Jun 23, 2021 — NEW YORK, NY — Peacock today announced it will launch a Tokyo Olympics destination on July 15, featuring live coverage of some the Games’ biggest events, including gymnastics, track & field, and the US Men’s Basketball…
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Innovative Systems and Aureon Aim to Put Telcos in vMVPD Business
A recently announced deal between Innovative Systems and Aureon is aimed at enabling smaller telcos to provide vMVPD services. Those services offer a cable TV-like content lineup but are distributed over broadband infrastructure. An example of a vMVPD (virtual multi-channel…
Parks: NFL Deal May Help Push Amazon Prime Video Past 50% Penetration of Broadband Homes
Amazon Prime Video penetration is already at 47% of broadband households, according to research from Parks Associates. With a new landmark NFL streaming rights deal, that penetration is expected to push past 50%. Parks Associates estimates that 77.3 million U.S….
Streaming Wars Driving Companies to Scale Up, with Amazon MGM Deal the Latest Example
Amazon announced a deal to acquire MGM studios for $8.5 billion today. The deal will provide Amazon a deep library of high value content and a studio and production house to create more, as it looks to compete in the…
Bandwidth Demand Forecast: 300 Mbps Will Be Enough for Most Households to 2031
The rate of fixed broadband traffic growth is slowing, according to new research from Strategy Analytics. The research firm’s bandwidth demand forecast calls for most households to need no more than 300 Mbps over the next ten years. “Close examination…
AT&T and Discovery to Create New Entertainment Company
AT&T and Discovery, Inc. said today that they have agreed to combine Discovery’s entertainment assets with AT&T’s WarnerMedia assets. If approved by regulators, the deal is expected to close in mid-2022. The combination of WarnerMedia and Discovery entertainment, sports and…
Latest Roku YouTube TV Skirmish Reminds Us Legacy Content Battles Not Going Away
A dispute between Roku and Google over placement of the YouTube TV app on the Roku platform is the latest reminder that legacy content skirmishes from the linear TV world are still present in the new streaming world. According to…
T-Mobile Shifts Gears on Video Again, Decides to Partner Up with YouTube TV, Philo
T-Mobile and Google have announced a big deal involving video, messaging, storage, smartphones, 5G and more. Perhaps the biggest news is Google’s YouTube TV streaming service will become T-Mobile’s premium TV offering, with streaming service Philo offered as its new…
Report: Communications Spending Reached a Massive $118B in 2020
Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and demand for reliable high speed data, consumers spent $118 billion on new communications services, (voice, video and data) — a massive spending increase over the 2020 estimate of $91 billion, according to a report…
Comcast CFO: Our Streaming Strategy is Reducing Broadband Churn
During today’s Deutsche Bank Investor Conference, Comcast CFO Michael Cavanagh reported that Comcast is effectively using streaming video to reduce broadband churn. Broadband is now the core product for Comcast and other traditional video providers, helping drive overall revenue and…
Wisconsin Video Operator Adds MG-TV Live Streaming
As many video operators are using a cap n grow model to phase out their cable or IPTV systems in place of live streaming, Vernon Communications Coop in Wisconsin is taking a different approach. Recognizing their demographic customer base, this…
J.D. Power Sees Jump in Streaming Services Per Household, Average Monthly Spend
The average number of streaming services per household increased to four in December 2020, compared to three in April 2020, according to a new report from J.D. Power. Further illustrating the shift: The number of households subscribing to one, two…
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