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[mediakind]

Superaggregation: The inventive fusion of many technologies

Our relationship with media has been irrevocably transformed by streaming. The move away from traditional Pay-TV bundles and toward mobile-first packages encapsulates the "anytime, anywhere" mentality that the majority of audiences now embrace. In one of the most intense media industry competitions in recent memory, technological behemoths are pouring billions of dollars into brand-new services and content in an effort to grow their digital audiences.

Operators who include streaming into their entertainment offerings reap a number of advantages, not the least of which is a greater consumer offering and possible revenue growth. However, operators must adopt new technology, collaborate with bigger competitors, and create new value propositions if they want to thrive in a world of giants and keep the sales engine running.

The development of aggregators

Since operators have such a close contact with their clients, they are given first priority when establishing collaborations and creating new media services. In order to connect people with mobile services, connect households with broadband connectivity, and provide a centralized bill at the end of each month, it is essential that mobile business units build efficient and unified billing systems.

Operators have embraced the role of service aggregators as a result of the provisioning of additional services under a single utility bill. The inclusion of well-known streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and ESPN+ in MVPD packages has been warmly received by operators. With little effort or extra expense, it gives its clients on-demand access to well-known OTT content. The option to pay with only one bill, as straightforward as it may appear, is the other essential value addition for the customer.

The transition of operators into the position of super aggregators is the following stage. They are in a great position to offer a sophisticated commerce engine that aggregates mobile, video, and wider entertainment offerings thanks to their measurement of audience consumption patterns and provision of unique billing. The mix of TV, video, and gaming platforms offers operators the chance to position themselves as the orchestrator of entertainment services while facilitating access to next immersive formats like 360-degree video and virtual reality services.

Change is sparked by innovation

In a world where most media is consumed via mobile devices and the cloud, operators have largely changed. They either developed their own cloud services or collaborated with bigger players like Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure to achieve this. They have also actively contributed to this change by establishing cloud infrastructures and initiating the global 5G rollout.

In the present, broadcasters, operators, and service providers are creatively combining their respective technological platforms. Any media service may now be delivered on any device thanks to improvements in cloud-based rendering, more powerful computing capability, 5G, and mobile video streaming. Operators must consider the entire media ecosystem and use cloud-first technology in order to fully realize the potential of their services.

Consumer behaviors are altering as a result of the transition to a streaming-first world. Our daily connections to social, employment, and educational services now rely heavily on operators. We can also see how technological advancements streamline conventional value chains and change how broadcasters, content owners, and consumers interact. Operators may now orchestrate well-liked entertainment services thanks to direct-to-consumer (D2C) propositions, which creates opportunities for open, transparent conversations between businesses and customers. I think operators' reach and coverage will be increasingly important to the vast majority of service providers. The impact of the pay-TV provider TIM, which, according to Digital TV Europe, paid almost 40% of DAZN's new rights fee to carry DAZN's linear channels and its new Serie A soccer content in Italy, is one recent example.

We at MediaKind have always held the view that innovation is the real force behind change. With the support of our end-to-end solution portfolio, operators can get the most out of their media services. This includes streamlining the distribution process, recommending the ideal user interface, and ensuring that the MVPD products' latency and image quality are always adjusted.

The Dawn of Super Aggregation

The media landscape has effectively integrated the aggregation of streaming services. But as of right now, the aggregators we use to get media only include the top five or six streaming apps. The difficulties with content licensing and streaming services' desire to maintain exclusive access to audience insights are the main causes of this. It will take time to develop into a true super aggregator, and to live up to user expectations, consistent channel and app aggregation is required.

Delivering an aggregated service at scale necessitates the use of universal search and discovery, which is both difficult and essential. The user experience is distorted and inconsistent if one service provider or one app is isolated among multiple other apps. Any program that offers results must be proposed in a truly aggregated search function.

The process of acquiring, delivering, and experiencing content has undergone a significant transformation as a result of the switch from hardware to software in the media processing domain, even though this may still be a few years away. A wide range of fresh experiences for consumers as well as innovative business models for operators, broadcasters, and operators have been made possible by the change. The focus of the following chapter will be on cloud-native media processes and media components. The transformation will be led by operators who are primed and ready.

[lunasilverpelt]

I drew them again lmao

(Again, Tower Peppino (Swirly) by @mr--stick n co.) (SNS Pepp is called "No" here because my Pizza Tower RP Sever)

Love this format. Did these for matching PFPs too lol

[ncisfranchise-source]

THE “CBS FALL FIRST LOOK” SPECIAL, HEADLINED BY SCORES OF NEW AND RETURNING CBS STARS, WILL BE BROADCAST THURSDAY, SEPT. 19

The Special, Which Features Numerous Sneak Peeks, Fun Facts and Cross-Show Conversations Between the Stars, Will Also Be Available on Demand Across Multiple Platforms Through Mid-November

CBS FALL FIRST LOOK, a special headlined by scores of new and returning CBS stars sharing fun facts and cross-show conversations about “CBS Fall” 2024 and presenting sneak peeks across the lineup, will be broadcast Thursday, Sept. 19 (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available for live stream and VOD on Paramount+*, Pluto TV, MVPDs, vMVPDs and CBS.com/CBS App.

Extended segments include stars from returning hit series ELSBETH, FBI, FIRE COUNTRY, GHOSTS, NCIS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD and SURVIVOR – and the five new CBS Original series: GEORGIE & MANDY’S FIRST WEDDING, MATLOCK, NCIS: ORIGINS, POPPA’S HOUSE and THE SUMMIT – with cameos from additional returning stars featured throughout! (Click for more info on MATLOCK, THE SUMMIT, NCIS: ORIGINS, GEORGIE & MANDY’S FIRST MARRIAGE and POPPA’S HOUSE)

Throughout the special viewers can get primed for the return of simply satisfying original CBS fare with a mix of first looks from the Network’s new and returning shows as they count down to the special Sunday sneak peek premieres for MATLOCK (Sept. 22) and THE SUMMIT (Sept. 29) – and “CBS Premiere Week,” kicking off with TRACKER on Sunday, Oct. 13.

[azspot]

The “new” media landscape is starting to look a lot like the “old” media landscape. Disney/ABC, Paramount/CBS, Comcast/NBCU, plus a bunch of pay or premium options like WBD/Max and newcomer, Apple TV+. How long before YouTubeTV or Hulu Plus Live or Roku replace traditional MVPDs? The ground is literally shaking under the foundations of the business – we’ll see how it goes.

Streamflation

[videoddd]

Hulu + Live TV and Fubo are merging into a single business

Following a lawsuit filed by Fubo over Disney’s practices with Hulu + Live TV, the two services are being merged into a single business that could eventually provide meaningful competition to YouTube TV. Announced Disney today entered into an agreement with Fubo that will merge Hulu + Live TV and Fubo into a single virtual reality company, MVPD. Disney will own 70% of Fubo, and the company will…

[third-new]

Hulu Live + TV and Disney's Fubo for the mix

MDB Capital President and Chief Marketing Strategist Lou Basenese joins “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” to discuss Disney's recent turnaround. Disney and FuboTV on Monday announced the planned merger of Hulu Live + TV and Fubo. The two businesses will form a virtual multichannel video programming distribution (MVPD) company that will “operate under the name Fubo Public Company,” the companies…

[newtras]

Hulu Live + TV and Disney's Fubo for the mix

MDB Capital President and Chief Marketing Strategist Lou Basenese joins “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” to discuss Disney's recent turnaround. Disney and FuboTV on Monday announced the planned merger of Hulu Live + TV and Fubo. The two businesses will form a virtual multichannel video programming distribution (MVPD) company that will “operate under the name Fubo Public Company,” the companies…

[newbizz]

Hulu Live + TV and Disney's Fubo for the mix

MDB Capital President and Chief Marketing Strategist Lou Basenese joins “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” to discuss Disney's recent turnaround. Disney and FuboTV on Monday announced the planned merger of Hulu Live + TV and Fubo. The two businesses will form a virtual multichannel video programming distribution (MVPD) company that will “operate under the name Fubo Public Company,” the companies…

[satrthere]

Hulu Live + TV and Disney's Fubo for the mix

MDB Capital President and Chief Marketing Strategist Lou Basenese joins “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” to discuss Disney's recent turnaround. Disney and FuboTV on Monday announced the planned merger of Hulu Live + TV and Fubo. The two businesses will form a virtual multichannel video programming distribution (MVPD) company that will “operate under the name Fubo Public Company,” the companies…

[top4allo]

Hulu Live + Disney TV and Fubo to be combined

Lou Basenese, MDB Capital president and marketing strategist, joins “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” to discuss Disney’s recent turnaround. Disney and FuboTV on Monday announced a planned merger of Hulu Live + TV and Fubo. The two companies will form a combined multichannel virtual video programming distributor (MVPD) company that “will operate under the publicly traded Fubo company name,” the companies…

[samsdisneydiary]

Disney and FuboTV to Merge Hulu + Live TV and Fubo

The Walt Disney Company and FuboTV Inc. are combining Hulu + Live TV with Fubo, creating a major new player in the virtual MVPD (Multichannel Video Programming Distributor) market. Disney will own 70% of the combined entity, operating under the Fubo name (NYSE: FUBO). Both services will remain available as separate offerings, led by Fubo Co-founder and CEO David Gandler. Expanded Streaming…

[myberndpulch]

✌️Leaked: DOJ Report on Mount Vernon Police - Original Document

“Justice Under Scrutiny: A symbolic depiction of the DOJ’s investigation into the Mount Vernon Police Department, highlighting the pursuit of accountability and reform in the face of systemic misconduct.” Read all at https://t.me/ABOVETOPSECRETXXL/46226 The Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched a civil rights investigation into the Mount Vernon Police Department (MVPD) to address concerns…

[bonetickler]

Some information I’ve built up while doing research and figuring things out for my beloved child, most characters mentioned, aside from Asher, Rat, and Mouse are from buddies in a discord I’m part of. MVPD is a multiverse police force thing.

Diving into Schizophrenia and how it is affecting my son Asher. :^

It can be triggered but there are times when it can just *happen*. Being spurred on by stressful events or just something that occurs over time, starting small and just getting worse until he hits a full break. Something that can build up with him being unaware even. Psychoses would be something that he would be quite common buddies with. Episodes tend to be more online with 'know' than a 'think' mentality, there isn't a 'I think they want to kill me.' It's a 'I know they're going to kill me.' The fact that they can just start without any real reasoning can leave it to feel senseless like your dread being triggered before you even knew it was being set up.

The problem is that he sees primarily, he doesn't feel it that big a deal he sees or hears things, but the times he would get violent if it's just that bad would irk him, not always bound to happen but in a case where his flight or flight happen to trigger towards the latter he's naturally inclined instinctually to 'defend' himself. (Growing Violent in episodes is not common in most cases, but again, he has been ingrained with acting violently during stress. Makes him much more lenient towards trying to stay out of things when he can too, hence his preference to stay antisocial yet that only goes to make things worse, separating yourself by choice or not leaves only you as a witness to those events, no one to listen to what is really digging into your mental and just going to leave him worse off. Yet still he's adamant on keeping that as a thing he'd rather not talk about, rather not have anyone be around for that. It's been practically ingrained in him that it's embarrassing, that it's abhorrent.

Even then, it can be something quiet, like a silent little breakdown, no outward panic, no shouting, no muttering. It can just be a full shutdown. Quiet and zoned in on his own world. Or it acts like a sudden burst of energy, like you're on top of the world, something that would be dubbed as why he did, and will do, the dangerous things he has. Being so reckless with things because he's dead convinced he's literally on top of it all, it's manic.

There are many varying types, and not everyone with it will experience all of them, one person can experience only 'quiet' episodes and that's it, other's can end up more manic. It's dependent on the person from what I can gather.

Episodes can *last* typically span from a few days to weeks, or in worse cases can end up lasting for months. In most cases they don't even tend to be common either, one or two in a person's lifetime, but the severity is dependent on circumstances. Considering factors of Asher's drug and alcohol use, his line of work, anxiety, previous living circumstances, and obviously trauma as always, *can never escape that*, just only go to make it crushing. I do fear him having an episode would be more common than he likes. Not as bad as before, Rat and Mouse only went to feed into that problem, pushing him into those episodes and then leaving him on his own for days before they decided to go and find him, something that was easy, they tended to leave him in the vault and he wouldn't leave it most of the time, outside was already horrifying as is when he was in a clear head. There was no 'coming down' from those episodes, no education on *what* was happening and there being no real care for it, they only went into feeding into what he 'knew' was happening, accidentally to start but considering they held no real patience to try and figure how to deal with it just ended up to them feeding it on purpose. Feeding into it and just leaving. Coming down was just him being so physically worn out that his body couldn't keep up with it, how most of his episodes even beyond that would end.

Understanding it more so only gives way to looking at things and just setting the possibility for his behavior and set feelings on certain people as a result to have occurred because of it, namely the MVPD stuff. He's never been imprisoned before, not like that, he was already freaking out to start, but then he's being restrained and it's no longer his panic being caused by the fact that he's been caught, but that they're going to kill him. Being how sporadic he's acted beforehand and the lack of actual training there ever is, by EMS or any actual force, it just leaves him to seem like a lunatic, and being presented at face value as a drug addict high on something leaves it to seem like its more on a substance level rather than mental. Overall it was a horrible experience he kept trying to claw his way out of, he couldn't trust any of those people there, and he didn't feel like he could outside of that, the experience was set and god does it stick.

Before meeting Cricket, they were a lot more common, at the start of the odd run-in situation they were, but eventually, he found himself able to stabilize himself more. He had someone he could trust and gods he does. Something that made sleeping at night easier, the occurrences where he woke up to eyes boring into him and hearing *it* becoming less common, he didn’t sleep just because he couldn’t keep up anymore, he was genuinely able just to lie down.

It leans into his preference to sleep around people even if it’s a platonic situation, he clings to being able to have that with the people he does.

[streetartsdistrict]

Three Hollywood studios up end sports TV with joint streaming service

Three of Hollywood's studios stunned the streaming industry with a sports-focused "skinny bundle" that will peel away even more cable subscribers, and might impact virtual MVPDs like YouTube TV. But for now, lots of questions, starting with price. If it was, say, $45, would you subscribe?