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January/February
Middle East Special. Despite
ongoing regional turmoil the Middle
East remains a
vibrant and
growing media
area. Oil states
are still
launching global
channels and
competing for
the world’s most
valuable TV
rights and
events.
Meanwhile, they
compete to
attract key
producers and
broadcasters to their state-of-the-art
facilities. Elsewhere, conflict and
hard economic times present unique
challenges for national broadcasters
and commercial players as they seek
to navigate their way to a more
stable environment. Euromedia
canvasses key players for their views
on the world’s most challenging and
exciting media scene.
Previews: CabSat MENA
(Dubai), CSTB (Moscow).
March/April
Managed network providers are
increasingly relying on QoE to stave
off the OTT challengers and the
threat of cord cutting or shaving.
Central to their efforts is their User
Interface and the usefulness and
user friendliness of their EPG and
recommendation features. What are
the latest developments in content
curation? What is the progress in
the depth and management of
metadata? What is the role of Big
Data and how can Social Media be
leveraged to enhance
the viewer experience?
Preview: NAB (Las
Vegas), MIP/Milia
(Cannes)
May/June
VoD, SVoD, NVoD; on
demand content comes
in an array of shapes
and sizes. However,
outside of dedicated
OTT providers, most
On Demand content is
catch-up, or films and
box sets added-on ‘free’ to a pay TV
subscription. Is this the settled
pattern for the VoD market? T-VoD,
transaction VoD, has been on the
drawing board for a long time but
has gained very little traction so far.
Is the problem micro-pay
September/October
Satellite Services Survey. With ever
higher managed network capacity
and the growth of OTT services you
might think the market for DTH
providers and satellite services in
general would be declining. But the
advent of 4K – and soon to follow
8K – puts the bandwidth advantage
of satellite back in the limelight.
Meantime, the desire of premium
content providers to exploit their
rights further and further afield in
developing markets also calls on the
rapid route to market and point to
multipoint abilities of satellite
services. But the market, both in
transponders and in teleports and
play out services, is very
competitive. Euromedia looks at
technology or a lack of demand
and/or market gap?
Preview: ANGA (Cologne)
who is providing what, where, and
how the market is likely to develop
in the medium term.
July/August
Home Gateway and Set Top Box
survey. More and more service
provision is moving to the cloud,
does this mean the CPE is destined
to simply be as slim as possible? Or
will CPE have a renaissance as the
Smart Home and the Internet of
Things demand some sophisticated
processing on the premises.
Preview: IBC (Amsterdam)
November/December
Annual Test & Monitor survey. As
service provision moves to the cloud
so must T&M? What are the new
challenges with IP distribution for
unmanaged devices at no extra cost
but the same customer ex