Euromedia Editorial Calendar
January / February
The MENA market.
Regional expert Chris
Forrester brings his latest
annual update on this
complex but increasingly
important market. Sovereign
funds are major players
in satellite systems and
global TV franchises
that are changing the
weather in premium rights
acquisition, particularly
sport. Meanwhile, media
is inseparable from
complicated regional
politics with the isolation of
Qatar, home of Al Jazeera,
a prime example. Pay-TV
is now beginning to power
forward and significant
investment in content and
content production facilities
continues.
Preview: CabSat MENA
(Dubai)
March / April
Esports are big news
in video gaming and are
becoming the same for TV.
Watching professionals
play is esports in a venue
or online is gaining traction
and is likely to be the arena
where VR and AR meet
broadcast TV first. What are
the latest developments in
esports for TV: technology,
content and monetisation?
Preview: NAB (Las Vegas)
MIP (Cannes)
May / June
Connected television
should mean connected
consumers – connected to
content and connected to
‘the right’ advertising. Data
feedback from connected
devices should mean
providers and advertisers
can know their audience
intimately and be able to
target them at a premium
with advertising for products
and services they are likely
to purchase. What are the
latest developments for
programmatic advertising,
data exchanges, data
contributions and trusted
brokers. Can any content
be matched to its potential
advertising audience with
content owners and brands
winning? Has the
much-trailed age of
targeting arrived
at last?
Preview: ANGA
(Cologne)
July / August
CPE & Smart Home
Survey
The annual survey looks at
the evolving role of CPE.
Some providers look to thin
clients and a shift of the
CPE workload to the cloud.
Others see the Smart Home
and Internet of Things
and the constant threat if
cyber intrusion demanding
a sophisticated Home
Gateway.
Preview: IBC (Amsterdam)
September / October
What is the role for AI in
broadcasting?
Will machine learning play
a significant role in better
real-time compression?
Is it the key to handling
the live data loads of UHD
and VR? Is it the key to
mining and manipulating
the Big Data that will
deliver personally targeted
advertising, highly granular
content recommendation
and divining viewer trends
to accurately predict the
content audiences will want.
Preview: CASBAA (Hong
Kong)
November / December
Annual Test & Monitor
Survey. Test & Monitor
is in the frontline
of preserving
consumer
QoE and
shielding the
provider from
avoidable Opex
and Capex. In
TV Everywhere
and OTT provision
and with the development
of IoT, there are so many
touch points how can a T&M
provider ensure the quality
of an operator’s service?