Long reads

Outsourcing economics

As the financial crisis maintains its grip on the TV industry, content owners are looking at ways to improve efficiencies and bring costs down. Graham Pomphrey looks at the role of playout service providers. The pace of change in the broadcast arena has been phenomenal. Go back 15 years and broadcasters generally wanted to get […]

Network profits

Service providers are taking tentative steps into the world of home networking. Advances in technology and standards including DLNA are making the process easier but how far are operators willing to go? Graham Pomphrey reports. Consumers are becoming increasingly savvy when it comes to home entertainment – everyone’s got an iPod, uploads photos and uses […]

Drive for success

The second Digital TV Europe/IPTV World Series/SCTE Golf Day took place on August 6. Barry Killengrey reports. This year’s Digital TV Europe/IPTV World Series/SCTE Golf Day, which took place at Thame in Oxfordshire on August 6, saw 17 teams and 69 players compete for an impressive array of prizes. The US PGA-standard 7,400-yard championship golf […]

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As consumers and service providers alike seek more flexible ways respectively to access and deliver pay-TV services, content security technology providers are answering the call. Stuart Thomson surveys recent developments. Pay-TV is, famously, supposed to be more or less immune to the effects of the economic downturn. As times get tougher, the argument runs, so […]

Foreign affairs

The market for channels targeting expatriate and other minorities in Europe is now larger and more varied than ever, and so are the business models that support it. Andy Fry reports. The market for foreign-language channels in Europe is, by its very nature, a complex and fragmented one. The only thing that can be said […]

The tangled web

The range of companies offering online TV services continues to grow, as do the types of services on offer. All are still finding their feet to some degree. But could the humble TV set prove to be the saviour of online video? Graham Pomphrey reports. Major investments are being made in increasing the capacity of […]

The fast set

Cable operators are now rolling out DOCSIS 3.0-based ultra-fast broadband, but they need to find ways to make it pay. Could delivering video and data over managed home networks be the next big thing? Stuart Thomson reports. Spurred on by competition from fibre network operators (or by the desire to stay ahead of competition from […]

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