tvstrategies (Advanced Media Strategies LLC) was established in 2001 by Steven Hawley, an independent consultant and industry analyst that has been involved with IPTV since 2000, and with telecom and computer technologies for three decades.

tvstrategies provides consulting, analysis and research for providers of products, services and strategic information within the broadband industry.

See Publications for current research products and services.

Subject matter expertise

IPTV and multi-screen IP video services, including:

1. •Pay TV and blended TV-Web content to the TV and other screens over a managed delivery infrastructure
   

2. •Common features delivered to TVs, Apps, PCs, tablets, mobile smartphones and other connected consumer electronics
   

3. •Time-shifted, place-shifted, device-shifted, social media and personal media content
   

4. •Multi-service, multi-device delivery under common management
   

Delivery infrastructure for IPTV, broadband-delivered video, and hybrid TV services, including:

1. •Service and application delivery over a policy-managed network, on best-effort basis via the open Internet, over cable or satellite access, over the air, or through a combination of these methods
   

2. •IPTV middleware and service delivery platforms
   

3. •Interactive television applications
   

4. •IPTV customer premises equipment
   

5. •IPTV and IP video security
   

6. •IPTV Test, Measurement & Monitoring, to ensure IPTV service performance, QoS, QoE and Video Quality
   

Functional expertise

1. •Strategic Analysis and service business modeling
   

2. •IPTV Technology and Category Analysis
   

3. •Strategic positioning, product strategy
   

4. •Product positioning, product marketing
   

5. •Business Development, partnership strategies and partnership development
   

6. •Tactical marketing program development, including packaging, pricing, marketing communications programs and marketing materials
   

Non-Business

1. •Steven Hawley Photography