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Live Streaming takes to Social Media - But For How Long?

Thu, May 25, 2017 | by Sarit Rosenthal-Aviram

Social media networks, with Facebook and Twitter at the forefront, have been adding video functionality over recent years as part of their continued program of accelerated expansion. Investors like to see constantly growing numbers with their companies pushing past plateau after plateau. As such, it was inevitable that live streaming video content would figure majorly in their plans, and it is currently seen as a win for both sides: the content creators and the social giants themselves.

Tue, May 23, 2017 | by Einav Levi

When it comes to driving competitive advantage for TV operators, analytics deliver in three key areas of the content cycle.

Tue, May 16, 2017 | by Patricia Frith

There’s no doubt about it…the changes that are occurring in the television business are happening so fast that you sometimes feel like you need a crash course in Media Acceleration 101. There are so m...

Wed, May 10, 2017 | by Ludo Rubin

Future generations might well have to Google the phrase ‘water-cooler TV’ when they come across it in old documents about television at the start of the 21st century. The idea that millions and millio...

Tue, May 2, 2017 | by Andy Stout

There is no doubt that television is an expensive business, and not just making it but distributing it as well. The BBC, for example, spends 6% of its licence fee income — some £210 million every year...

Wed, Apr 26, 2017 | by Einat Kahana

Every year, Accenture publishes a report titled The Future of Broadcasting which analyses the trends and technologies on the broadcast industry roadmap.

Fri, Apr 21, 2017 | by Sarit Rosenthal-Aviram

All around the world, Pay-TV operators find themselves being squeezed by the multiple pressures of increasing competition bought about by new entrants into the market, rising consumer expectation, spi...

Thu, Apr 20, 2017 | by Patricia Frith

Coming out of last week’s Mip TV conference, one thing was very clear: there are a lot of very conflicted, confused, and even a little nervous traditional TV executives out there who trying to navigat...

Wed, Apr 12, 2017 | by Ludo Rubin

While it is tempting to think that television in the pre-Pay TV era, that was transmitted by large TV masts and received by domestic TV aerials is just a relic of a bygone age, it is still a significa...