Increasing expectations from end-users for the management of big data and premium services such as IP-based video-on-demand, live streaming and HD broadcast, are changing the way media content and data are delivered. The escalating demand from consumers is driving the need for CDNs, to help content providers manage this need with a more direct, reliable route. As CDNs play a prominent role in the way the content delivery ecosystem is evolving, key players in the space including market leaders Akamai, as well as EdgeCast and Amazon, will speak at this year’s CDN World Summit.

SD Channels Remain Vital to Global DTH Subscription Revenues Reaching $123 Billion in 2021

NSR’s Global Direct-to-Home (DTH) Markets, 5th Edition finds the global DTH industry is still living in an SD world. With two SD channels entering the market for every HD channel, as well as SD subscribers outnumbering HD and DVR subscribers combined, the market remains dominated by the legacy resolutions; except for the measure that really matters: revenues.

Ka-band is more than just an expansion band; it will have profound implications on how satellite capacity is sold from both the satellite operators’ and service providers’ perspective.  One might even worry if Ka-Band is short for cannibalism?  Even though Ka-Band has been around for a number of years in the satellite communications industry, it is only recently that it has made inroads into the commercial mainstream as C- and Ku-Band.

CEOs, Ministers, Regulators, academics to meet in Dubai, 14-18 October 2012

ITU Telecom World 2012 is set to open in Dubai, 14-18 October 2012, bringing together a uniquely inclusive list of international speakers for five days of constructive dialogue and debate that will centre on “the radical transformation of the ICT industry and the crucial importance of ensuring that connectivity in a transformed world is universal, fair, open and secure”.

The Satellite Interference Reduction Group (IRG) and Global VSAT Forum (GVF) announced a number of meetings and initiatives relating to satellite interference at IBC. On Thursday 6th September, IRG and GVF are organising a Eutelsat-sponsored meeting to discuss value-added services, that may be enabled by the Space Data Assocation. The meeting will be hosted in the Holiday Inn, Amsterdam from 1-5pm.

Increasing numbers of operators are launching CDN initiatives and are paving the way for new developing trends as ‘cloudified’ CDNs and federations enter the market - increasing market share and stimulating continued growth. CDN has never been more vibrant and as such 2012’s CDN World Summit will explore how these technologies can work together to improve the speed of content delivery in virtualised networks.

Policy makers and politicians across Europe should be taking much more account of what users actually need as they plan to roll out superfast broadband across the continent, according to Tim Johnson, of broadband specialists Point Topic. This announcement comes directly from the Broadband Forum quarterly meeting in Bucharest, where Johnson provided a key presentation on his thoughts about the broadband market.

The results of Ericsson ConsumerLab's annual study - presented in the TV & Video Consumer Trend Report 2012 - reveal that social TV is becoming a mass-market phenomenon. Sixty-two percent of consumers use social media while watching TV on a weekly basis, an increase of 18 percentage points in one year. By gender, 66 percent of women engage in this behavior, compared to 58 percent of men. Twenty-five percent of consumers use social media to discuss what they are watching while they are watching it.

Key players in the OTT landscape are set to congregate at TV Connect EurAsia East Europe 2012 as activity in the online-video sector explodes and a flurry of new services continue to come to market in Eastern Europe. With growing penetration of OTT services in the region, and with Turkey at the epicentre of the growth opportunity, Istanbul is the perfect location for the 2012 event.

New Euroconsult reports shows 7% capacity leasing revenue growth in 2011

Euroconsult’s latest research report, Satellite Communications & Broadcasting Markets Survey, Forecasts to 2021, revealed that 2011 was a good year for FSS operators, with 4% growth in regular transponder capacity, 33% growth in High Throughput Satellite (HTS) capacity, and a $724 million increase for total capacity leasing revenues. Earnings were mostly influenced by increasing capacity demand for video services and rising competition in emerging markets.