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Hot TV News: Facebook as a News Source; Consumers Opt for OTT;

Wed, Jun 3, 2015 | by Merav Cunningham

It’s summer time, and millions of Tennis fans are about to spend the next few weeks glued to their TV’s, watching the season’s famous tournaments: Roland Garros and Wimbledon. To mark the occasion, Eurosport unveiled a special French Open app, showing live results and other data. In the US, a new survey showed that younger viewers get their news from Facebook – and not by watching local TV. And pay-TV consumers told an Amdocs survey that they’ll keep their subscriptions if the overall, multi-device experience would improve. Here is what’s buzzing in the TV industry this week.

Sun, May 10, 2015 | by Merav Cunningham

It is an uphill battle, but the fight against sports piracy proves that innovation and persistence are the only way forward. One of the biggest pay-TV providers in the Middle East and North Africa, OS...

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 dram...

Fri, Apr 17, 2015 | by Efrat Fenigson

They are the new kids on the social media block: Periscope and Meerkat, the competing apps that seek the undivided attention of the thrill-loving, share-it-all mobile users. Meerkat was the hottest th...

Thu, Mar 26, 2015 | by Merav Cunningham

Seems like we can't get enough of Netflix, the OTT giant traveled almost 12,000 kilometers this week and hoisted its flag in new destinations: Australia and New Zealand. Down at the new colonies, the ...

Thu, Feb 19, 2015 | by Merav Cunningham

Barack Obama opened the summit on cybercrime with a call for tech companies to share their information on hacking- not an easy decision for a sector still reeling from Edward Snowden’s revelations on ...

Thu, Jan 29, 2015 | by Merav Cunningham

The buzz was all around OTT TV this week, with Dish’s limited launch of its Sling TV offering and a new survey that predicts the success of HBO’s future OTT service. Sunday night will bring tens of th...

Thu, Jan 8, 2015 | by Merav Cunningham

In September 2014, Viaccess-Orca introduced a new name for its end-to-end TV Everywhere solution – Voyage. The name represents a journey through what VO believes is the TV content trinity: quality, us...

Tue, Jan 6, 2015 | by Merav Cunningham

In an ever-more competitive broadcasting landscape, the value of premium rights and premium sports rights in particular, is constantly on the rise. According to research firm Deloitte, global premium ...