson error code e-01 Jeff Baumgartner, 5/10/2019 9:13:28 AM TiVo to Hew Its Products & Licensing Businesses Into Two Re: Color from the TiVo call As a follow-on, here are some bullet points from yesterday's earnings call, per the Seeking Alpha transcript. -By separating out the IP licensing biz, TiVo believes it can take a "customer-first" strategy with its product... Jeff Baumgartner, 5/9/2019 11:17:05 AM A Service Called 'Omni Go' Quietly Replaces FlixonTV Re: Flixon-Omniverse Deal Has Ended Flixon announced this week that the partnership it entered into with Omniverse in 2017 has come to an end, confirming that the Flixon TV service is no longer available under the Flixon brand and all of those customers are... Jeff Baumgartner, 4/30/2019 3:27:47 PM Charter in Talks About Licensing Comcast's X1 Platform Re: Timing and depth of those discussions? I'll have to ask around to get a better sense of when such talks took place and if those discussions had a tinge of seriousness to them -- could be that Rutledge was just in the mood to be nice when asked about the potential... Jeff Baumgartner, 4/30/2019 1:25:26 PM Harmonic CEO: We Want to Be No. 1 in Cable Virtualization, DAA Re: A less bullish, more cautious view At least one analyst doesn't share quite the same level of enthusiasm as Harmonic does regarding CableOS momentum. George Notter, analyst with Jefferies, has a more cautious, less bullish view. "While we like the customer... Jeff Baumgartner, 4/22/2019 5:17:39 PM TiVo Fires Another Lawsuit at Comcast Re: Some interesting names among inventors in latest round of asserted patents As TiVo/Rovi has filed its own and acquired certain patents over the years, it's inevitable that some industry vets that are now associated with other companies in the industry would be among the inventors of intellectual... canelovsjacobsfight, 4/17/2019 2:25:07 PM Comcast Ready for Clash With Hulu Re: Canelo vs Jacobs Live Stream A Great Boxing Match Will be held on 4th May 2019 in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez is ready to fight with the another big boxer Daniel Jacbos. It will officially streaming on DAZN. This kind of clash is very rear to seen. How... mzafi, 4/17/2019 10:10:11 AM Analyst: AT&T Made 'Major Strategic Error' on SVoD Plan Re: Nice Light reading and all recording of the videos have been done for the humans. The suspects of the videos and papercheap reviews are met on top of the classical items for the individuals. Jeff Baumgartner, 4/17/2019 10:06:36 AM A Service Called 'Omni Go' Quietly Replaces FlixonTV Re: Re: Flixon's 'white label' OTT/'master distributor' angle and a Flixon 'media pack' slide deck offers a bit more detail about its arrangement with Omniverse. It says Flixon is a "partnership with Omniverse One World Television" that "allows distribution partners to offer a service... Jeff Baumgartner, 4/16/2019 3:44:23 PM AT&T Sells 9.5% Stake in Hulu for $1.43B Re: Re: What do you think the chances are? I think the chances are better that they'll be asked to pay a higher price for the TV network distribution for Hulu's live-TV service as it continues to scale up subscriber-wise -- they probably can't give up on that distribution.... GOT 8, 4/16/2019 12:17:00 PM Comcast Ready for Clash With Hulu Re: Watch Online Game of Thrones Season 8 this post is about scoring goals but people are complaining about Watch Online Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 2 clean sheets. 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