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    Nearly a billion broadband subs expected by 2018

    May 31, 2013
    The number of broadband subscribers worldwide will increase by around 50% over the next five years to reach 940mn by the end of 2018, with Asia-Pacific driving much of this growth according to new figures from UK research firm Point Topic.
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    Half of world’s population will be online by 2017

    May 29, 2013
    Global IP traffic is set to grow three-fold between 2012 and 2017, according to research from Cisco, whose latest Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast predicts that more than a trillion gigabytes will be transmitted over IP networks each year by 2017.
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    Brightcove tops OVP and CDN rankings, Akamai “lacking innovation”

    November 14, 2012
    ABI Research has issued its latest leaderboard for suppliers of Online Video Platforms (OVPs) and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), with US firms dominating the top three slots.

Analysis & Opinion

  • 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

Bollywood comes to YouView from TalkTalk

Bright future for residential security at the Digital Home World Summit

Virgin Media's new COO named

Shazam's Daniel Danker: "This can be a very confusing time for TV viewers"

Worldwide IPTV subs up 36% in 2012

Twitter amplifies TV advertising