If there is any lingering doubt that the piracy of video content on the web has moved from the download model as exemplified by BitTorrent and similar technologies, to one where live streaming dominates, the current tournament underway in Russia will put that to rest.
In the run up to Broadcast Asia, we look at the forecasts for the future of OTT in APAC. If you had to choose one word to describe it, that word would likely be ‘booming’.
Every two years new records are set as the major sporting events on the calendar grow their streaming audiences. And with Russia 2018 about to start, now it is football’s turn.
IBC2018 starts on 13 September 2018 in its traditional home of the Amsterdam RAI: Europe’s biggest tradeshow in one of Europe’s most spectacular cities.
One of the consequences of the increased amount of content flooding the market is that it is becoming more and more difficult for viewers to find what they want to watch.
Back in the 18th century, French gastronome Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin famously said "Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are." Today, that idea can be applied to the broadcast industr...