One of the main problems that broadcasters and service operators face in the current climate is that shifts in piracy over the past handful of years have seen it move from a post-event process to a live one; from BitTorrent to Periscope and Meerkat.
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 chan...
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?