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January- February
March- April
May- June
July- August
September- October
November- December

Euromedia Editorial Calendar

January- February

Whatever happened to the Internet of Things and Smart Homes? Apart from doorbells, have homes got any smarter in recent years? Are cable or telco operators positioning themselves to serve the smart home market? What will the Smart Home look like in five years?

March- April

As fast as lightning. With the FTTH Conference coming to London, we survey the status of FTTH across Europe – how many homes, how fast? Does it remain the gold standard for superfast capacity to home and High Streets? Are consumers still focused on superspeed, or is there a‘ fast enough’ awareness, and does that mean a pushback on price? What is futureproof – how fast do you want?

May- June

FAST channels are established as part of the landscape. How has that happened in an historically poor ad market? Margins must be very thin, what is the level of ultimate channel automation? Are the programmatic platforms working well for channels and advertisers? How detailed and reliable are the metrics for advertisers?

July- August

Content‘ Discovery’. AI is touted as transformative technology for content choice in a world where an overwhelming offer can cause decision paralysis. But how does a technology at whose core is reinforcement learning engage in the‘ discovery’ part of content recommendation. What is the evidence that viewers are finding new content options not informed by their pre-existing choices?

September- October

Green is the Colour. There’ s plenty of data – some of it pretty doubtful – on the carbon footprint of streaming. What are the facts? Who is doing what to reduce the footprint of streaming and its workflows?

November- December

Annual T & M Survey. Capex, Opex, TCO remain priorities for operators. How do providers convince operators that T & M is an essential cost with a real ROI? Is T & M as a managed service now the norm – what are business models?