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How Device Innovation Is Changing The Pay TV Landscape

The report includes insights from DISH Network, SES/HD Plus, Sling TV, NOW TV (Sky), Ampere Analysis, Futuresource Consulting, Parks Associates, Strategy Analytics, IHS Markit, Pay-TV Innovation Forum, NAGRA, SoftAtHome and others. It investigates the growing market for low-cost paid video, how Pay TV providers are chasing new opportunities, how device innovation is creating new ways to deliver and market Pay TV, and why the Pay TV industry still wants its own device ecosystem.

From the article "How Device Innovation Is Changing The Pay TV Landscape" by John Moulding.

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