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David Mercer
| Jul 14, 2016
Sky has announced the launch of its Ultra HD service on August 13th. As expected, this coincides with the first live Premier League game of the season featuring...
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David Mercer
| Jun 29, 2016
With considerable relief I got through an entire meeting today without anyone mentioning Brexit, although the England football team’s dire performance in ...
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David Mercer
| Jun 24, 2016
Strategy Analytics believes that the UK’s decision to leave the EU is likely to lead to an extended period of business and economic uncertainty in the UK ...
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David Mercer
| May 18, 2016
On Tuesday 16 May, AT&T announced that it is acquiring its long-term business partner and technology supplier, the Toronto-based Quickplay Media, ...
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David Mercer
| Mar 29, 2016
This most recent infographic from Strategy Analytics illustrates some of the findings from a custom consumer research project designed and carried out by the C...
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David Mercer
| Apr 08, 2015
I am pleased to announce that Strategy Analytics is partnering with Piksel, the global provider of video monetization software and solutions, to offer its ...
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David Mercer
| Apr 01, 2015
On Monday I attended the launch of V-Nova’s Perseus, a new video encoding technology which could have a significant impact on anyone involved in the video...
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David Mercer
| Jul 11, 2014
A lone thorn amongst roses, I sat with a group of wireless analysts this week listening to Qualcomm and EE explain why broadcasting was a good way of getting th...
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David Mercer
| Apr 15, 2014
We announced today our latest forecasts for the US pay TV market. If there was a better explanation than the chart below of the contrasting stories we hear abou...
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David Mercer
| Feb 13, 2014
Comcast has announced its plan to acquire Time Warner Cable in a deal valued at $45 billion. The largest US cable operator will take over the second largest cab...
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David Mercer
| Feb 07, 2014
Summary: Our analysis suggests BT already has plans to extend its new pay-to-own movie service to digital downloads to portable devices, and that the promise of...
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David Mercer
| Jun 20, 2013
After Google’s announced acquisition of Motorola in 2011 many people speculated that Motorola’s home and set-top box division would be used to boost...
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David Mercer
| Jun 14, 2013
Appropriately in a country ravaged by record rainfall, clouds were the dominant theme at this year’s AngaCom show in Cologne, Germany. The event, formerly...
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David Mercer
| Jan 17, 2013
A significant statement on the future of digital terrestrial TV came yesterday via German online publication W&V. RTL, the leading commercial broadcaster in...
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David Mercer
| Sep 13, 2012
Away from the controversy caused by the inevitable if justified hoopla surrounding Samsung's legal battles with Apple, the Korean giant was pursuing its strateg...
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David Mercer
| Aug 10, 2012
A report was released by the UK Government's Lords Select Communications Committee while I was on holiday a couple of weeks ago but I thought it was worth flagg...
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David Mercer
| Jun 26, 2012
Freeview's Managing Director, Ilse Howling, today warned UK regulators and politicians that the free digital TV service could only continue to grow if it had ac...
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David Mercer
| Jun 14, 2012
Established IPTV and OTT vendors Viaccess and Orca Interactive have now merged their operations and will now be known as VO. This is presented as a structural c...
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David Mercer
| Mar 15, 2012
Big news today as Cisco announces its intention to acquire NDS for $5bn. Both company boards have approved the deal which is expected to close during 2H 2012. N...
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David Mercer
| Mar 07, 2012
Former President of the European Parliament Pat Cox closed this morning's keynote at Cable Congress 2012 in Brussels by alluding to Roman Emperor Seneca the You...
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