![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Second-screen devices such as tablets, smartphones and ultrabooks are likely to be the principal force behind social TV experiences as companion apps are increasingly written for that experience,” said Michael Gartenberg, research director at Gartner Group. But in the future, there are other possible uses of the second screen such as social TV and watching pay TV/OTT video content from a service provider. Some may also have access to Hulu, Netflix, etc but don’t watch those much on second screens either (they use either game players or dedicated boxes like the one from Roku). There has not been too much OTT content being watched on those second screens, even though most pay TV customers have free access to “TV everywhere” from their pay TV service provider. Examples include looking up information about a particular TV program, a movie review, actor bios, related programs, use as a remote control device, etc. Until now, second screen apps for mobile devices have been used primarily for searching, browsing and selecting content for the first screen (TV). Second Screen Video Content delivered by pay TV Service Providers : # The first article published on the excellent OTTCON 2013 addressed emerging technologies for next generation video.( ). Video Network Architectures that facilitate OTT video for second screens, smart TVs (with Internet connections), game players, OTT boxes that connect to TVs, etc.Second Screen Video from mainstream pay TV service providers OR via a partnership between an OTT network provider and local service provider (telco or cableco).This article covers two types of sessions from the content rich OTTCON 2013, held March 19-20, 2013 in Santa Clara, CA: ![]()
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