May 18, 2011 10:48 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
bandwidth,
Internet traffic,
Internet video,
MSO,
Netflix,
next-gen content delivery and video,
online video,
pricing,
streaming video,
tiered pricing,
traffic management,
TV,
Video,
video content,
video on demand,
video streamingNetflix has been named the number one source of downstream traffic in all of North America, accounting for just under a third of all bandwidth consumed. Obviously, that...
November 18, 2010 2:37 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Blackwave,
content delivery,
Juniper,
M&A,
Storage,
stream management,
video on demand,
VoD
Juniper added to its content portfolio today, acquiring the intellectual property of a
video delivery firm called Blackwave. This is a small deal by recent Juniper...
November 11, 2010 1:21 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
4G,
content delivery,
digital rights management,
Verizon,
video on demandVerizon is taking “TV Everywhere” to more places, or at least taking it places under more conditions. Its new
September 29, 2009 11:02 AM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
DirecTV,
DOCSIS 3.0,
FiOS,
satellite tv,
Verizon,
video on demandSome financial industry speculation is buzzing about the possibility that Verizon might buy DirectTV. While Verizon is clearly committed to FiOS, it’s not clear just how far FiOS could extend toward thin geographic areas or...
September 24, 2009 1:51 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
cable,
Online advertising,
video on demandThe cable industry’s advertising consortium, Canoe, is launching its ad exchange and interactivity platform (Enhanced Binary Interchange Format, which it calls EBIF — catchy, huh?) This format...
July 30, 2009 12:00 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
content delivery networks,
over-the-top,
Qwest,
video on demandQwest suggested during its second-quarter earnings call that the company would be pursuing a video strategy that would make it less a content broker and more a delivery conduit. Just what the technology...
February 11, 2009 7:11 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
DSL,
FiOS,
FTTH,
PON,
RFoG,
video on demandIn yet another sign of stress for the IPTV camp, cable companies are looking hard at their own RFoG or linear RF over glass approach, as more telco experience is showing that to be the best way to deliver broadcast channels and (some say) even some video on demand.
A cable shift to fiber to the...
February 9, 2009 3:46 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
AT&T,
cable,
DSL,
FiOS,
FTTH,
video on demandAT&T’s new deal with DirecTV may be the beginning of a shift away from U-verse toward the “Homezone” satellite-and-IP/VoD hybrid model, according to rumors we’ve heard.
The problems with U-verse are that the service has an extremely high pass cost—on the order of 4 to 6...
