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February 24, 2014
InterDigital at MWC 2014: Creating the Living Network Through New Technologies, Streaming Demos and Thought Leadership
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 24, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS -- Under the banner of "Creating the Living Network," InterDigital, Inc. (Nasdaq:IDCC), a wireless research and development company, today unveiled its new technologies and initiatives for Mobile World Congress, the industry's premier conference, which is taking place in Barcelona.
The company's presence at MWC 2014 includes a number of new initiatives that cement the company's role as a technology innovator and thought leader. In terms of product and technology demonstrations:
The company will unveil a live demo of a 3.5GHz radio featuring guaranteed Quality of Service - an industry first public demonstration, and a significant advancement in the operator feasibility of shared spectrum in line with U.S. and international initiatives to free new sources of spectrum.
InterDigital will also demo a variety of video technologies that are designed to significantly reduce bandwidth in both streaming and real-time video.
The company will also feature Smart Access Manager, the company's Wi-Fi management client that is in field trials with top-tier operators worldwide, as well as ground-breaking 5G research focused on millimeter wave backhaul.
In a first, InterDigital's Innovation Partners unit will host demo areas from partners DDD Group, VTT Technical Research Centre and BIO-key International.
"Innovation is the lifeblood of InterDigital, and this year's Mobile World Congress is a tremendous opportunity for our company to show not only what we're doing with our Innovation Labs research teams, but also what the research teams that are part of our Innovation Partners effort are contributing in terms of technology," said Scott A. McQuilkin, Senior Executive Vice President, Innovation. "Most importantly, it's clear that our innovation footprint is continuing to grow, beyond core network and device operations and into exciting areas like video, security and context awareness."
InterDigital is also hosting a number of events, streaming live to the Web. In collaboration with LiveCast and Inmarsat, InterDigital will host video playback of live and pre-recorded band performances from around Barcelona, using LiveCast's end to end platform for live video broadcasting - which integrates InterDigital scaling technology for bandwidth savings - and a satellite uplink from Inmarsat.
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AT&T, Chernin set sights on streaming video
By Brian Stelter @brianstelter April 22, 2014: 8:23 PM ET
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Peter Chernin, formerly of News Corp., has joined forces with AT&T for a new streaming service.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney)
Is AT&T preparing a new challenger to Netflix and Hulu?
On Tuesday the wireless company said it had entered into a new venture with former News Corporation president Peter Chernin for "over-the-top video services."
They're not talking specifics yet. But they're interested in the streaming video space to the tune of at least $500 million. That's how much money AT&T (ATT ) and Chernin's media investment company, The Chernin Group, said they had initially committed to the venture.
With the $500 million, the companies will seek to invest in video-on-demand channels and streaming video services. These may be supported by advertising, like Google (GOOG, Fortune 500)'s YouTube is, by subscription fees, like Netflix (NFLX) is, or by both, like Hulu is.
For AT&T and Chernin, the unnamed venture is the continuation of a business relationship that blossomed last year, when they jointly tried to buy Hulu. While at the News Corporation (NWS), one of the companies that founded Hulu, Chernin was instrumental in the site's early success.
Ultimately, the owners of Hulu decided not to sell the site.
The Chernin Group has a majority stake in a smaller streaming video site, called Crunchyroll, which is known primarily for providing access to anime shows. That stake is part of Chernin's contribution to the new venture. AT&T and Chernin may seek to nurture other niche video Web sites.
Related: Supreme court quizzes streaming company Aereo
In a statement, Chernin said he was seeking to invest where the audience is flocking: "Consumers are increasingly viewing video content on their phones, tablets, computers, game consoles and connected TVs on mobile and broadband networks."
Chernin and AT&T both indicated that the venture would try to leverage the wireless company's nationwide data network. Theoretically, AT&T could promote new video products to its wireless customers and make it part of the existing monthly bill.
AT&T's chief competitor, Verizon (VZ, Fortune 500) Wireless, is also making aggressive moves in the streaming video arena. In January the company bought a cable-like streaming service that Intel built but never launched. Verizon hasn't announced any specific plans to sell such a service to its customers.
Other companies are also pursuing similar ideas. Dish Network (DISH, Fortune 500) recently struck a deal to carry some of The Walt Disney Company (DIS, Fortune 500)'s cable channels, like ESPN, in an Internet cable bundle. But Dish hasn't announced a launch date for that, yet.
Given AT&T's business relationships and Chernin's history in the media business, the venture announced on Tuesday would almost certainly follow the same path as Netflix, Dish and others. That is to say, the venture would seek licensing deals for TV show episodes, not sidestep that process the way Aereo has by setting up an array of tiny antennas.
Inside the Aereo antenna farm
Inside the Aereo antenna farm
Aereo, a startup that streams local TV stations in some local markets and is being sued by the nation's biggest broadcasters, was in the news on Tuesday because it faced off against the broadcasters at a Supreme Court hearing.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor actually mentioned AT&T during the hearing; the venture with Chernin was announced publicly about an hour before the justices convened, so perhaps she'd just read a news story about it.
Sotomayor mentioned "AT&T system, Netflix, Hulu, all of those systems" as examples of video streaming services
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