In the past month, SeaWell Networks teamed up with BTR to conduct an operator survey to gain some up to date insight on a few key questions as we look at the year ahead. We gained some interesting insight into plans and thoughts from over 100 respondents and thought we’d share them here: Multiscreen Plans [Read more...]
This year’s SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2012 provided a once-a-year opportunity to hear about the latest in cable. Outside of main tent discussions on DOCSIS 3.1 and CCAP, the show floor was buzzing with a few key issues that folks reacted to as they came and met with us at our booth: MSOs who have deployed CDNs [Read more...]
SeaWell Networks attended IBC 2012 in Amsterdam — one of the premier international trade events for service and content providers. There were roughly 51,000 attendees, primarily from EMEA and APAC and our goal at the show was to engage with operators and partners as we look to expand our international market opportunity. IPTV and making [Read more...]
The Cable Show was so focused on online video this year that some have said it should have been called “the Online Video Show.” That cable is undergoing massive industry disruption cannot be overstated, but the real question is how MSO’s will react, and how quickly. While the overall size of the show appeared to [Read more...]
Whether you were at NAB or not, I trust you will appreciate these few observations from the show floor, and in particular, of the field of adaptive video: Why are we still talking about multi-platform? Many companies exhibiting heralded “any device” messages. But adaptive streaming is here, and the protocols are well known. The important [Read more...]
A recent report warned that service providers are in for a “data tsunami”, and advised more widespread adoption of adaptive bitrate video delivery to lessen the amount of video traffic delivered. The report also noted that ABR adoption has not been as fast as expected. This doesn’t come as a surprise at SeaWell, as we still run [Read more...]
There has been a lot of talk in the past few years about how online video is eroding tv viewership – the great fear of the cable companies is that subscribers will cut the cord from their set top box and replace it with services like Hulu and Netflix. But is this really the case? [Read more...]