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Hot TV News: The ‘Hidden’ OTT Piracy; Protecting 4K Content; and the Rise (& Assimilation) of MCNs

Fri, Jul 17, 2015 | by Merav Cunningham

There are many forms of online piracy, with one of the most prevalent, credential-sharing, expected to cost the industry a massive $500m this year. Meanwhile, concern is growing about how exactly to protect valuable 4K content from the pirates in a multi-device ecosystem. And a new report looks at the value of YouTube MCNs and exactly who is buying them up.

Fri, Jul 10, 2015 | by Efrat Fenigson

While the US has hosted the whole messy net neutrality debate out in the open with accusation, counter-accusation, and squadrons of lawyers circling Washington while the internet has gone into frequen...

Mon, Jul 6, 2015 | by David Leporini

An increasing number of companies are interested in cloud environments in order to improve their computing, storage and networking efficiency, adaptability, and to reduce their capital expenditures. B...

Thu, Jul 2, 2015 | by Efrat Fenigson

The concept of TV Everywhere continues to reshape the landscape of consumer viewing, powered by ever-more capable mobile and connected devices, the growth in high bandwidth fixed and mobile services, ...

Wed, Jul 1, 2015 | by Merav Cunningham

Facebook’s foray into the world of online video seems to be gathering steam and later in the year it could pose a real threat to the video primacy of YouTube if it continues to expand at the current r...

Fri, Jun 26, 2015 | by Efrat Fenigson

Multiscreen video is now a reality that consumers enjoy every day. While it may not be perfect, today’s online video experience usually works and sometimes even reaches a level of quality that rivals ...

Mon, Jun 22, 2015 | by David Leporini

T. S. Eliot wrote: "Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. The good poet welds his ...

Fri, Jun 19, 2015 | by Efrat Fenigson

Google’s Android platform is notorious for fragmentation. If you're trying to understand what Android Fragmentation is, think 18,769. According to OpenSignal's 2014 report, that's the number of distin...

Tue, Jun 16, 2015 | by Merav Cunningham

HBO’s broadcasting juggernaut, Game of Thrones, came to an end on 14 June 2015 and, amongst the usual carnage involving the characters — at least two major characters seem to have been lost in that ep...