2020 Sports industry outlook In an Olympic year, “golden” opportunities abound throughout the sports industry

March 3, 2020

In December 2000, reports began to circulate within intelligence communities in the United States and Europe of a powerful new technology acquired by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. It would allow Saddam to upgrade his guided missile programme and place many targets in the west within reach, went the whisperings. The name of the technology was the Sony PlayStation 2. Speculation that Saddam was “hoarding” hundreds of box-fresh PS2s in order to harness their extraordinary processing power was eventually debunked. But not before the Pentagon had thoroughly investigated the rumours.

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DaCast Streaming as a Service

DaCast (San Francisco, CA and Paris, France) is a completely integrated video streaming platform that enables all businesses to broadcast audiovisual content and allows viewers to watch free or paid programming.DaCast makes online video streaming:Easy to broadcast via an ad-free white label system.DaCast helps anyone create professional live video streams for their business, mission, or organization. We help over 100,000 organizations stream live video, reduce bandwidth costs, and improve broadcast quality with our easy-to-use full service platform or via our Broadcaster API.

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The Metaverse Technology Framework

whitePaper | June 17, 2022

The metaverse promises to transform industries ranging from tourism to fashion. But the metaverse is not developing by magic. An immersive metaverse needs several building blocks to realize its potential, including artificial intelligence, extended reality, blockchain, edge computing, and more. Major product developments from companies such as Apple, Google, and Meta have cast a spotlight on these technologies

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FAST channels usher in a new era of operational creativity

whitePaper | August 25, 2022

In the face of unprecedented competition, media companies must find ways to innovate — but the cost of delivering content in an era of multiplying platforms is eating into their operations budget for trying new things. FAST channels represent a significant new opportunity to test ideas, iterate — and bring in extra revenue. In fact, Digital TV Research reported the AVOD market FAST channels belong to represents the fastest-growing video segment over five years (2020–2024). But media companies can’t afford to spend months and massive resources to take a channel from idea to launch.

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Decentralized Finance: (DeFi) Policy-Maker Toolkit

whitePaper | June 8, 2021

Decentralized finance (DeFi) is an emerging and rapidly evolving area in the blockchain environment. Although examples of DeFi have existed for several years, a sudden upsurge of activity in 2020 has simulated interest from the private and public sectors. This toolkit highlights DeFi’s distinguishing characteristics and opportunities, while also calling attention to the new and existing risks. As well as providing an overview of the DeFi space generally, it maps out the potential legal and regulatory responses.

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Media & Entertainment Solutions: Improve Consumer Experiences

whitePaper | February 25, 2020

To advance in this fast-paced, evolving landscape, companies need efficient and agile operations that move at the speed of innovation. Aligning process and industry expertise, intelligent automation and artificial intelligence (AI) is a constant challenge. Success requires personalizing engagement, advancing content delivery and applying intelligence to improve operational performance. Cognizant brings together industry expertise, digital platforms and business process transformation. We help media and entertainment companies.

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Direct Brands: Media & Customer Acquisition

whitePaper | November 22, 2019

Benchmark and understand Direct Brand media planning/buying decisions .This report would not have been possible without the collaboration and financial support of our Direct Brands Initiative Strategic Partners and supporting sponsor, listed below. Online survey executed by Ipsos among 330 direct-to-consumer brand media professionals. Responses were anonymous and aggregated.

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A complete guide to thriving in the Free Ad-supported Streaming TV world

whitePaper | September 23, 2022

No content owner can stay oblivious to the existence and impact of FAST in today’s age. The rising popularity of connected TVs is indirectly paving the way for FAST into millions of living rooms. Talking about Australia specifically, 8 in every 10 consumers have access to a connected TV and prefer to use it to consume content as opposed to other devices such as mobile phones. The penetration of streaming TV in the APAC region is quite impressive as well. Here’s a quick glance based on data from Globa lWeb Index 2020 report.

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DaCast Streaming as a Service

DaCast (San Francisco, CA and Paris, France) is a completely integrated video streaming platform that enables all businesses to broadcast audiovisual content and allows viewers to watch free or paid programming.DaCast makes online video streaming:Easy to broadcast via an ad-free white label system.DaCast helps anyone create professional live video streams for their business, mission, or organization. We help over 100,000 organizations stream live video, reduce bandwidth costs, and improve broadcast quality with our easy-to-use full service platform or via our Broadcaster API.

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