Digital Home zone
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Sony Pictures CTO: “People are being locked into making technology decisions before buying content”
Perhaps with a view to the long-tail potential of its current box office star Skyfall, Sony Pictures believes cloud locker services will help overcome some of consumers' biggest frustrations with emerging online services. -
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Bahrain’s Atyaf launches TV Everywhere
Bahraini telco Atyaf has launched an over-the-top (OTT) multi-screen TV service offering more than 130 linear channels and VOD content across the Middle East. -
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TV shines bright for Orange
Pay-TV services again delivered a much-needed prop for France Telecom/Orange in the third quarter of this year, as overall revenues declined once more due to increasing competition and price erosion in France and other countries.
Analysis & Opinion
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Innovation in services and partnerships hold the key to future growth
According to the results of Informa Telecoms & Media’s annual industry survey, innovation is a key priority for global telecoms and media players in 2013. Over 500 senior executives from across both these sectors were asked how their businesses and markets would perform in 2013 and the role innovation would play in driving future revenue growth.
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Tomorrow Calling – but will broadcasters and operators pick up?
Broadcasters and TV operators take note: consumers are tired of clunky user interfaces, weary of digital rights issues, and willing to run into the arms of a big technology company like Apple or Google if these problems are not resolved, and fast.
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IBC 2012: Taking care of business
This year’s IBC event lacked a big, overarching theme, or new “wow” topic to get journalists, analysts and market-watchers foaming at the mouth. And that’s no bad thing. It’s the sign of a maturing industry, and as a result, the show retained a healthy focus on improving existing products and trying to get the big things – multiscreen, OTT, hybrid – right. Nevertheless, there was plenty on show that highlighted that the market remains miles away from anything resembling certainty.
Xbox One raises pulses, tracks them
Digital Home World Summit looks at digital health as key area of growth
Netflix strikes exclusive deal with Disney/ABC
BT Sport channels free with BT broadband
Telefónica launches Movistar TV
OgilvyEntertainment: "Every brand has a story to tell"
INTERVIEWS
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Snapplify: “Android will become the dominant mobile platform in Africa”
Wesley Lynch, CEO of South African apps developer Snapplify,...
October 4th, 2012 -
TE Data: “Multi-screen TV services will evolve fast in Egypt”
Ahmed Ossama, Managing Director of Telecom Egypt's ISP subsidiary...
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Google: “We are keen on driving the Arabization of the Internet”
Ari Kesisoglu, Managing Director of Google's operations in the...
August 17th, 2012
EXPERTISE ZONE
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The operator survival guide: rules of engagementViaccess-Orca’s Ofer Weintraub discusses the requirements for second screen apps....
March 25th, 2013
By Dr. Ofer Weintraub -
IPTV meets Big Data – predicting user behaviour to create attractive offeringsThe tough challenges faced by communication service providers (CSPs) from...
March 13th, 2013
By Spyros Sakellariou -
Podcast: Multiscreen video, consumer expectations and user-generated contentIn this podcast, we speak to Steve McCaffery, VP and...
March 8th, 2013
By Jamie Beach
