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Big Data Technologies, Piracy, and how they are Disrupting TV

Tue, May 16, 2017 | by Patricia Frith

There’s no doubt about it…the changes that are occurring in the television business are happening so fast that you sometimes feel like you need a crash course in Media Acceleration 101. There are so many industry pundits making big predictions and throwing around a lot of scary statistics, but what does it all mean? I decided to go “back to school” and seek out the wisdom of Carnegie Mellon University Professor Rahul Telang, an authority on how the internet is affecting many facets of the content production and distribution business.

Fri, Apr 7, 2017 | by Andy Stout

One of the factors that is often referred to when accounting for the electronic entertainment industry’s comparatively slow movement towards the cloud is worries about content security. When it comes ...

Wed, Mar 8, 2017 | by Andy Stout

There are several worrying angles to the subject of video piracy on mobile phones. And while the most disruptive so far has undoubtedly been the use of handsets to capture and stream protected content...

Mon, Jan 23, 2017 | by Andy Stout

A recent survey concluded that one in three US consumers watch pirated content, despite 69% of them recognizing that data piracy is illegal.

Tue, Jan 3, 2017 | by Andy Stout

HBO’s fantasy juggernaut Game of Thrones has won the dubious accolade of coming top of TorrentFreak’s annual round up of the most torrented TV shows again.

Fri, Jul 15, 2016 | by Merav Cunningham

We’ve got a lot of news to share in the run up to IBC2016, from a new tagline that summaries the aims of the company, to new products and ways to ensure that operators can monetise the latest technolo...

Tue, Jul 5, 2016 | by Andy Stout

The figures surrounding the future development of television viewing still seem encouraging, with both SVOD services in Europe and the global TV Everywhere audience showing strong growth. Meanwhile, i...

Fri, Apr 1, 2016 | by Andy Stout

PARIS — Apr. 1, 2016 —Viaccess-Orca, a global leader in the protection and enhancement of content services, announced today the launch of a radical new anti-piracy technology, UnSpoilt Sentinel, which...

Wed, Dec 30, 2015 | by Merav Cunningham

According to data released just after Christmas by TorrentFreak, Game of Thrones has comfortably broken the record that it set this time last year for the most pirated programme ever.