TELECOMSTECHNEWS, 31 AUGUST 2012
Accedo's CEO, Michael Lantz discuss video-on-demand, something he cites as a thing of the 1990s. Industry pundits have forecasted the demise of the linear TV market for almost 20 years, but the multi-channel pay-TV business model has proven remarkably resilient. The growth spurt and increased profitability with the move to digital distribution over the past 10-15 years have given new life to business models, which are more than 30 years old.

IBE, 1 SEPTEMBER 2012
See page 48-49 for an article by Accedo's CEO, Michael Lantz, exploring how second screen applications can be used to drive first screen revenues.

THE NEXT WEB, 9 SEPTEMBER 2012
Elin Askfelt, VP of Global Sales and Marketing, is interviewed at IBC about Accedo's newest partnerships and products as well as the Smart TV app industry.

ASIA IMAGE, 21 JUNE 2012
Accedo's Reuben Verghese discussed how Connected TV will be the game changer for content distribution during a presentation at BroadcastAsia. He explored what content will work for Connected TV and triple play and how broadcasters and content providers can stay ahead by tailoring content for Connected TV. Asia Image spoke to Verghese before the conference in an exclusive interview.

BLIP.TV, 9 JUNE 2012
Accedo's VP Corporate Development, David Adams, was interviewed by blip.tv at Parks Associates Connections 2012. In the video linked above, David discusses Accedo's focus area in the app store environment, as well as how operators are adapting to the new opportunities of Smart TV. David was also a speaker at the event, discussing emerging value-added services.

MICHAEL LANTZ, 1 JUNE 2012
TV has over the past 50 years grown to be one of the most important pieces of electronics we have in our home. Most of us don’t remember a time when there were no TVs in the living room, and from a very young age we have all been groomed to enjoy TV experience.

VIDEO AD NEWS, 3 MAY 2012
With Some analysts predicting the global TV advertising market to grow to $163 billion this year, it’s no secret that the TV market dwarfs the online advertising market. As things stand, the TV market is still set up to work in very traditional ways, without any direct connection between consumers and the advertiser. With TV advertising, advertisers need to measure efficiency with indirect methods such as consumer research and sales impact instead of actually being able to track exactly which consumers that are exposed to which advertisement and how they react to it.

VENTURE BEAT, 2 MAY 2012
With the advent of numerous over the top (OTT) platforms, which bring online video directly into the living room, pay-TV operators face new competition — competition from hot startups like Hulu, Netflix, and Roku.

In way, OTT video represents the first real threat to the traditional pay-TV model. But in many more ways, it’s also the traditional TV industry’s biggest opportunity yet.

FOX BUSINESS, 15 MARCH, 2012
Accedo's CEO, Michael Lantz, was recently interviewed on Fox Business, discussing the trends in Smart TV. Michael expressed his view that all content providers need to adapt to provide at least a selection of content over-the-top, in order to keep up with changing dynamics of TV delivery. Cable operators and broadcasters alike will become a part of this evolution of TV viewing experience and the winners will be those providers who deliver consumer value via OTT delivery, without changing the simplicity of the offering for consumers. You can view his interview HERE.

DAVID ADAMS, MARCH - APRIL 2012
TV has by it's very nature always been social, but new technologies and devices are taking the experience to a new level, says David Adams, who examines the potential pitfalls that lie in wait

JOHN MOULDING, 23 JANUARY, 2012
Two of the major challenges for apps developers in 2012 will be to enable second screen synchronisation with the main TV experience and to harness voice and possibly gesture recognition, which are set to become a feature of high-end connected TVs, with Samsung leading the way.

MICHAEL LANTZ, DECEMBER 2011
With the advent of numerous Connected TV platforms, which bring online video directly into the living room environment, pay-TV operators will face new competition from a variety of new companies. In this article, Michael Lantz - CEO of Accedo - argues that the explosive OTT market will bring new opportunities to pay-TV operators and not only new competition.

CHRIS DZIADUL, 30 NOVEMBER, 2011
APPSWORLD – LONDON. There are likely to be more than 500 million active TV app users worldwide in five years.

MICHAEL LANTZ, 10 OCTOBER, 2011
How can content providers succeed in a world of device fragmentation? One thing is clear: Waiting for HTML5 or any other technology to emerge as the standard will leave content providers behind the curve

JOHN MOULDING, 10 JUNE 2010
The connected TV device market could provide interactive TV applications developers with an expanded market and the possibility to achieve some compelling revenue shares from the CE vendors who operate the connected service portals.

MICHAEL LANTZ, 28 APRIL 2010
In the past 24 months, we have seen a vast amount of new Connected TV initiatives from major consumer electronics companies, as well as from niche players.