Digital Life


6 Ways USB-based Dongles are Changing the Satellite TV Experience

6 Ways USB-based Dongles are Changing the Satellite TV Experience

Video on demand (VoD), delivered via broadband cable or fiber connection, is not yet available in many parts of the world. In parts of APAC, Africa or even in some locations in the Western hemisphere where only satellite TV is available, subscribers can only view what is streaming at that moment from the satellite. In […]

May 15, 2018 • 4 min read Data

Datascape: Cyber Daze

Datascape: Cyber Daze

Cyber Monday, Alibaba Singles Day, Amazon Prime Day, Black Friday, Holiday Online Shopping.  Let me boil it down into two words: Cyber Daze. It is worse (and better) than you think.  Cyber Monday has morphed from one day into two full months with sales that will surpass $100B according to Adobe’s reckoning. To put this […]

November 29, 2017 • 5 min read Data

Leveraging Edge Storage for a Successful Cloud DVR Deployment

Leveraging Edge Storage for a Successful Cloud DVR Deployment

In previous blogs Nadav Neufeld described the role of Flash in Cloud DVR deployments in Connected Home use cases such as Pause Live TV. This blog digs deep into how data stored at the edge can greatly improve the user experience when adopting cloud DVR technology. The Value of High Endurance Flash The successful delivery […]

October 17, 2017 • 7 min read Data

The Little USB That Could

The Little USB That Could

Pay-TV providers are increasingly leveraging high endurance USB drives to improve TV user experience and introduce new features across multiple geographies. What are the possibilities of the USB form factor for advancing TV technology in the connected home?

September 14, 2017 • 4 min read Data