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Another year, another IBC and my first impressions were that this one would be interesting only for its lack of interestingness. I was mistaken -- in a good way.

The world’s biggest broadcasters usually have four main revenue streams: Content production - which is either commissioned independently, in partnership, or self-funded; Content distribution - the content is sold to other broadcasters, perhaps in other territories, or aggregators like Amazon and Netflix; Digital revenue – which comes from [...]

In all of my conversations with industry people this year - at conferences, networking events and private meetings - I've yet to find anyone who thinks much of Britbox's long-term prospects. At best, any enquiry is met with a resigned shrug.  Is Britbox, the new SVOD service from [...]

Industry reaction to Apple's new TV service has been mixed but here are 5 reasons why the company could be playing the perfect strategic long game

2019 has already been a busy year for industry mergers, acquisitions and funding rounds. In January, Accedo raised $17m in equity to drive growth; Sky took a stake in Synamedia (which itself was created last year from the sale of Cisco's Service Provider Video Software Solutions business) and RTL Group [...]

Last month, Britain’s biggest multichannel broadcaster, UKTV, announced that it had added elements of machine learning and AI - specifically in terms of personalisation, content recommendation and building up taste profiles – to its iOS, Android and Amazon FireOS VOD apps. AI is a hot topic in the [...]

ITV, Accedo and Make.TV have all been using Amazon's Rekognition software so I decided to check it out.

In 2018, media and entertainment providers have worked hard to revolutionise the way they deliver content to consumers across a changing media landscape, especially in terms of gaining a deeper understanding of metadata to connect viewers to content. Charles Dawes, senior director, international marketing at TiVo, takes a look at what trends and developments he predicts may emerge in 2019.

Not a complete guide but here’s some of the material that we cover when a new starter joins VOD Professional. A new recruit, Juliana, joined us here at VOD Professional last month and on her first day, I gave her an overview of the online video industry. I [...]

Eschewing the tradition of trying to predict what’s going to happen over the next year, here instead are some OTT industry developments that I think we’ll be talking about in 2019.

Evaluating five vendor proposals to build new VOD apps on HbbTV and games consoles. Spreadsheet includes CAPEX and OPEX spend as well as a 4-year Total Cost of Ownership model.

Do you remember the first time you heard about video-on-demand? My introduction to the concept was in 1998 when I was working at Nettec PLC, an early internet consultancy, and I visited the offices of a potential client, Bryan Morrison, a music producer and agent, in London. A [...]