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Let’s Get Physical In a Digital Virtual World - VO's Blog

Mon, Dec 22, 2014 | by Efrat Fenigson

The phenomenon of the digital world is an intriguing one for me. Since my childhood, I’ve lived in a rapidly changing world. But in the last two decades, physical consumption habits and gestures are gradually shape-shifting into digital and virtual.
Let’s pause for a minute to appreciate the amazing advancements achieved in the past 20 years, providing us a very comfortable life style. So comfortable, it is often taken for granted.

Thu, Dec 18, 2014 | by Merav Cunningham

Just ahead of the holidays, lots of fast-moving action on the news front. A Nielsen report showed the intense nature of audience tweeting during live airing of TV shows. On the pitch, Premiership Leag...

Wed, Dec 17, 2014 | by Merav Cunningham

It's Christmas time. The streets are packed with shoppers carrying bags, lists and umbrellas, and the World Wide Web is packed with those hunting for online sales. Soon, many of us will be gathering w...

Fri, Dec 12, 2014 | by Merav Cunningham

It has been an interesting week of twists and turns with new details released on the severe hacking attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment – which the company said was "unprecedented". Besides tar...

Thu, Dec 11, 2014 | by François Moreau de Saint-Martin

This summer, Viaccess-Orca has been part of a project that could be considered as a world record. In only five months, Telekom Romania has set up its next generation service platform, based on VO’s TV...

Tue, Dec 9, 2014 | by Chem Assayag

“Breaking Bad”: 5 seasons, 62 episodes of 47 minutes, more than 48 hours of Walter White in total; “Game of Thrones”: 10 new episodes of season 5 are coming soon, while each of the previous four seaso...

Thu, Dec 4, 2014 | by Merav Cunningham

Are digital media players good or bad for regular TV viewing? What effect do they have on “cutting the cord”? A new report by GfK has some interesting information. In the U.K, media is buzzing with re...

Thu, Nov 27, 2014 | by Merav Cunningham

It's Thanksgiving, or, from the industry's point of view, Black Friday. All eyes are currently on TV sales figures, with what seems to be a very positive outlook. Earlier this week, U.S. media reporte...

Wed, Nov 19, 2014 | by Efrat Fenigson

One of the things that you notice when you look around the current TV industry is that, unless a broadcaster is very, very new, at some point it is having to deal with legacy technology. And not just ...