www.csimagazine.com June 2016 • OTT, VoD, Cloud TV, Cable, Satellite, IPTV, DTT, IoT • Charting the TVindustry’s path beyond Covid TV Br oadcast •Str The l eading mediaf eaming •SatelliteCab The magazinefor global video or videodeliverytechnol le •Hybrid ogy The latest news, views andfeatures Spring 2021
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21 irect to cons mer video Sports represents the biggest new opportunity. CSI and MediaKind examine the trends ditor 2 Cable abs Goran Nastic Dr Curtis Knittle updates us on the group’s work into DOCSIS 4, DAA, the 10G Commercial Camilla Capece 0 C V ST Covid and media platform and other hot topics Examining the state of the media & esign and prod ction entertainment industry one year on from the 1 Compression s pplement ith Matt Mills (Manager) start of the pandemic V ova Jessica Harrington Deploying better compression opens new 10 ith Verizon edia business cases and brings cost savings to a eg lar contrib tors Adrian Pennington, Philip Hunter, Looking at innovation during and post- range of applications. What are the new David Adams, Stephen Cousins, codec options? pandemic Anna Tobin
12 nalyst corner V Stats corner Circ lation The evolution and consumer uptake of AVOD End-2020 European and US payTV figures Alina Susca and other streaming services from the informitv Multiscreen Index cco nts 1 iracy in loc do n Technology corner Smart cities Marilou Tait, Mohamad Saidani SCTE CTO Chris Bastian says the We talk to Irdeto about how pirates also ditorial adapted and changed their business models in pandemic has given rise to new smart tel +44(0)20 7562 2401 the last 12 months community initiatives [email protected]
1 emote prod ction B yer s ide dvertising Covid has accelerated and permanently A listing of key suppliers in the cable, telco, tel +44(0)20 7562 2438 [email protected] disrupted traditional sports production broadband and satellite sectors S bscriptions tel +44 (0) 20 1635 588 861 [email protected] ditor s report Spring 2021 Circulation manager: alina.susca@ perspectivepublishing.com Hands up who saw the AT&T-Discovery deal coming… if you did you are in a very small minority as the announcement took the market and analysts by S bscription rates complete surprise. The new company will have annual revenues of about $52 Per year: Europe £88; UK £68; billion and combine an extensive portfolio of brands — HBO, Warner Bros., Rest of World £98. Cheques payable to Perspective Publishing Discovery, DC Comics, CNN, Eurosport, Animal Planet to name but a few — Limited and addressed to the alongside studios and streaming businesses that are in various stages of embryonic growth. Circulation Department It could be messy and there may be some fat that needs to be trimmed but it marks a new breed of media mega-M&As that will define this decade. Meanwhile, most of this issue of rinted by B ton ress CSI is focused on assessing the effect that Covid has had on different parts of media and entertainment. GN anaging irector John Woods