Introduction Multi-screen video content and capabilities are becoming ever more important to pay TV operators, such as AT&T U-Verse. Multi-screen video content is usually transmitted over IP networks (often referred to as Over The Top or OTT video). The video content is received by multiple devices, such as notebooks, tablets, and smart phones. Ken Pyle has previously reported on this mega-trend. Second screen apps, which we covered in this article, also offer TV control, guide and navigation functions. 1. Infonetics: Multi-Screen TV Service Deployment Strategies Earlier this week, market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its new Multi-Screen TV Service Deployment Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey, for which Infonetics interviewed pay TV operators about their plans for multi-screen video services and delivering live and file-based video content to subscribers with multiple devices. For this multi-screen TV survey, Infonetics interviewed purchase-decision makers at incumbent and cable operators from EMEA, North America , and Asia Pacific in November and December 2012 about their plans for delivering multi-screen video.The report was co-authored by Infonetics analysts Jeff Heynen and Julien Blin. It provides insights into business drivers and challenges, technological challenges, types of devices and mobile operating systems supported, transcoding and delivery methods, number of broadcast channels and [...]
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