Connected TV Apps & Platform Fragmentation: What to Build For Next
Platform fragmentation has long been an issue for mobile developers, and it’s proving to be a challenge when it comes to TV apps, too. Changing media consumption behaviors and the proliferation of technologies that allow consumers to access content in new ways has forced entertainment...
Lessons Learned: Developing For Tizen TV
The New Operating System With so many smart TV platforms having poor navigation and complicated UI, many users turn to Apple and Roku for a more user-friendly experience. Samsung’s Tizen is a new, flexible operating system developed by a community of developers, under an open source...
The “Cord-Nevers”: How Millennials Are Driving The Mobile Video Revolution
“For content owners, the reality is that your audience is slowly moving away from you, evolving into one that demands your best content anywhere, on any device, and at any time” - Ooyala Global Video Index Q4 2015 While cord-cutter has been a common industry term ever...
Using Video Metrics To Drive Product Evolution: QoS Metrics
This is the third and final post in our Video Metrics Series In the previous two posts in our Video Metrics Series, we discussed that there are three distinct but interrelated categories of video playback metrics that are important to track: Content/Business Objective Metrics QoE (Quality...
Using Video Metrics to Drive Product Evolution: Quality of Experience Metrics
This is the second post of our three-part Video Metrics Series. In our previous post of this series, we discussed that video playback metrics can be divided into three distinct but related categories: Content/Business Objective Metrics QoE (Quality of Experience) Metrics QoS (Quality of Service) Metrics Part...
Using Video Metrics to Drive Product Evolution: Content & Business Metrics
This is the first of three posts in our Video Metrics Series. For media and content providers, video playback metrics are integral to improving products, retaining and growing user base, and opening up new opportunities for monetization. As is true of analytics across the board, data...
This Year in Connected TV: The Biggest Trends Of 2015
In 2014, U.S broadband subscribers surpassed TV subscribers for the first time. As the decrease of TV subscribers continued, 2015 was looking to be the year that cord-cutting would impact the industry. Taking a look back into 2015, it turned out to be true for...
Is The TV Everywhere Authentication “Problem” a Myth?
Authentication – the login and verification process a subscriber completes to get access to content – has consistently been called out as a major barrier to TVE adoption by industry executives. The perception of TV Everywhere authentication as a key challenge is pervasive enough that...
Contextual Content: Using Video Overlay Ads to Improve User Experience
Selecting the right ad serving solution is critical for any media company using an advertising-based model for their mobile app. The goal of maximizing ad revenue must be carefully balanced with providing the best user experience possible. If your users suffer from ad fatigue because...
OTT Devices Drive Online Ad Growth
In our previous post, 6 Reasons OTT Content Will Dominate The Connected TV Market, we looked at the evolution and growth of the OTT market primarily in terms of content. It looks like the advertising opportunities are also going to be a driving force as...