The assembled attendees gained new knowledge and wisdom from the many speakers and seminars. Here’s a look at what happened, as well as some thoughts and reactions.
TV 2020: Five years that will change TV like never before
Christophe Ruffin, marketing director at French telecommunications company Orange, provided this morning presentation inspired by remarks from Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, who stated in a Businessweek interview that “television will change more in the next five years than in the last 50.”
Ruffin predicted that viewers will utilize even more
screens, televisions will evolve into “large monitors” and the traditional
set-top box will become obsolete.
The latter point is quite interesting, as research firm
Infonetics just revealed
that worldwide set-top box revenue dropped in 2014’s first quarter, and an LA Times report demonstrated that the devices are the second largest consumers
of energy in American residences.
The Future of Devices
David Watkins, Service Director, Connected Home Devices,
Strategy Analytics
Watkins discussed the rise of smart TVs, and
noted that there will be approximately 1.8 billion OTT devices throughout the
world by 2017.
The TV display will emerge as the primary OTT TV device says David Watkins at #CTVS14 . A good day is starting !
— Anne-Laure Dreyfus (@AnneLaureDreyf) June 11, 2014
Making Multiscreen Viewing More Personal
Guillaume de Saint Marc, Head of New Initiatives, Cisco
Guillaume de Saint Marc provided a talk on the second-screen, and he unveiled a technology described as “the bridge” which
allows tablet users to interface with content on their television by accessing
a special window.
De Saint Marc also stressed the importance of big data, describing it as “the new oil.”
De Saint Marc also stressed the importance of big data, describing it as “the new oil.”
"If you're developing cloud-based [TV] services pay attention to big data. Data is the new oil" Cisco's Guillaume de Saint Marc at #ctvs14
— Tank Top TV (@tanktoptv) June 12, 2014
More to consider:
From Paul Larbey, Head of Video Business Unit,
Alcatel-Lucent
Larbey says "set-top box stifles innovation so if you fix that you have 12 billion to play around with." #CTVS14 #OTT #Cloud #VOD #CLoudTV
— Michiel Willems SNL (@SNLMichielWil) June 12, 2014
From Waldo Hooker, VP, Product & Strategy, Liberty
Puerto Rico
Great list of 'must haves' in a convergent TV service, by @waldo_nic #CTVS14 pic.twitter.com/yyYX8zAieS
— Graham Lovelace (@glovelace) June 12, 2014
From TV application developer, Accedo
The main challenges once you've launched your TVE app says @accedotv #ctvs14 pic.twitter.com/1IjwvpuNci
— VOD Professional (@vodprofessional) June 11, 2014
From Jon Gisby, EVP Business Development, Magine
Being based in the cloud makes players and partners very flexible and keeps costs down, Gisby says #CTVS14 #OTT #VOD #Cloud #CloudComputing
— Michiel Willems SNL (@SNLMichielWil) June 12, 2014
Regarding the second-screen:
Speakers at #CTVS14 say 2 main reasons for #secondscreen viewing are getting to know characters and the story world of the show #2ndScreen
— Michiel Willems SNL (@SNLMichielWil) June 12, 2014
Author: Brian Cameron
Thanks for the Connected TV 2014 round up, good selection and summary of topical highlights.
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