Vodafone TV is a streamer and cloud gaming console all in one, and it’s launching soon as a Sky rival
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Vodafone bundling streaming and cloud gaming into a single set-top box is another move to turn connectivity into a content and compute bundle, not a dumb pipe. If you build media or gaming experiences, assume distribution will increasingly be mediated by telco-owned platforms and negotiate for placement and data access accordingly.
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