Industry Updates

FCC Chairman lays out schedule for future broadband actions 06 July 2015

  During a speech last Friday at the Brookings Institution, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler outlined the FCC’s upcoming agenda for broadband-related issues such as the classification of over-the-top (OTT) online video services. The Chairman reiterated his view of the FCC … Continue reading

OTT drives new home broadband technologies 06 July 2015

  The burgeoning interest in on-demand streaming video, driven by OTT video services offerings such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video, is putting an enormous strain on in-home networks, which are struggling to cope with the growing demands on bandwidth. … Continue reading

Quarter of Europeans use VoD services 03 July 2015

  Europeans have 19 electronic devices at home on average (2014: 18), and spend eight hours a day using them; an increase of almost 18 minutes since 2014, according to the latest Techonomic Index research from Samsung. The television remains … Continue reading

Ireland’s VOD Viewers Favor Free Content, Even if It Means Ads 03 July 2015

  Digital video has taken flight in Ireland. According to March 2015 research by Nielsen for the Interactive Advertising Bureau Ireland (IAB Ireland), 67% of internet users ages 16 and older in Ireland had viewed video-on-demand (VOD) in the six … Continue reading

Growing OTT Demand is Driving the Need for Robust In-Home Backbone Networks 03 July 2015

  The burgeoning interest in on-demand streaming video, driven by new OTT service offerings such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video, together with the rapid proliferation of Internet-enabled devices, is one of the major market trends of the moment. … Continue reading