Q: Where is Brightcove today and how has it been entering the TV space? A: Brightcove is best known for our Video Cloud online video platform, but we’re much more than that. Brightcove provides cloud content services that help organisations of all kinds to publish and distribute professional digital media. We actually do two things: 1. Deliver the world’s professional digital media; so we enable organisations like Discovery Networks, Time, Sony Pictures and PUMA to publish and … [Read more...] about Up in the Cloud
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Intelsat: the World’s Largest Satellite Operator
Q:What are some challenges that the Satellite Communications industry will face this year and how are you meeting those challenges? A: The satellite communications industry is seeing increasing demand for television distribution services around the world, in particular Asia-Pacific. The region is home to a number of strong and emerging economies, and the people of these nations want diverse, high-quality programming from around the world, as well as locally created content. The challenge for … [Read more...] about Intelsat: the World’s Largest Satellite Operator
AsiaSat: Understanding Customer Needs
Q: What are some challenges that the Satellite Communications industry would face this year? A: First, the regulatory environment in some Asian countries still limits foreign satellite operators’ access to their domestic market. Despite huge demand for capacity in these high growth markets, their governments have set strict regulations to protect domestic operators, making entry by foreign satellite operators in these markets extremely difficult. Second, we see escalating competition from … [Read more...] about AsiaSat: Understanding Customer Needs
Key to Remaining Competitive
Q: What are some challenges that the satellite communications industry will face this year? A: Terrestrial players, both wired and wireless, continue to pose a threat and competition to satellite communications. In the broadcasting arena, we are seeing more players coming to play from fibre, over-the-top (OTT), over-the-air (OTA) and cloud applications competing for the broadcast space. However, the unique advantage of its broad reach, immediate access, and reliability that satellite … [Read more...] about Key to Remaining Competitive
SES: 4K–Ready
Q: SES made an appearance at MIPTV in Cannes this April, which is not a usual gathering place for the satellite communications industry. Why MIPTV? A: We believe that, as a global leader in Direct-to-Home satellite TV, we have a significant role to play in helping to drive the entire broadcast ecosystem forward. While some building blocks to deliver Ultra HD content to the audience are present today, others still need to be developed before Ultra HD will become viable commercially. First the … [Read more...] about SES: 4K–Ready
Regulation – Boon or Bane?
Measures mete out to curb broadcaster activity are not uncommon in Asia, and surprisingly they could sometimes be enforced not by regulators themselves but by operators whom broadcasters provide content for. Take Vietnam for example. On May 17, we reported about the pulling of 21 international channels by Vietnam’s DTH operator K+, who says it was doing this “in compliance with regulation” – only that it remains the only operator in Vietnam who has done so. CASBAA calls … [Read more...] about Regulation – Boon or Bane?
