Five years ago this week… AT&T offloaded Quickplay Media, marking another step in its retreat from U-verse IPTV and the broader video ambitions that once fueled its DirecTV acquisition. The sale came just as AT&T launched its unicast-based AT&T TV, setting the stage for a massive migration away from multicast IPTV and satellite broadcast. But AT&T had already begun shifting its OTT infrastructure to AWS, making Quickplay redundant. Fast forward to 2025, and AT&T’s video strategy has been completely dismantled, while Quickplay (again operating under its original name) has doubled down on AI-driven personalization. Canal+ devotes to French cinema: French broadcaster Canal+ has secured a €480 million deal to fund French cinema, offering early broadcast windows for films six months…