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Periscope's Boxing Night; Nielsen Roku Partnership; Britain’s TV Addiction

Fri, May 8, 2015 | by Merav Cunningham

What a dramatic night it was in the boxing ring in Las Vegas when Floyd Mayweather faced and defeated the Philippines’ hero Manny Pacquiao - to the cheers of millions of fans. But the real, legal drama unfolded off the ring, as thousands of users live streamed the fight using Twitter’s Periscope, infringing content rights. In Britain, more than half of the nation admitted they are addicted to watching TV – sticking to the shows they know and love, while in Germany, the country’s official TV rating association announced it is adding YouTube viewership data to its reports. Here is this week’s most buzzing TV news.

Thu, Mar 26, 2015 | by François Moreau de Saint-Martin

A couple of weeks ago I was invited to speak at the 4YFN conference, which is an event devoted to innovation in the mobile and digital ecosystem, as part of the Mobile World Congress, and I shared my ...

Sun, Feb 15, 2015 | by François Moreau de Saint-Martin

The issue of privacy and security is one of the 21st century’s biggest dilemmas: how does one balance the technological advantages which give us access to a wealth of personal information, with the ba...

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...

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...

Mon, Oct 6, 2014 | by Merav Cunningham

Subscribers today have endless viewing options; it isn't what it used to be when there were only a few channels to watch; today, an incredible amount of video is available with hundreds of channels to...

Wed, Sep 3, 2014 | by Efrat Fenigson

One of the most pressing problems rapidly emerging in the new TV landscape is the one of who is watching. In the old days of traditional broadcast it was simple: national organisations —and they have ...

Mon, Sep 1, 2014 | by François Moreau de Saint-Martin

You may remember that the first IBC of the new VO brand was IBC 2012, where we announced our ambition to establish VO as a recognized player in the booming world of multiscreen television.