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Beyond TV – a Real World Example
“The kids have been super excited about the Disney Jr. and Watch TV Everywhere experience,” according to Clint Carter, Director | Technology and New Service Introduction, of Tennessee broadband service provider North Central Telephone Cooperative. In the above interview, Carter discusses their experience in providing multiscreen video services. Befitting the idea that the younger generation has…
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Embracing OTT & Traditional Video
“Cable operators have to embrace that change [Over-the-top video consumption],” said NCTC president and CEO Rich Fickle at the ACA Summit 21. Echoing last week’s announcement between Netflix and several large independent operators, Fickle suggested that the winning approach for operators is to unify traditional and over-the-top services making it simple for the consumer to use.¹ He points out…
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OTT & Pay TV Blending
“Consumers just want to consume their content,” said Albert Lai of Brightcove. The challenge is making it easy for the consumer to select and view content while adhering to the business rules of the content owners, regardless of location and type of device the viewer has. In the above video, Lai suggests some methods, beyond…
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A Cooperative Using Its Roots to Help Out with IPTV
Ubiquitous delivery of video via IP is what allows cable and telco operators to offer the multiscreen video services. In the above interview, Corey McCarthy of NCTC discusses their efforts to create a converged IPTV platform that could be used by any of its 400+ telco operator members as well as the hundreds of cable…
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The Elements of TV Everywhere
Transcoding of video streams to serve multiple devices via multiple networks is becoming a core element of a video solution, regardless of the type of delivery method. As explained in this video interview with Elemental Technologies’ CEO Sam Blackman, the use of Graphic Processing Units (GPUs) is the secret sauce behind their encoding and transcoding…
