Yaron Agami

The IBC Conference is here again, and it’s a good time to examine the changes in the media industry. Although nothing drastic has changed, there is just more–much more of the changes that started a few years ago. I want to start with a small confession. I used to be addicted to reading; it’s w…

One thing is crystal clear, Media companies are creating an incredible amount of content, and they’re creating more and more of that content. This data is accumulated in huge libraries and retained for long periods. Access to this data is required on a regular basis, but the old way of long te…

And now this, from the Department of the Obvious: The media and entertainment industry is transitioning. It’s a transition that’s happening as a result of the need to deliver content more quickly and in a higher quality — and there is no better way to do it than streamlining the content produc…

In my previous post, I noted the hastening of the ‘content cadence’, in terms of the volume and speed at which new TV shows and films are vying for our individual and collective attention. And when a faster pace is one of the goals, it’s vital to streamline content production. One aspect of producti…

Maybe this is happening to you: You’re talking with a friend, and learn of yet another new TV show, from yet another online media source, that sounds really interesting – and it’s the third time it’s happened that week. Unmistakably, the media and entertainment industry is developing content at a mu…

By Rajesh Ghai, Research Director, Carrier Network Infrastructure, IDC    Faced with the triple challenges of commoditization, competition from new and old players, and the growing complexity of their infrastructure, communication service providers (SPs) globally recognize the need to digitall…

This is the last of my “Cable Story” blog series, and what better way to finish it other than discussing automation? Why, because it stands to be the most important thing that service providers can do today to streamline their businesses. The principles in implementing automation are similar across…

In this third part of my ‘cable story’ blog, we’ll get into how to better monetize the pipe. It’s not a big secret that the video business is being commoditized. Actually, only a third of the serviceable cable homes and businesses in the U.S. are currently paying subscribers for cable video services…

In my previous post, I talked about the ‘cable story’ and the steps service providers need to take, today, in order to leverage their competitive asset – the cable network — and to gain tactical and strategic business advantages. In this post, I will expand on one of these steps – namely, the…