January - February
Content discovery . What is the latest in content discovery ? Streamers have overturned the world of browsing TV consumption and destination viewing determined by a paper or electronic guide . How does the consumer now find what they want ? Are they happy with this ? How do they find something they didn ’ t know they wanted ? There are apps for consolidated guides – how useful are they ? Is there a demand for more and better discovery that could offer an advantage to service providers ? What ’ s the destination of the direction of travel that sees content recommendations from multiple content services on an operator ‘ home page ’? Is third-party channel packaging back ? Is cross-channel genre packaging an option ?
March - April
FAST Channels and AVoD . Do difficult economic times lead to churn on subscriptions and an uptick for advertising supported services ? Are new targeting techniques making the advertising spend pie any bigger , or is it just more ( and more accurately ) sliced ? How is the Netflix ad-supported channel faring ? Will others follow ?
May – June
Bandwidth to burn ? More services , higher definition , more devices , more locations . All need bandwidth and providers are not in short supply . Where is FTTH in the mix across the world ’ s regions ? Does 5G make it redundant – where 5G arrives first , will fixed networks be obsolete ? What about LEO satellites – a solution looking for a problem , or a vital niche service for some sectors and a transnational answer for underserved regions ?
July – August
Home Gateway Survey . What will be the balance between HGs and the cloud and who will control the interface between them ? How do HGs play into the much-forecast Internet of Things ? What is the next step for IoT in the context of media and comms service providers ?
September – October
Content Security . What is the state of the pirate nation ? How has the vulnerability of media services evolved in recent times , and what are the content security industry ’ s strategies for adapting protection ? 360 degree security must include protecting providers and their consumers from cyber-attack ; are current content protection providers well-placed to do this ?
November - December
Annual Test & Monitor Survey . Monitoring tools and solutions are vital to underwriting consumer QoE which , in turn , flattens churn and helps shield a provider from unnecessary capex and opex . What are the latest developments in T & M ; how much must sit in the network , how much can sit in the cloud ?
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