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Disney’s streaming future is strong enough to drive stock higher, despite $4.72B loss

August 6, 2020 Jim O’Neill

What’s it mean when a media company reports $4.72 billion in net quarterly losses, but its stock price goes up for days following the news? In Walt Disney Company’s case, it means that investors believe Read More

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Claro takes early lead in Brazil’s 5G race

July 7, 2020 Jim O’Neill

Unwilling to wait for Brazil’s 5G spectrum auction, Claro Brasil said it has launched the country’s first commercial 5G wireless network, using dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) to rollout the network across frequencies it already has. Read More

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If you stream it, (sports fans) will come

June 21, 2019 Jim O’Neill

Major League Baseball is struggling with ratings and attendance. It’s hoping that putting more games online, being social, and making changes at its ballparks will draw more fans – especially Millennials.
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Broadcasters

NBA shoots for 10X bandwidth, total redundancy in new fiber play

June 17, 2019 Jim O’Neill

Verizon’s throwing a full-court pass to try and score with the NBA, putting together a high-speed fiber network that connects all twenty-nine arenas that host NBA teams. (Yes, 29 arenas for 30 teams… LA’s Clippers and Lakers both play at the Staples Center.) In the process, it allows the NBA to add up to 30 cameras in every venue, guaranteeing viewers won’t get bored.
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Mobile scores with Italian football’s Juventus, as it opts to kill its TV channel

August 16, 2018 Jim O’Neill

Italian football club Juventus has shelved its traditional official TV channel in favor of a mobile OTT streaming platform, the better to leverage its recent signing of superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. Read More

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Despite World Cup slip, YouTube TV sets the bar – on customer service

July 17, 2018 Jim O’Neill

Swing and a miss. Air ball. Hit the post. A rookie move. Dropped the ball. Pick any of those well-known sports adages the define failure, and you’re dead on the money with a description of YouTube TV’s missed opportunity to shine during the World Cup. Read More

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World Cup kicks up live streaming 141% over 2014; how much higher will it go?

June 21, 2018 Jim O’Neill

With the World Cup matches still in the Group stage, the likelihood that more streaming records will be set is quite high. Read More

Live sports

Streaming World Cup, US Open show increasing value of sports

June 15, 2018 Jim O’Neill

The deals to bring more premium sports over the top is an indication of just how far we’ve come in the streaming world. Just a couple of years ago, sports rights were seen as the last bastion of pay-TV, the one set of content rights the industry would never give up. Read More

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Q3 2017 Video Index: Global sports viewing preference starts with mobile

December 13, 2017 Jim O’Neill

Video plays on mobile devices continue to increase and Ooyala is forecasting that, by the middle of 2018, more than 60% of all video starts will occur on mobile devices. Read More

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PPV UFC 214 comes to Sling TV. Will it drive subscriptions?

July 26, 2017 Jim O’Neill

Sling TV is planning to offer its first-ever pay-per-view (PPV) event, the much anticipated UFC grudge match that features a pair of light heavyweights. UFC 214: Cormier v. Jones 2 features current champ Daniel Cormier against Read More

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Videomind is edited by Brightcove Principal Analyst Jim O’Neill, a journalist with more than 30 years of experience, including more than 10 years in the online video space as a writer, editor and analyst.

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