TV/Video News & Trends
TV/Video News & Trends
The State of Broadband Growth and Competition
Although many pundits predicted a saturation point and slow down of the broadband market, actual broadband penetration is still growing at a healthy pace with no signs of slowing down. Indeed, cable operators’ biggest challenge is trying to increase their control of...
Aircraft-Based Wireless Networks
Filed under “Why didn’t we think of this first?”, a new concept is emerging out of the windy California desert. In a nutshell, airplanes would act as “mini-satellites” and create a flying network, capable of blanketing isolated areas with wireless coverage. The...
Cord-cutting Trending in US Pay-TV Market
As the cord-cutting trend continues gain steam, it’s beginning to threaten the viability of the business models of traditional television, telephone, and Internet companies. Among the largest US telcos, AT&T and Windstream, experienced declines in their subscriber...
5G – The Fact, the Fiction, and Everything in Between
Sure, we’ve all heard the over-the-top hype about the new slippery-fast 5G wireless standard. Although it’s not available yet, tests by some large carriers show promise. Now the bad news - the soonest it will likely be available to consumers is sometime in 2020....
Broadband Service Provider News – Centurylink, Mediacom, Verizon
Last week, CenturyLink hinted it is planning to replace its legacy “Prism” IPTV platform with a new, higher bandwidth system next year. Hoping to appeal to the millennial generation, the new platform (“Prism Stream”) features just 17 channels. The company is still...
The Lowdown on Bluetooth 5
There’s a new sheriff in town, and its name is Bluetooth 5. It sports a bevy of new upgrades, including longer range, larger broadcast message capacity, and faster speed. But it doesn’t stop there - it has been designed specifically to play nice with other...