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News & Views Most Popular Cox Developing Version of Comcast's 'Flex' Streaming Product By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/22/2019 Cox, an X1 syndication partner, says it expects to debut its new streaming product for broadband-only customers in the next couple of months. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Vodafone-Liberty Global Deal About to Catch More Heat – Report By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/22/2019 Vodafone will likely offer concessions if European Union regulators trigger a warning about the possible anti-competitive effects of the proposed transaction. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Targets 'Xfinity Flex' at Broadband-Only Subs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/21/2019 In-footprint offering, at $5 per month, provides integrated access to a variety of free and subscription OTT services, offers an upgrade path to pay-TV, and runs on an X1-powered 4K/HDR-capable TV-connected device. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner I've gotten a few questions about how Comcast will price and package its pay-TV... Advertisement Apple Bid for TV Stardom Is Biggest Gamble Yet By Iain Morris, International Editor, 3/21/2019 It revolutionized the music and mobile-phone industries, but Apple will struggle to pull off the same feat in the TV market. Post a Comment \| Read (0) India's Airtel, Dish Eye TV Merger to Cope With RJio By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 3/20/2019 Reliance Jio's activities in India's TV market could spur the same consolidation that has already swept through the mobile sector. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: rochell.smartric12 I have no idea how long will Airtel and Dish will continue, cause Jio is... Netflix Won't Join Apple's New TV Party By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/19/2019 Tensions continue to build between Apple and the OTT video giant. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Who 'Owns' Omniverse's OTT-TV Customers? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/18/2019 Omniverse operates like the prepaid mobile market, and partners such as SkyStream, VivaLikeTV and SiliconDust make money off of commissions, CEO says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Pay-TV at a 'Crossroads' Threatening Faster Sub Losses – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/18/2019 It's increasingly plausible that more US telcos and cable ops will abandon or withdraw from pay-TV, unleashing a torrent of subscriber losses, according to Craig Moffett. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Brings X1 Video to SMBs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/15/2019 Operator's commercial services unit makes its cloud-powered video platform available to millions of SMBs across Comcast's footprint. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Had a Great Year? Then Enter the Leading Lights Awards By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/15/2019 Not entered yet? Then get a move on… there are only days left to submit your entries. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Phil Harvey DM me for an entry fee discount code. @futurephil Podcast: The 10G Hype Freezes Over at CNG2019 By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 3/15/2019 Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser, Alan Breznick and Jeff Baumgartner join Phil Harvey for a round of drinks and a chat after the opening day of CNG2019 in Denver. The "bomb cyclone" did its worst, but it couldn't stop us from debating 10G vs. 5G and the future of cable video services. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Maroc Telecom Relieves Millicom of Tigo Chad By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/15/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Everynet does LoRaWAN in Spain; RTL says no to joint streaming service with ProSiebenSat.1; Spotify's legal move makes waves. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Pay-TV Model Must Be 'Blown Up' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/15/2019 In order to get a better return on video services, operators must make fundamental changes spanning programming packages, box costs and how services are managed on the network. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Spain Shines, UK Lags in Latest Fiber Figures By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/14/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Orange spreads its fiber offer; GSMA attacks EU's connected-car technology roadmap; German Interior Minister urges caution on Huawei freeze-out. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Apple Nears 'Show Time' for Long-Anticipated Streaming Service By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/13/2019 Some analysts aren't convinced that Apple's new video play can 'meaningfully reaccelerate' services growth for the company. Post a Comment \| Read (0) MediaKind Tries to Do More With Mediaroom By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/12/2019 Telefonica Brazil becomes latest Mediaroom partner to integrate Netflix at the set-top box and extend a technology bridge to MediaKind's newer, cloud-powered MediaFirst platform. Post a Comment \| Read (0) WOW Won't Wax Wireless… for Now By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/11/2019 The competitive cable operator is not at a disadvantage without mobile in its service bundle, CEO says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Germany Lays Down the Law on Network Security By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/8/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone UK extends 5G rollout; Czech Republic spectrum auction on track; Sky Mobile skirts data quotas. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Vodafone Plans to Raise $4.5B With Bond Issue for Liberty Global Deal By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/6/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Romania's opposition opposes Huawei; Sky launches streaming service in Austra; Openreach invests in Scottish fiber academy. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Omniverse CEO: 'I'm Doing Everything Literally by the Book' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/6/2019 Jason DeMeo says Omniverse's approach, the subject of a lawsuit, stems from a JV with a private cable operator called Hovsat that purportedly has a 100-year contract with DirecTV. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: macemoneta This reminds me of the deals musicians, TV actors, and movie actors signed... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive India's Airtel, Dish Eye TV Merger to Cope With RJio By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 3/20/2019 Reliance Jio's activities in India's TV market could spur the same consolidation that has already swept through the mobile sector. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: rochell.smartric12 I have no idea how long will Airtel and Dish will continue, cause Jio is... Comcast Targets 'Xfinity Flex' at Broadband-Only Subs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/21/2019 In-footprint offering, at $5 per month, provides integrated access to a variety of free and subscription OTT services, offers an upgrade path to pay-TV, and runs on an X1-powered 4K/HDR-capable TV-connected device. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner I've gotten a few questions about how Comcast will price and package its pay-TV... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards Jeff Baumgartner, 3/21/2019 4:23:47 PM Comcast Targets 'Xfinity Flex' at Broadband-Only Subs Re: Pay-TV upgrades & broadband data plans I've gotten a few questions about how Comcast will price and package its pay-TV upgrade options on Flex. Comcast hasn't elaborated on how it will do this, by my guess is that they'll be similar to the pricing and packaging... rochell.smartric12, 3/21/2019 11:58:00 AM India's Airtel, Dish Eye TV Merger to Cope With RJio Re: Jio is smartcric way dominating in crictime starsports.com I have no idea how long will Airtel and Dish will continue, cause Jio is all set to dominate DTH industry, most of people in my society including us are moving to jio due to their free offering. Jio is a killer of airtel,... Phil Harvey, 3/15/2019 3:30:47 PM Had a Great Year? Then Enter the Leading Lights Awards Re: entry fee discount DM me for an entry fee discount code. @futurephil ericbanaa19, 3/15/2019 6:19:54 AM Verizon's $4.4B AOL Buy a Digital Media Play Re: Digital Media Play The tv is a digital media just as plenty as a laptop is a virtual media. It serves as a medium for virtual content to play through it. For my part, the television is, in reality, a digital media. Television packages, movies,... [email protected], 3/12/2019 10:53:06 AM Ericsson Corruption Scandal Sullies Strong Q3 Re: Re: Putting it out there - but what if this was not Ericsson but another company? Um... How is Ericsson being given a pass by Light Reading? By reporting that it is facing charges of corruption? Sorry, I genuinely don't follow your point. bullschuck, 3/11/2019 3:57:09 PM Ericsson Corruption Scandal Sullies Strong Q3 Re: Re: Findings of corruption Please note the spam in the messages from samehfr, and alesasimpson, . Hakan, 3/11/2019 11:19:57 AM Ericsson Corruption Scandal Sullies Strong Q3 Re: Re: Putting it out there - but what if this was not Ericsson but another company? Come on !!! 15-20 yrs ago ?? You are doing exactly the same mistake you claim social media would do , not treating all players fairly... Ericsson claimed years and years that Huawei business prcatices are corrupt... macemoneta, 3/7/2019 10:29:04 AM Omniverse CEO: 'I'm Doing Everything Literally by the Book' Re: Goes around, comes around This reminds me of the deals musicians, TV actors, and movie actors signed in the pre-digital era. Digital distribution was not covered for royalties, so performers weren't (arent) getting any. Now the shoe is on the other... mpohlman, 3/7/2019 10:16:11 AM Omniverse CEO: 'I'm Doing Everything Literally by the Book' Re: TOP US Cable Companies If the subscribers are being reported through HovSat? How is it that HovSat is not listed as one of the top providers in the US in terms of subscriber counts?!? Or at the very least, being mentioned as a disruptor... GilSanf, 3/6/2019 1:48:08 PM Omniverse CEO: 'I'm Doing Everything Literally by the Book' Re: Good Omniverese reporting, badly needed Thank you, Jeff, for digging into the Omniverse story. The TV/media industry needs a good journalist to contact the key parties and get their stories. Well done. Jeff Baumgartner, 3/6/2019 10:26:59 AM Omniverse CEO: 'I'm Doing Everything Literally by the Book' Re: Use of the DMA term Haven't heard back from Nielsen, but a source from the cable industry says he recalls using the term DMA since at least the mid-1980s, so that certainly contradicts one of the arguments being made here. OTT, though...... briansoloducha, 3/5/2019 3:25:33 PM Is Omniverse Sourcing Video Feeds From DirecTV? Re: Re: To come; More from Omniverse's side Thank you for this reporting. I find it very very intriguing. Jeff Baumgartner, 3/4/2019 6:02:19 PM Is Omniverse Sourcing Video Feeds From DirecTV? Re: To come; More from Omniverse's side Jason DeMeo, CEO of Omniverse, reached out to me today and had quite a bit to say. We'll have a lot more to share from his point of view on this situation soon. One thing I will note is that he says Omniverse does have a... tonybennett, 3/4/2019 5:24:28 AM Charter Has a Secret TV App for Colleges Re: Re: Idea Students always need fresh ideas, helpful apps, and services such as primeessays in order to keep their markі on a high level and avoid being overstressed. very often new ideas and services simplify students... jbtombes, 2/27/2019 11:41:35 AM Smaller Cablecos Fleeing Legacy Pay-TV Re: CABO as Outlier CableOne was also an outlier, compared to the larger MSOs, on VOD. Probably saved them a lot of money. Their broadband-centric approach looks mainstream among NCTC peers. 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