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PlayStation, Xbox Services Hacked; DirecTV Deal with Disney

Thu, Jan 1, 2015 | by Merav Cunningham

A Christmas Day hacking attack against Sony PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox drew a bit of the media attention away from the unprecedented attack against Sony’s studios. A senior analyst at CBS shared his findings about the effects Netflix has on traditional TV viewing, saying the streaming is a “major disruptive force”. Tired of reading 2014 lists and summaries? We picked 3 of them for you.

Thu, Dec 25, 2014 | by Efrat Fenigson

The topic of Hispanic viewership is an interesting one as this blog post reveals, and increasingly relevant for us, as we partner with Olympusat to introduce an end to end solution of technology and c...

Thu, Dec 25, 2014 | by Merav Cunningham

It's Christmas time, and binge watching was on the minds of both traditional and digital TV content producers, who each launched a campaign encouraging viewers to join online services. The real life S...

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 g...

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...