ANALYTICS - SHAPING THE SPORTS INDUSTRY

whitePaper | August 17, 2022

This is Ofcom’s fifth annual Media Nations report, a research report for industry, policymakers, academics and consumers. The main objectives of the report are to review key trends in the media sector and set out how audiences are served in the UK. We adopt a cross-platform perspective, including broadcast TV and radio, as well as digital delivery including online video and audio streaming. As in previous years, this report is accompanied by an interactive report containing an extensive range of data. We also publish separate reports for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales covering specific themes and issues relevant to those nations.

whitePaper | July 1, 2022

The biggest challenge facing Web3 (commonly referred to as the future internet domain utilizing decentralized blockchain technologies) is mass adoption by mainstream internet users. History has shown us that mass adoption helps foster momentum in improving new technologies and creating new economic opportunities – the adoption of smartphones and web apps being one example. In our view, the Metaverse is the future user experience layer of Web3, where users can experience the internet in a new and familiar space, with games and other entertainment platforms supporting the embrace of this new technology.

whitePaper | February 28, 2022

Enthusiasts of XR (extended reality) have long dreamed of, experimented with and adopted the technologies that immersed them in new worlds – one beyond the limitations of physics and time. We believe the industry is at an inflection point, and the time for business to act is now. In this report, we interviewed global experts and leaders from industry to get their thoughts on the Future of Extended Reality, its impact on business, and its meteoric rise with the popularisation of the metaverse concept.

whitePaper | August 22, 2022

The Metaverse is on everyone's lips. After all, it is being treated as the successor to the Internet. Companies around the world are investing millions in its development. But so far it is unclear whether the preferences of people from different parts of the world about the Metaverse coincide or diverge. Therefore, over 1,500 people from Germany, the US and China were surveyed about their preferences in using the Metaverse. The results are presented in this whitepaper. The causal justification of these results is not the focus of the whitepaper. In addition, an introductory overview of relevant functions and technologies is given and, following the survey results, it is shown what impact the Metaverse can have on companies' business models and innovation processes and how they can approach the Metaverse

whitePaper | October 6, 2022

As part of the ongoing transition to Internet Protocol (IP) networks for media workflows, the media and entertainment industry has developed new IP standards for transporting broadcast signals. This white paper offers guidance to help broadcasters and media organizations transition to IP, and demystifies common misconceptions when using the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) 2110 standards and associated IP infrastructure. It provides details explaining why organizations transition from traditional Serial Digital Interface (SDI) to IP workflows using SMPTE 2110 standards and covers important topics related to workflow design, synchronization, and clocking, including relevant standards to support uncompressed contribution. It also provides details around Networked Media Open Specifications (NMOS) registration and discovery on an IP network.

whitePaper | April 30, 2021

The accelerated development and expansion of cultural tourism in areas with unique tourist objectives, characterised by a high degree of risk in terms of their physical and chemical integrity, requires sustained efforts by all stakeholders to identify new methods, techniques, and procedures for their conservation, protection, and capitalisation, with respect to tourism. The aim of this study was to propose an optimal methodology for capitalising on tourism related to wooden churches, regarded as a structural item of tangible cultural heritage, with positive effects on theprotection, conservation, information, and awareness of all stakeholders in tourism development.