Thomas ‘Tommy’ FlanaganHaivision buys into perceptual quality in warning shot to SSIMWaveSecure Reliable Transport (SRT) founding member and overall video streaming darling Haivision has used its enviable growth momentum to…Nov 1, 2019Nov 1, 2019
Thomas ‘Tommy’ FlanaganBritbox vendor stack revealed — AWS key missing ingredientBritbox has drawn the curtains on the inner workings of its video streaming engine as the SVoD platform prepares for its home debut…Oct 18, 2019Oct 18, 2019
Thomas ‘Tommy’ FlanaganAT&T in turmoil — using fake accounts to clear Time Warner dealUsually we would wince at the act of kicking a company while it is down, but when that company is AT&T and the allegations are as serious…Sep 19, 2019Sep 19, 2019
Thomas ‘Tommy’ FlanaganStart-up Eluvio changing the very fabric of video deliveryIf we said P2P networking is destined to replace the traditional CDN, people would respond with “it’s been tried before”. If we proclaimed…Sep 6, 2019Sep 6, 2019
Thomas ‘Tommy’ FlanaganAWS Forecast will spare many blushes, but zero threat to research sectorRemember the barrage of criticism Netflix received after under-forecasting its domestic subscriber outlook in the last quarter, leading to…Aug 23, 2019Aug 23, 2019
Thomas ‘Tommy’ FlanaganViacomCBS virtually irrelevant without streaming spending spreeCBS and Viacom have at long last agreed on a merger that matters to very few in a content landscape barely recognizable by the two…Aug 15, 2019Aug 15, 2019
Thomas ‘Tommy’ FlanaganFugu ABR algorithm slashes video stalls, boosts QoEAdaptive bitrate-optimized video delivery has blossomed into an extensively researched topic given the high stakes of QoE for OTT video…Aug 8, 2019Aug 8, 2019
Thomas ‘Tommy’ FlanaganBeginning of the end for DirecTV as AT&T TV Now mouthful preferredEnough is enough for AT&T. For the past few quarters now, evidence has been stacking up and pointing to how the US operator requires a…Aug 2, 2019Aug 2, 2019
Thomas ‘Tommy’ FlanaganFull launch for Pandora Voice — when will interactive ads arrive?Almost a full year behind Spotify, US music streaming service Pandora has finally launched full voice functionality for smartphone users…Jul 25, 2019Jul 25, 2019
Thomas ‘Tommy’ FlanaganCreepy Celeno WiFi Doppler can personalize ads, detect intrudersNot to be left out of last week’s WiFi parade, Celeno has made one of the more unconventional technology announcements of the year so far…Jul 19, 2019Jul 19, 2019