"multiscreen" articles
Last week, TV Everywhere delivery platform provider Azuki Systems was acquired by Ericsson.
The acquisition by Ericsson , an internationally-renowned provider of communications technology and services, will add new technologies and capabilities to the company's long list of services. "Azuki Systems further positions Ericsson to help customers deliver on the Networked Society’s global demand for customized and personalized media experiences that include content on any screen,...
Over 60% of U.S. broadband households have at least one Internet-connected CE, such as a smart TV, connected Blu-ray player, or connected game console, and households have on average close to 7 connected devices per household.
Consumer use of these devices is evolving their use cases as well. Video viewing on mobile platforms in particular has trended upward in the past few years. As a result, content providers are deploying new multiscreen services and streaming content to...
Online video services originally provided access to user generated videos, and commercially-produced content. These types of videos continue to be popular, but services are now specializing in premium, full-length content, such as TV shows and movies. “OTT in a Pay-TV World,” the newest report from Parks Associates, addresses why the user experience of OTT services is critical.
This report analyzes trends and market dynamics for OTT services and the implications for the...
The new complimentary whitepaper from Parks Associates and Cognitive Networks , “Smart TV Unleashed: Engagement through Cognition,” examines the transformation in the TV industry as a result of connected device adoption, new content recognition technologies, and consumer demand for multiscreen video access.
The whitepaper provides a contextual review of the evolution of interactive TV (ITV), examines the transformation the TV industry is experiencing as a result of rising...
Parks Associates and Azuki Systems are co-hosting a complimentary webcast entitled " Multiscreen Strategies for IPTV Operators " on August 21st.
In this web-based panel discussion, industry experts address the challenges, options, and opportunities in the TV Everywhere market and how these factors will impact operational strategies.
In this webcast, panelists will explainthe challenges and solutions for extending IPTV services to TV Everywhere, discuss the...
Microsoft has created "Companion Web" as a response to the steadily increasing number of connected devices consumers use daily.
Companion Web bridges the gap between a user's connected devices. For example, what a person does on his or her phone can register on connected devices such as a television or laptop.
The first app to use Microsoft's Companion Web is Polar . Polar works across multiple screens so the consumer can give his or her opinion...
The Kindle Fire uses the same in-pane switching as the iPad, a 1024x600, which is a large enough screen for most home automations system. The device is heavy for its size at 14.6oz, and having dual-core CPUs clocked at 1GHz, the CPU is speedy enough for most applications. Most home automation plug-ins store very little content locally, so 8GB of storage is more than adequate and support for all current Wi-Fi standards means it’ll connect to virtually anything. The default Android project...
By Jim O’Neill, Parks Associates Research Analyst
DirecTV is the latest operator to dig its heels in a carriage fee battle. This time, Viacom, and its 26 channels on the operator’s lineup, is the protagonist. The tune may have changed, but the song remains the same: DirecTV claims Viacom is asking for an unreasonable increase in carriage fees; Viacom, of course, claims big traffic numbers and says it’s simply trying to bring DirecTV in line with the prices the content owner...
