Analysing new technology and the impact that it’s going to have on society at large — or even one specific sector of industry — is an ever-more tricky business. Not only the pace of technological change is accelerating all the time, but the speed with which it is being adopted by the consumer is as well.
European net neutrality is now guaranteed, but campaigners warn of potential loopholes in the legislation. Meanwhile, recent developments in the VR industry indicate that its arrival in the world’s li...
One of the main problems that operators and content service providers are increasingly facing with combating content piracy is that they are always trying to hit a moving target. Piracy techniques are...
In its latest report to the US authorities, The Motion Picture Association of America has identified Russia and The Netherlands as two hot-houses of content piracy, with a worrying trend for incentivi...
With the value of premium sports rights spiralling upwards every year, it has never been more urgent for operators to secure their content against the ever-present — and ever-evolving — threat of pira...
According to Adobe’s Q2 2015 US Digital Video Benchmark Report, Apple TV is helping to drive the adoption of TV Everywhere at an impressive rate while other devices are starting to find traction in th...
Research reveals that the pay-TV market is undergoing a boom, with 1.2bn subscribers expected worldwide by 2022. Meanwhile, Nielsen is on the verge of launching its pioneering Total Content Ratings se...
As the sun sets over Amsterdam, our last Top 3 of IBC2015 concentrates on what we can take from the show: what best represents the future roadmap of the industry?
Over the course of IBC2015 we ran two panels on our stand investigating some of the most pressing issues the industry faces. The second panel, ‘Protect and Serve: Securing content and satisfying custo...