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Hot TV Industry News of the Week - August 19, 2013

Fri, Sep 27, 2013 | by Efrat Fenigson

A lot of juicy things happened this week in the world of OTT video devices. For starters, Apple had a major “whoops” by releasing a buggy Apple TV update. After being rammed by a slew of complaints from outraged users, they quickly gathered to fix it up. Speaking of enhancements, PlayOn is launching PlayCast, which is the sum of PlayOn + Chromecast. This is in an attempt to offer a wider selection of channels for consumers. Chromecast is also in the news for serving as an inspiration for Roku. That’s right. Roku is thinking of pulling a page out of Chromecast’s book, with the addition of DIAL support.

Fri, Sep 20, 2013 | by Efrat Fenigson

The hottest TV industry news this week all traced back to cable TV channel offerings. Eurosport finally inked a deal to show programming in the US on Discovery’s Velocity Channel. Speaking of quality ...

Sun, Sep 15, 2013 | by Sefy Ariely

A Casual Fling can come back to haunt you!! The Five Dangers that will Doom your Recommendations

Mon, Sep 9, 2013 | by François Moreau de Saint-Martin

In my previous post, I highlighted the importance of looking at the content experience from the customers’ perspective. This was a point of focus at the TV Leaders Summit (TVLS) in Athens. One of the ...

Fri, Sep 6, 2013 | by Efrat Fenigson

Pay-TV dominated the hottest TV industry news around the world this week. Subscriptions for pay-TV services have been skyrocketing in Croatia, while they continue to hold the crown for their share of ...

Tue, Sep 3, 2013 | by Sefy Ariely

Everybody’s Doing It, but are They Doing It Well?

Fri, Aug 30, 2013 | by Efrat Fenigson

This week brought the TV industry a lot of groundbreaking news – some good, some not as good.

Fri, Aug 23, 2013 | by Efrat Fenigson

Many interesting announcements took place in the TV industry this past week. For starters, there has been a huge growth in demand for OTT, multiscreen, and cloud TV in the Middle East and North Africa...

Mon, Aug 19, 2013 | by Efrat Fenigson

The hottest industry news this week was about Smart TVs and Connected TVs. It all started with “Breaking Bad” hitting 5.9 million views with its season opener – very unexpected for a program that is 5...