by Emily O'Donnell | Mar 28, 2016 | Blog
By now, most small and medium-sized cable operators are familiar with the basic benefits of transitioning to the Internet protocol suite. Using IP enables them to provide a superior end-user experience, lower their relatively high CAPEX levels and ultimately make...
by Emily O'Donnell | Mar 24, 2016 | Blog
More so than any other type of TV programming, live sports have been resilient in the face of the rise of time-shifted viewing, over-the-top (OTT) content services (e.g., Netflix and Amazon) and Video on Demand platforms. The viewing experience of any sports game is...
by Emily O'Donnell | Mar 21, 2016 | Blog
For years, over-the-top video options have been gaining ground on traditional cable packages. A 2015 survey from Nielsen found that the share of U.S. households with TV and/or broadband access that also subscribed to at least one OTT service rose from 36 percent in...
by Emily O'Donnell | Mar 17, 2016 | Blog
For many years now, cable industry watchers have warned operators about the growth of “cord cutting.” This term usually refers to subscribers ditching traditional TV packages in favor of standalone broadband Internet, which is then used for connecting to...
by Emily O'Donnell | Mar 3, 2016 | Blog
How much live TV do you watch? For many broadband subscribers, the answer is increasingly “not a lot” or “not as much as I used to.” According to a February 2015 report from Hub Entertainment Research, time-shifted viewing has already overtaken...
by Emily O'Donnell | Feb 12, 2016 | Blog
For cable operators, transitioning to an all-IP distribution can feel like a daunting challenge, especially considering the other headwinds that they now face from subscriber attrition (i.e., “cord-cutting”), rising costs for content and competition from...
