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Netflix growth and digital players stats

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 reports of mergers and acquisitions involving Europe’s largest telecom players. Have you seen the videos showing the madness on Black Friday? We have, and loved the sales figures, showing TV’s, iPads and other mobile devices among the most popular products. Here’s a quick recap of what was buzzing this week.

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 ...

Tue, Nov 18, 2014 | by Merav Cunningham

The latest industry news, on both sides of the Atlantic, could create ripples for quite some time. In the United States, President Barack Obama's call on the FCC to adopt strong net neutrality rules w...

Tue, Nov 18, 2014 | by Efrat Fenigson

We took part today at a panel discussion on “Pay TV, Connected CE, and Broadband in 2020”, as part of the Connections Europe event.

Thu, Nov 6, 2014 | by Merav Cunningham

Today live redistribution of content over the Internet is becoming an increasing problem for content service providers and content owners.

Wed, Oct 29, 2014 | by Merav Cunningham

Viaccess-Orca's Voyage TV Everywhere solution has been selected by Olympusat Telecom to support its upcoming OTT multiscreen service. Olympusat Telecom is a division of Olympusat Holdings, one of the ...

Mon, Oct 27, 2014 | by Efrat Fenigson

In part one of our look at the challenges of measuring the audience accurately in the modern content everywhere era, we looked at some of the problems and weaknesses inherent with the old style, panel...

Wed, Oct 22, 2014 | by Merav Cunningham

Content licensing remains one of the most expensive and complex issues in video services today. With new business models, use cases, delivery mechanisms, and competitors, the world of content rights c...