Whether commenting on the video industry, or the wider world, how can one sum up 2020 without cliches? Seismic change ran in tandem with literal standstill, opening the opportunity for commentators such as Faultline to scrutinize further the cogs whirring behind every product announcement, misstep, partnership, quarterly results filing, and acquisition. Long-term readers will have noticed that the make-up of our own content has shifted too. Undoubtedly, this year saw a greater focus on advertising technology in Faultline than any year previous, and this was no coincidence. Many were calling this ‘the year of AVoD’ back in January, while February saw media giants such as Comcast, Fox and NBCUniversal circling AVoD upstarts Xumo, Tubi and Vudu. Of course, the historic…