SNL Kagan will expand its U.S. and global coverage through this partnership, adding proprietary research, forecasts and analytics on an expanded suite of media technologies surrounding OTT video and payTV in markets around the world.

MRG offers analytics and industry intelligence on the video and media ecosystem in markets around the globe. MRG’s major focus areas are payTV, OTT video, multiscreen, and the research team produces deep dive studies of video technologies including set-top box, encryption/rights management, middleware, encoding and transcoding. The addition of these resources and coverage areas uniquely positions SNL Kagan to deliver actionable data, insights and advice to operator and vendor marketing, strategy and product executives moving forward.