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Hot TV Industry News of the Week - 28.1.2014

Fri, Mar 28, 2014 | by Efrat Fenigson

The attention-grabbing headline this week is Apple and Comcast’s reported discussions about a new streaming-television service. Meanwhile, concerns over piracy have prompted TV industry players in the Mena region to set up a coalition tasked with combating the problem. And a new study forecasts a significant rise in digital pay-TV subscription in North America over the next few years.

Fri, Feb 7, 2014 | by Efrat Fenigson

The biggest event in TV this week is also the biggest in the world of sport. As the XXII Winter Olympic Games open today all eyes are on Russia and its host city, the Black Sea resort of Sochi. And th...

Fri, Jan 24, 2014 | by Efrat Fenigson

There has been a lot of OTT news floating around this week. The Canadian pay TV service and cellco, Rogers, will soon announce their new OTT service. This isn’t the first time they made waves in the i...

Wed, Jan 22, 2014 | by Efrat Fenigson

Roku, best known for their cord cutters’ heaven streaming box, announced that they will be launching a TV set later this year. This is big news coming from a company whose current digital media player...

Fri, Dec 20, 2013 | by Efrat Fenigson

There was a lot of social TV and on-demand buzz making the rounds this week. In most cases, the material provided a glimpse to what 2014 might have in store. AdAge assembled a brilliant list of predic...

Fri, Dec 6, 2013 | by Efrat Fenigson

There has been a mix of interesting TV industry news making the rounds this week. The most surprising of all was Apple’s acquisition of Topsy. What were they thinking? They must have had social TV in ...

Fri, Nov 22, 2013 | by Efrat Fenigson

Deadline Media reports that OTT TV is expected to generate revenues of £1.6 billion in 2017, and revenues will primarily stem from live-streaming media and VOD. Does that idea seem feasible? Due to th...

Wed, Nov 13, 2013 | by Efrat Fenigson

Netflix, the trailblazing OTT content provider, is making waves in mainland Europe with its recent Netherlands service launch back in September 2013. Once compared to the Albanian Army by Time Warner'...

Fri, Jul 19, 2013 | by Efrat Fenigson

It has been an interesting week of twists and turns. Google is thinking about stepping into the OTT field, but not for on-demand programming. Meanwhile, the numbers for set-top box shipments are going...