2018 was a year of great change for the OTT business and it already looks like 2019 will bring the same turbulent mix of challenges and opportunities. These are the meta trends.

Topics: OTT

Once so far advanced that it almost seemed like science fiction, the first 8K TV service has been launched in Japan and more will follow. 

Topics: Anti-piracy

TV service providers are always looking for ways to increase engagement. Higher engagement in turn can positively affect the bottom line. 

Topics: OTT TV, TV platform

2019 looks set to be a landmark year for 5G video as the first networks go live and the first devices are launched. But will the real inflection point have to wait until 2020?

Topics: Mobile video

Netflix might not like to talk about binge watching anymore, but more viewers than ever are doing it. And that has definite implications for all broadcasters and operators. 

Topics: OTT Streaming

The growth of cloud-based models in broadcasting means the industry can start to benefit from advances made in manufacturing and start to design a digital media supply chain fit for the 21st century. 

Topics: OTT Streaming, TV analytics

Is the threat of the fully loaded Kodi box and Kodi video piracy as prevalent in 2018 as it was in 2017? Or are industry initiatives to combat it finally starting to bite?

Topics: Anti-piracy

Are we in control of our decisions? Although we all presume that we make rational decisions, essentially we are much less in control of this process than we know. 

Topics: personalized TV, TV analytics

There is a growing school of thought that the Golden Age of Television brought about by the rise of streaming and OTT is nearing an end. But for operators it doesn’t have to be like that.

As effective countermeasures against peer to peer networks have taken hold, so social media piracy — the sharing of live streams via Facebook and Twitter in particular — has taken off. Operators don't have to be helpless though.

Topics: video piracy