Embrace the future of video.
Explore our blog. Get insights, tips and a bit of hand-holding on how you can master the economics and innovation of your IPTV future.
IN
Innovating for speed in IPTV
It’s a positive that the Pay-TV industry is reaping the benefits of the innovation imperative. That is, at least, if you’re among the large national operators with the resources to innovate quickly enough to keep your subscribers. Comcast, for example, has seen higher retention rates among customers with its new X1 platform and STBs, thanks […]
EC
Busting myths in the move to IPTV
Disruptive innovation can be tremendously exciting. Unless, of course, you’re the the one being disrupted. By now it’s a familiar story. New technology allows for innovators to solve old problems in new ways. The idea gets around to other innovators, and, soon enough, a host of new companies are knocking at your door, promising to […]
EC
TVaaS: What’s in a name (or acronym)?
COAM. QAM. STB. nDVR. TSTV. VMX. TEE. SVP. CENC. HLS. There’s no shortage of acronyms and specialized jargon in Pay-TV. Understanding what these all mean is a basic requirement for anyone working in the industry to adequately perform their jobs. But what of TVaaS? SaaS? IPTV? At Espial we live with these terms day in […]
IN
The innovation imperative in IPTV
For more than 70 years, the cable and Pay-TV model has been remarkably successful for audiences and operators alike. Now, however, the entire TV industry is in a state of tremendous disruption. For viewers that’s exciting. For operators it’s unnerving. What if there were ways to reduce the more unnerving elements of our current disruption […]
IN
Innovating for higher customer satisfaction in IPTV
May 22, 2018, was not a good day for the Pay-TV industry. This was the day that the American Customer Satisfaction Index – a respected national organization that benchmarks dozens of industries – showed Pay-TV operators having fallen three percent from 2017 to land at the absolute bottom of their list.1 Absolute bottom. With an […]