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  • CDN World Summit explores new caching and delivery initiatives with all eyes on Rio 2016

    Chris Drake, senior analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media

    The 2012 CDN World Summit was one of the biggest yet, bringing together the customary mix of network operators, manufacturers, traditional CDNs, content owners and other industry players for three-days of presentations, panel discussions and, of course, networking.

    By , October 12, 2012

  • OTT costs?

    Stef van der Ziel, founder of Jet-Stream

    A recent report by IHS Screen Digest predicts reveals that the costs of OTT will rise to uncompetitive levels when they need to be scaled up to broadcast volume levels: the reasoning being that traditional broadcasting is delivered via multicasting and that OTT is delivered via unicasting.

    By , September 25, 2012

  • IBC 2012: Taking care of business

    Giles Cottle, Head of Strategy at Freesat

    This year’s IBC event lacked a big, overarching theme, or new “wow” topic to get journalists, analysts and market-watchers foaming at the mouth. And that’s no bad thing. It’s the sign of a maturing industry, and as a result, the show retained a healthy focus on improving existing products and trying to get the big things – multiscreen, OTT, hybrid – right. Nevertheless, there was plenty on show that highlighted that the market remains miles away from anything resembling certainty.

    By , September 12, 2012

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