Adobe Pass is offered by Adobe under Software as a Service (SaaS) model which enables secure communication between end users (consumers), programmers (content owners e.g. HBO, MTV etc.), and pay TV providers (e.g. Dish, Comcast, Time Warner etc.) in order to validate entitlement to play a premium content. The core components of the workflow include client side code integrated with the native app, browser or player and the hosted Adobe Pass Server.  On accessing a premium content user is requested. 

Will the Future of Television be a complete makeover from where it stands today? Let’s face it – not much has changed in the way we have interfaced and interacted with Television for the best part of last several decades. Physically television has seen change – bigger, brighter and wider screen, thinner bezel, more pixels, higher resolution, more connectors and yes more buttons on the pristine remote. Problems with TV Today Technology, user expectations and regulatory compliance. 

Last few years has seen the tablet landscape maturing with Apple’s iPad being the de-facto ring master but Google and Microsoft strategic entry is sure to disrupt the equilibrium and create new pricing levels /categories and more choices for buyers. It is too early but Google’s Nexus 7 is not in league of iPad although it stands out among Amazon Kindle Fire, Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, RIM playbook and others 7” tablets. The recent  sales numbers. 

Digital video consumption is set for a major overhaul with consumers increasingly watching long form content on non-TV screens across connected devices and there are several noteworthy trends in support of this argument –  Cisco VNI (Visual Networking Index) report predicts staggering growth numbers for mobile data traffic, network speeds and connected devices, over 3 million downloads of HBO GO app (currently streaming 98 programs), resounding success of OTT services (Netflix, Hulu. 

Samsung Smart TV UA40D5900VR Sometimes one need not have a reason to treat oneself and hence despite the sudden downsize on my current account finances, I decided to bring home this svelte black mirror from Samsung – 40” LED Smart TV UA40D5900VR and since then lot has changed. Well apart from the size, space and loads of functional benefits, TV watching is now a visual treat compared to the small bulky CRT I had for last couple of years. I have only spent couple of hours playing around so this. 

It has been two years since TVE (TV Everywhere) concept got introduced and today it is one of the most popular offerings which major TV providers are embracing across US and Europe. It is not surprising that a recent report from Park Associates reveals that a staggering 30% of Broadband homes consider Live Multiscreen Service as a top TV-Service feature in Western Europe. TVE – Customer Expectations TV as an entertainment medium is fast changing from a laid back, passive unit to.