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Video Vital for Mobile ARPU, VR/AR Investment up 300%

Tue, Feb 7, 2017 | by Andy Stout

Video is being hailed as the killer app for mobile operators looking to arrest a slide in ARPU while new figures show that investment in VR and AR climbed a mammoth 304% in 2016. Meanwhile, OTT churn in the US has fallen slightly to 19%.

Mon, Jan 23, 2017 | by Andy Stout

A recent survey concluded that one in three US consumers watch pirated content, despite 69% of them recognizing that data piracy is illegal. It is becoming more urgent than ever that content owners ta...

Thu, Jan 19, 2017 | by Andy Stout

All the projections and surveys suggest that VR adoption is on the verge of acceleration. Much of that will be down to the impact that VR streaming will have on consumers.

Mon, Jan 9, 2017 | by Andy Stout

As always, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas kicked off the new year in style, with its usual intoxicating mix of genuine technological trends and left-field gadgetry. Wander its giant halls ...

Tue, Jan 3, 2017 | by Andy Stout

HBO’s fantasy juggernaut Game of Thrones has won the dubious accolade of coming top of TorrentFreak’s annual round up of the most torrented TV shows again.

Tue, Dec 27, 2016 | by Esther Levine

Virtual Reality is in high demand — after all, who wouldn’t want to experience a sports event, video games and more, in the most realistic manner possible. But how can operators ensure that they are d...

Thu, Dec 22, 2016 | by Andy Stout

2016 started and finished with the instantaneous and almost global rollout of two major SVOD services, Netflix in January and Amazon Prime Video in December, showcasing the power of the cloud to trans...

Thu, Dec 15, 2016 | by Sarit Rosenthal-Aviram

2016 has been a fabulous year at Viaccess-Orca, from the introduction of our innovative cloud-based Voyage - TVaaS (TV Everywhere as a Service) solution, to a world's first live sporting event broadca...

Tue, Dec 13, 2016 | by Nardit Mosacho

One of the more interesting trends from 2016 that emerges if you sift through the mountain of data that the industry produces is mounting evidence that the big family TV screen is making a comeback.