http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/en-usThu, 18 May 2017 08:18:21 +0200ericsson/jOUrhttps://feedburner.google.comhttp://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/benefits-all-ip-future-standard-way-thinking/In addition to my role at Ericsson, earlier this year I had the honor of taking office as the President of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), a position I will hold until the end of 2018. It is a truly exciting…Thu, 18 May 2017 08:18:21 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/benefits-all-ip-future-standard-way-thinking/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/building-next-generation-tv-experience/There is little doubt that the TV experience is in a period of transformation. The way people consume TV content is changing, pushed by new behaviors and enabled by new technologies. TV viewing is no longer bound by location, time of day or a hefty TV set and watching video on a mobile screen is becoming the new norm. At NAB Show this year, we are showcasing our end-to-end and ready to deploy portfolio that is uniquely qualified to address this massive shift. But what will be the next transformative change of television that will define the next-generation TV experience? Thu, 27 Apr 2017 06:00:00 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/building-next-generation-tv-experience/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/transformation-television/The convergence of telecoms, IT and media is helping to shape and change everything we see around us, influencing how we interconnect, capture, distribute and access content. OTT, on-demand and TV Everywhere services are helping to expand the very definition of TV, creating a highly competitive and diverse media landscape which is helping to evolve and change consumer-viewing expectations forever. There’s even more to come, as new immersive innovations such as augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR), voice control and real personalization continue to evolve the audience experience. Wed, 26 Apr 2017 06:00:00 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/transformation-television/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/launches-nab-show-2017/NAB show 2017 has finally kicked off and we couldn’t be more excited! As the largest electronics media show in the world, this is the place to shine. This year, Ericsson’s booth (SU720) will do just that. Ericsson is leveraging our unique understanding and application of data and intelligence, software based and cloud ready solutions and cutting edge innovation to lead the television transformation.Mon, 24 Apr 2017 06:00:00 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/launches-nab-show-2017/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/10-bold-projections-future-tv-video-and-mobile/When you talk digital transformation, TV and video is always at the cutting edge – the rise of mobile video, second screen, user-generated content, just to name a few trends. It’s been a massive disruption. But what if it’s just the beginning?Thu, 20 Apr 2017 15:00:20 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/10-bold-projections-future-tv-video-and-mobile/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ericsson-mobility-report-mobile-video-traffic-continues-dominate/In the first part of this two-part series we looked at the evolution of 5G and its commercial future. The need for 5G has been underlined by the driving force and increasing dominance of mobile video traffic, which is forecast to grow by around 50 percent annually through to 2022, when it will account for nearly three quarters of all mobile data traffic. One of the drivers of this traffic has been the increased use of embedded video in social media and web pages. The growth can be partly attributed to the emergence of larger device screens, higher resolutions and new platforms supporting live streaming. New applications are also helping to shift relative volumes of varying types of traffic, although each device size accounts for different forms of viewing.Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:14:10 +0100http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ericsson-mobility-report-mobile-video-traffic-continues-dominate/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ericsson-mobility-report-5g-surpass-half-billion-subscriptions-2022/We recently published our bi-annual Ericsson Mobility Report research, which looks into mobile data traffic measurements and market trends and provides in-depth measurements from live networks spread around the globe. The report uses these calculations and analysis, together with internal forecasts and other relevant studies, to provide insights into current traffic and market trends in the Networked Society.Thu, 05 Jan 2017 18:55:42 +0100http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ericsson-mobility-report-5g-surpass-half-billion-subscriptions-2022/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ericsson-consumerlab-tv-and-media-report-2016-content-discovery-how-hard-can-it-be/Today’s generation of TV consumers are watching more content than ever before. In the 7th edition of the annual Ericsson Consumerlab TV and Media report, we found that consumers continue to increase their viewing year by year. Driven by the emergence of new TV and media services as well as video enabled devices, consumers can today consume video anywhere and anytime. Yet, in doing so, they are spending more time looking for content too. Astonishingly, the average person across all the studied markets, will spend 1.1 years of their life swapping channels and navigating the TV guide – and in several markets it is even higher, like Germany (1.2 years), USA, China, Brazil, Italy (1.3 years), Spain, South Korea (1.4 years), and India (1.7 years).Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:24:55 +0100http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ericsson-consumerlab-tv-and-media-report-2016-content-discovery-how-hard-can-it-be/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ericsson-consumerlab-tv-and-media-report-2016-mobile-set-become-new-tv/The Oxford English Dictionary defines ‘television’ as “a system for converting visual images (with sound) into electrical signals, transmitting them by radio or other means and displaying them electronically on a screen.” Yet the definition of TV has evolved. It can now be an activity, profession or medium of broadcasting. TV can be the programs consumers watch. It can be the devices or set they watch their content on. The definition of ‘TV’ is not fixed – neither from a technical standpoint or the way in which consumers perceive it. Fri, 11 Nov 2016 16:24:57 +0100http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ericsson-consumerlab-tv-and-media-report-2016-mobile-set-become-new-tv/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ericsson-consumerlab-tv-and-media-report-2016-overview-part-two-evolution-tv-user-groups/In Friday’s blog, we looked at some of the key statistics from the 2016 Ericsson ConsumerLab TV and Media report. However, just as the preferences for watching TV and video content are changing, so is when and through which screen the content is viewed. This has forced the media industry to adapt and introduce new types of content and formats. These habits are not shifting equally for all consumers. In fact, the comparisons between the different types of TV users has generated a number of very interesting changes. Mon, 07 Nov 2016 11:36:11 +0100http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ericsson-consumerlab-tv-and-media-report-2016-overview-part-two-evolution-tv-user-groups/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ericsson-consumerlab-tv-and-media-report-2016-overview-part-one-what-trends-are-emerging/I am delighted to unveil today’s publication of the 2016 Ericsson ConsumerLab TV and Media report, looking at the enormous and rapid shifts in TV and video viewing behavior, and the drive towards mobility. By interpreting and understanding today’s consumer trends, we are able to offer a long-term perspective on the consumer’s evolving relationship with TV content. This allows us to guide our strategic thinking, both internally at Ericsson and for our customers, enabling them to adapt to the industry landscape and enhance their offerings. In essence, this research allows us to map out the types of experiences that will impact the industry in the future. In this two-part blog, we outline some of the top findings from this year’s report and discuss how the TV landscape has evolved over the last seven years since the inaugural report. You can find the full report here. Fri, 04 Nov 2016 10:59:22 +0100http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ericsson-consumerlab-tv-and-media-report-2016-overview-part-one-what-trends-are-emerging/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ericsson-consumerlab-tv-and-media-report-2016-preview-how-are-viewing-habits-evolving/This Thursday we will release the seventh annual Ericsson ConsumerLab TV and Media report. Over the past seven years this research has become the voice of the consumer, delivering deep insights into their shifting TV and content consumption habits. In fact, we believe our report is the largest global TV study of its kind, covering 24 markets and representing the views of 1.1 billion people. Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:47:05 +0100http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ericsson-consumerlab-tv-and-media-report-2016-preview-how-are-viewing-habits-evolving/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ibc-2016-review-part-two-power-immersive-television-ericsson/The importance of immersive content was a recurring theme at IBC Show 2016. The term ‘immersive experience’ has become ubiquitous across the TV and Media industry but how do we know when we’ve achieved it? In essence, we can be sure when the viewer has become fully engaged and their attention is absorbed by the content on screen. As the second screen becomes ever more prevalent, we can develop far deeper and complementary experiences for the consumer and enhance the content shown on the primary screen. Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:06:29 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ibc-2016-review-part-two-power-immersive-television-ericsson/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ibc-2016-review-part-one-empowering-tvs-transformation-ericsson/I have been to over 20 IBC Shows during my career in the TV and Media industry and in that time, we have witnessed the transition from analog to the digital age. We’re now moving into a totally different era where the internet is shaping and overhauling TV business models, enabling us to interconnect, capture and distribute content to consumers and help them to discover and find content like never before. Global transformation was the key theme of this year’s show, with new technologies surrounding the cloud, virtualization, Ultra High Definition (UHD), Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR). In fact, this transformation extended beyond the parameters of the planet itself; at the IBC Awards Ceremony, Kate Rubins of NASA accepted the Judges Prize via a special message from the International Space Station.Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:49:27 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ibc-2016-review-part-one-empowering-tvs-transformation-ericsson/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ericsson-and-intel-collaborate-transform-media/The media industry is undergoing complete transformation, driven by mobility, broadband and the cloud – the primary enablers of change. We recognize that these elements are at the heart of a shift in global consumer behavior, as viewers expect more services and more access to their favorite content. In response, content owners, broadcasters and TV service providers are constantly looking for innovations to their platforms and infrastructure that will enable them to meet these new demands.Thu, 08 Sep 2016 12:00:01 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ericsson-and-intel-collaborate-transform-media/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ibc-show-2016-preview-our-vision-tv-service/Welcome to IBC 2016 – one of the most important events on the Ericsson annual event calendar and a prime opportunity for the media industry to converge, explore, identify and discuss a new range of innovations, solutions, launches and concepts that will irrevocably change and re-write the face of TV. During this year’s show, we will be demonstrating a whole range of new innovations, which will span from advertising and analytics, virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR), a showcase of immersive sports and other highly influential developments within the video industry. We are empowering the transformation of TV through TV as a Service, delivering personalized and immersive TV content to any screen at any time.Wed, 07 Sep 2016 18:31:01 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ibc-show-2016-preview-our-vision-tv-service/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/savoring-the-seamless-golden-moments-from-a-great-summer-of-sport/Over the last few months we have witnessed the Portuguese rejoice at the UEFA European Championships, Chile celebrate a second consecutive Copa America victory, Chris Froome triumph at the Tour de France, Andy Murray take the title at Wimbledon and Henrik Stenson win the Open Championship. Yet coverage of the Olympic Games remains the pinnacle of a wonderful summer for sports broadcasting and left us with numerous memories for years to come. This is the most crucial of all global time-critical content.Thu, 01 Sep 2016 18:36:05 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/savoring-the-seamless-golden-moments-from-a-great-summer-of-sport/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ufc-200-enabling-ultimate-viewing-experience/UFC has come a long way since its inaugural event in November 1993. Despite once being ridiculed by lawmakers for its event format, UFC has since embraced regulation and taken the mainstream sports landscape by storm, becoming the world’s fastest growing sports property. Today, UFC hosts dozens of events around the world each year, is the world’s largest PPV provider, and owner one of the youngest fan bases in professional sports. Tue, 30 Aug 2016 19:08:14 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ufc-200-enabling-ultimate-viewing-experience/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/integrated-video-experience-closing-tv-viewer-satisfaction-gap/The pay TV market is rapidly evolving and experiencing its greatest period of disruption – but how will the media industry negotiate this new challenge? This is the basis of our collaborative white paper with Heavy Reading, which charts a winning course in the midst of a heavily volatile and evolving video market. We are seeing two distinct trends; namely the growth of mobile video devices and the acceleration of on-demand services, both from traditional and new competitors. In this market, consumers are turning towards internet streaming video services and in doing so, are changing the shape of an entire industry. We are seeing a number of direct-to consumer Over-The-Top (OTT) subscription services emerging from traditional content providers (such as CBS, NBC and HBO), as well as a number of service providers delivering their own brands and ‘skinny bundles’ (including AT&T/DirecTV, Comcast and Verizon Communications). Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:21:09 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/integrated-video-experience-closing-tv-viewer-satisfaction-gap/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ericsson-executive-media-summit-2016-mapping-out-future-agenda-tv-and-media/As the Ericsson summer of sports continues, we are delighted to host the fourth annual Executive Media Summit in conjunction with the WTA tennis tournament, the Ericsson Open, in the picturesque costal town of Bastad, Sweden, from 22nd-24th July. During the event, we will be joined by some of the most influential global media and ICT executives to discuss and debate compelling current and future trends across these industries, tapping into a wealth of knowledge, sharing ideas and understanding some of the experiences they have had in their field. I am very much looking forward to welcoming a number of key executives from across a range of leading broadcasters, TV service providers and content owners, including HBO, Warner Brothers, Fox, Vodafone Global, Telstra, Nextel, CNN and BBC. Fri, 22 Jul 2016 17:48:14 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/ericsson-executive-media-summit-2016-mapping-out-future-agenda-tv-and-media/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/making-beautiful-game-even-more-beautiful-experience-football-viewers/After 51 matches across 10 French cities, and 108 goals shared between 24 nations, Portugal emerged as Europe’s football champions following their 1-0 win over France last weekend. For the Portuguese supporters, this was their golden moment; the 109th minute goal from Eder secured the nation’s first major football trophy and an iconic memory that will be replayed again and again for decades to come. A total of 2 billion people watched the tournament, delivered by more than 130 broadcasters across 230 nations who collectively paid €1.05 billion for the rights to the matches. Fri, 15 Jul 2016 11:49:37 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/making-beautiful-game-even-more-beautiful-experience-football-viewers/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/break-out-time-shift-holding-pattern/Now that content is being delivered to a myriad of devices from phones to tablets and TVs, the US Pay TV Industry is prepped to provide the TV anytime solution subscribers are demanding. However fear and uncertainty has lead to deployment paralysis. The US is following Europe in the consolidation of Pay TV operators and Telcos. The operational state of flux this created in many of the largest operators may have caused a pause in new service considerations. Operators looking to deploy Cloud DVR and time-shift solutions like Catch-up TV or Start-over TV are caught between how they can make it work with their existing systems and how to standardize within a newly-merged infrastructure, Wed, 13 Jul 2016 11:43:43 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/break-out-time-shift-holding-pattern/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/how-data-can-reinvigorate-mso-consumer-relations-pt2-ericsson/During the recent INTX conference, Neil Katz, Vice President and Editor-in-Chief, The Weather Channel, argued the advertising industry isn’t ready for additional data, as TV producers only make a limited number of commercials for a mass audience, despite knowing that there are thousands of different audience slices within that overall grouping. In order to compete, advertisers will need to adopt similar techniques to content publishers by delivering thousands of niche commercials, in order to make the most of the audience data available. This requires a paradigm shift for an industry that is built around brands and agents. We need to design a mechanism that is steered away from purely the mass market and the number of eyeballs that watches something in prime time. If we can correlate advertising alongside the purchasing trends, the value of the advertising goes up dramatically, even if it is only resonating with a certain number of people. Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:36:46 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/how-data-can-reinvigorate-mso-consumer-relations-pt2-ericsson/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/how-data-can-reinvigorate-mso-consumer-relations-pt1-ericsson/One of the industry’s biggest challenges today is finding new ways to present content to the consumer. The internet age of TV is a time where immersive, personalized and interactive video services are all pervasive and available through unprecedented connectivity. Although we have the requisite analytical data to ascertain the depth of the consumer’s content library in a particular space, it is fundamentally important that service providers deliver highly targeted recommendations and services. It is a critical element in the overall user experience; yet the greatest challenge is ensuring the data is both actionable and meaningful.Mon, 20 Jun 2016 12:44:24 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/how-data-can-reinvigorate-mso-consumer-relations-pt1-ericsson/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/hybrid-mediamobile-broadband-opportunity-pt2-ericsson/Over the next few years there are going to be huge shifts in the way we reach mobile devices. There is now higher growth in mobile video compared to any other network. According to the June 2016 Ericsson Mobility Report, 50 percent of all mobile data traffic in 2015 came from video, while a further 15 percent came from social networking. Global video viewing on mobile broadband is forecast to grow 55 percent year on year through to 2021.Thu, 16 Jun 2016 12:07:46 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/hybrid-mediamobile-broadband-opportunity-pt2-ericsson/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/hybrid-mediamobile-broadband-opportunity-pt1-ericsson/If we look across the fragmented TV and media landscape today, we can see there has been a marked change in consumer behavior. According to Ericsson ConsumerLab research, by 2021, more than 50 percent of consumption globally will be conducted on mobile screens. 50 percent of all time viewed on any screen will be spent on–demand (down from 30 pecrcent today), while 50 percent of that time will be spent on-command - by that, we mean the way in which viewers discover content will change. Content discovery will become more about recommendations; for instance, through social networks, recommendation engines and other media services. Wed, 15 Jun 2016 08:58:48 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/hybrid-mediamobile-broadband-opportunity-pt1-ericsson/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/next-tv-summit-2016-transforming-tv-viewing-experience-ericsson/Next Wednesday, June 15 marks the fourth annual Next TV Summit & Expo, an event which brings together leading figures and executives from the television, entertainment, advertising, and technology industries. This fantastic forum enables 250 thought leaders from across the industry to converge and discuss key market trends and potential business models, and how they will impact distribution, studios, networks, and all things TV and media.Mon, 13 Jun 2016 17:54:32 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/next-tv-summit-2016-transforming-tv-viewing-experience-ericsson/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/media-industry-future-pay-tv-ott-landscape-pt2-ericsson/Earlier this year, Parks Associates published a study highlighting that the number of paid OTT video subscriptions in Europe is still lagging behind the U.S. For instance, while 64 percent of U.S. broadband households subscribe to OTT video, only 30 percent of UK and 17 percent of French broadband households do the same. Thu, 09 Jun 2016 18:15:16 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/media-industry-future-pay-tv-ott-landscape-pt2-ericsson/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/media-industry-future-pay-tv-ott-landscape-pt1-ericsson/In order to not only survive, but also thrive in the future internet era of TV, the industry must evolve and adapt to the market disruption that we can see across the entire value chain today. There is a widespread acceptance globally about the need for change; it’s now about finding ways to transform the speed at which the industry moves, deciding upon new strategies and reorganizing business models in order to win a place in the hearts of the consumer. It’s about keeping pace with the new disruptors that are underpinning the change that we can see around us. They are adopting new methods and delivering web services with a flexible and agile mentality.Wed, 08 Jun 2016 12:41:49 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/media-industry-future-pay-tv-ott-landscape-pt1-ericsson/http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/video-dominates-mobile-experience-ericsson/Earlier today we published the June 2016 Ericsson Mobility Report, our biannual research into data traffic measurements and market trends. Look across the TV and media industry landscape today and it’s clear the combination of mobility and connectivity is transforming the shape and future of every industry and our society. By 2021, there will 28 billion connected devices, of which 15 billion will be video enabled, including smartphones, tablets and computers. If CES 2016 was anything to go by, perhaps we will be able to add watching content on fridges to that list too! What is indisputable, however, is the way connectivity is changing the way we are consuming media. The report shows the proliferation of these consumer devices is fuelling the massive explosion of streamed video content from the internet and consequently, an unprecedented growth in consumption. Wed, 01 Jun 2016 12:00:11 +0200http://www.ericsson.com/spotlight/media/blog/video-dominates-mobile-experience-ericsson/