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Previous reports in this series established the urgent need for media companies to personalize content and to begin to undergo a Digital Reinvention.1 In the two years since these reports were published, the landscape has changed dramatically. Broadcasters both new and established are facing disruption as never before as the demand for video continues to boom.

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