Branded Entertainment: A New Production Financing Paradigm

In White Paper 1, we presented the current landscape for the fast-growing branded entertainment sector, largely drawing from US market experience. In White Paper 2, we examined the Canadian market and found branded entertainment at a more nascent stage.

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STX Entertainment

STX Entertainment is a fully integrated, diversified, global media company designed from inception to unlock value from the 21st century’s changed media landscape. STX specializes in the development, production, marketing and distribution of talent-driven films, television, and digital media content, with a unique ability to maximize the impact of content across worldwide, multiplatform distribution channels, including unparalleled global capabilities and direct passage into the China market.

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Dell Streaming Data Platform: Architecture, Configuration, and Considerations

whitePaper | January 3, 2023

The Internet of Things (IoT) brings the promise of new possibilities, but to unlock them, organizations must change how they think about data. With the emergence of IoT, there is a new class of applications that processes streaming data from sensors and devices that are spread around the globe. In theory, the solution is simple: turn massive amounts of data into real-time insights by immediately processing and analyzing it in a continuous and infinite fashion. However, managing streaming IoT data is not that simple. Legacy infrastructure is not made to support IoT data streaming from millions of data sources with varying datatypes. The world of streaming IoT requires a shift to the world of real-time applications consuming continuous and infinite streams.

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Unlocking the Metaverse

whitePaper | August 15, 2022

In a world of ever-advancing technology, few innovations today are considered true global disruptors. Enter: the Metaverse. On the cusp of dramatically altering digital communications and experiences as we know them, the Metaverse is poised to evolve our digitally driven modern lives from video, photo, and text-based interactions to highly immersive and connected virtual experiences. Should consumers be excited about this? Nervous? Cautiously optimistic? At this stage, the very early days of the Metaverse give us little to rely on in terms of conceptualizing its impact on our day-to-day lives in the distant future. And yet, conversation and anticipation surrounding the Metaverse continues to dominate everything from news headlines to shareholder calls.

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Streaming’s complex consumer

whitePaper | April 20, 2022

Today, more than 40% of consumers subscribe to three or more video streaming services. Despite growing choice, it has become a complex and time-consuming process for consumers to find the content they want. As we explored in Streaming’s Next Act1, scattered recommendation algorithms lead to incomplete or inaccurate recommendations, often irrelevant content, and hence, frustration for many consumers.

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Reimagining Cloud Operations for Media-Enterprises

whitePaper | February 28, 2020

Media enterprises like publishers, broadcasters and new media companies are serving content to millions of viewers on different devices and platforms across geographies. In order to cater to growing viewer demands both at global and regional levels, many companies are moving to cloud-based technologies to take advantages of its scalability, flexibility and security services. As per IABM*, more than 39% of media companies have already adopted cloud based solutions and another 30% are very likely to follow suit.

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The Workers’ Experience: Media & Entertainment

whitePaper | January 28, 2020

The Media & Entertainment (M&E) industry is undergoing digital transformation in all phases, from concept development to production to distribution. In the quest to generate new content, connect with large audiences and deliver strong advertiser results, M&E companies are leveraging a broad array of advanced technologies, including 8K resolution and high-dynamic-range (HDR) video, AI-assisted content creation and nextgeneration gaming such as eSports. At the same time, M&E organizations are under intense pressure.

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SKYDREAM

whitePaper | September 7, 2022

SKYDREAM is a virtual reality metaverse focused on creating inmersive experiences and a sustainable economy for everyone Everything in the metaverse happens in the city of SKYDREAM. Each and every property in the city will be a NFT Thanks to our unique tool The Builder everyone will have the power tocreate, publish and monetize its own VR experience

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STX Entertainment

STX Entertainment is a fully integrated, diversified, global media company designed from inception to unlock value from the 21st century’s changed media landscape. STX specializes in the development, production, marketing and distribution of talent-driven films, television, and digital media content, with a unique ability to maximize the impact of content across worldwide, multiplatform distribution channels, including unparalleled global capabilities and direct passage into the China market.

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