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Our hope is that this report will merely be Rethink TV’s introduction into the world of sustainability within video, provoking conversation and contributions from across the ecosystem by the next time we refresh this model. As the title suggests, this first report is simply an ‘investigation’ into energy consumption, and not a definitive reading as other initiatives like Greening of Streaming are trying to achieve.

Although carefully considered, the model was constructed with broad strokes in a high-level manner. We hope that in the spirit of sustainability being a universal issue, our future work on the subject will involve active contributions from the industry. This is an attempt to answer a question that our clients ask us recently – “what is the environmental impact of the video industry?”

Rethink TV is refreshing its CDN forecasts, and this year, Open Caching is the technology that has set the industry abuzz. Following previous examinations of WebRTC and Decentralized CDN, it looks like Open Caching is better placed to disrupt the CDN vendors, but negotiating interoperability contracts with the content providers could still prove challenging

We have reformatted the profiles process to make it more streamlined, from a production and maintenance point of view. Moving forward, the focus will be on the spreadsheet, with notes in cells where additional information is needed. This list of operators, which has shrunk from 100 to 92 through the inevitable industry consolidation, will be maintained.

Depending on customer demand and enthusiasm, the list of operators could be expanded. Our current majority focus remains on the technology forecasts, and tying the operator profile database into the larger historical data we collect for the forecasting element is possible. If these profiles and this database are of value to you, please let us know, so that we can prioritize this expansion.

The latest forecast from Rethink TV charts the adoption of open-internet contribution transport protocols, as they displace the incumbent dedicated satellite and fiber links. Examining this growth in the hardware, software, cloud, and networking revenue, this open-internet alternative is a growing market – but one that highlights how the legacy approaches are being bypassed in an industry that had to very quickly embrace Cloud Production.

Included with your purchase, you will receive 1-year access to Rethink TV:

• Open Internet Contribution Transport Protocol Forecast (PDF and XLS)
• ALL previously published reports (see listings below)
• At least 8 NEW reports across the 1-year period
• Profiles of the top global Pay TV operators
• Analyst webinars and Q&A sessions

Need more information?

Roz Hilton (Business Development Director, Video Technologies)

[email protected]

+ 44 (0)7399 491840

On a per-user basis, the total addressable market (TAM) for Content Recommendation Engine software will grow from $4.2 billion in 2022 to $6.3 billion in 2026.  This will be driven by a rapid expansion in the number of video users. As viewing habits fragment across a range of video services, each platform will have to invest to prove their worth to non-committal, over-subscribed users by recommending attractive content from the get-go.  Equally, pay TV operators will have to spend more to become efficient aggregators of OTT content if they have any chance of slowing the inevitable customer exodus.

This forecast aims to zoom in on Content Recommendation Engines as a standalone technology and assess the value they offer to the video industry.

Included with your purchase, you will receive 1-year access to Rethink TV:

• Content Recommendation Engines report (PDF and XLS)
• ALL previously published reports (see listings below)
• At least 8 NEW reports across the 1-year period
• Profiles of the top global Pay TV operators
• Analyst webinars and Q&A sessions

Need more information?

Roz Hilton (Business Development Director, Video Technologies)

[email protected]

+ 44 (0)7399 491840

Like many technological discussions in the video industry, the emerging low latency distribution protocols are surrounded by both lots of hype and piles of doubt. This report cuts through that uncertainty, and paints a grounded picture of the expected roadmap for LL-HLS, LL-DASH, HESP, and of course CMAF – having polled the most important stakeholders in the video industry.

Included with your purchase, you will receive 1-year access to Rethink TV:

• Low Latency Distribution report (PDF and XLS)
• ALL previously published reports (see listings below)
• At least 8 NEW reports across the 1-year period
• Profiles of the top global Pay TV operators
• Analyst webinars and Q&A sessions

Need more information?

Roz Hilton (Business Development Director, Video Technologies)

[email protected]

+ 44 (0)7399 491840