VO blog | P. 30

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.