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TV News: Cord Cheaters vs Cord Cutters; OTT Shopping Spree

Fri, Mar 20, 2015 | by Merav Cunningham

OTT key players made the news this week with exciting content announcements that indicate, once again, the direction in which the TV industry is going and the attempts to attract future cord cutters who are switching to OTT. These rich programming plans come on the backdrop of more cord cutting and subscription “borrowing” figures. Targeting young audience who consume their news – and videos - through social media platforms, MSNBC said it will launch two daily new videos on Facebook. Here’s a look at the latest industry news of the week.

Fri, Mar 13, 2015 | by Merav Cunningham

Spring is coming, bringing in many new services, TV shows and shiny devices. Apple launched what analysts describe as the next exciting, connected platform – the Apple Watch. More cord cutters were re...

Thu, Mar 12, 2015 | by Merav Cunningham

The internet of things has been the buzzword in technology for years, but the trend seems to be the hottest and most spoken about in 2015. Research group Gartner predicts that 4.9 billion connected de...

Mon, Mar 9, 2015 | by François Moreau de Saint-Martin

I’m probably not the first one to think about this – but I found myself spending some time wondering how the TV industry can apply the rules and practices of gamification.

Fri, Mar 6, 2015 | by Merav Cunningham

In recent years, Orange, with more than 236 million customers in over 30 countries, has established itself as a key player in the multiscreen OTT TV environment, delivering cutting-edge television ser...

Thu, Mar 5, 2015 | by Merav Cunningham

The mobile industry’s biggest show kicked off in Barcelona, exhibiting the latest innovations in connected and mobile devices. Announcements such as Ikea’s Home Smart furniture, or Google’s Virtual Ne...

Fri, Feb 27, 2015 | by Merav Cunningham

Although Oscars ceremony ratings fell this year, and Madonna literally fell at the Brits Music Awards, new reports released this week showed just what a fantastic year the TV ecosystem has had- with b...

Mon, Feb 23, 2015 | by Efrat Fenigson

Releasing a statement to Wired might not be the traditional way of indicating a change in policy, but after a year of fevered speculation that was how FCC Commission Chairman, Tom Wheeler, decided to ...

Thu, Feb 19, 2015 | by David Leporini

"6. 20 Am. Waking up. Didn’t sleep much, as usual in the last year. First shot of Ristretto while checking up the figures of my FaMe app. Still amazed no one understood the “Fake Me” contraction trick...