Shaping the Future of Entertainment

Political parties have long published manifestos. Pressure groups and charities too. Until now, the UK’s entertainment retailers and digital entertainment services have done without. So why now? Does entertainment retailing really need a manifesto, a statement of principles, a vision for the future? We believe so. Music, video and games is a significant business, not just economically where sales are currently in excess of £5.6bn a year, but also culturally.

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WGN-TV

WGN-TV is Chicago’s Very Own source for news, sports and entertainment. WGN News programs more local news than any other Chicago TV station, and can be seen on WGN-TV, CLTV, WGNTV.com and the WGN-TV News and Live apps. WGN 9.2 is Chicago’s home of Tribune Broadcasting’s classic TV network Antenna TV and WGN 9.3 is Chicago’s This TV movie network affiliate. WGN-TV is a Tribune Broadcasting station.

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Successful Onboarding with Virtual Reality

whitePaper | June 1, 2021

In order to give new colleagues the best possible start in their professional life and to enable them to work efficiently and unerringly right from the start, it often requires numerous meetings, on-the-job training courses, compliance training and safety briefings. This is not only costly and time-consuming, but also causes a lot of downtime. What if all this information were available in a single, comprehensive package that would enable new employees to learn almost independently? With Virtual Reality, exactly that is possible.

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With Virtual Reality to noticeably better training effects

whitePaper | May 28, 2021

In times of a shortage of skilled workers, the ongoing training of one‘s own employees has a decisively competitive advantage. However, conducting seminars on-site, sometimes lasting several weeks, is a noticeable financial burden especially for companies with several locations. Virtual Reality offers a practical solution here: the technology not only increases the feasibility of training and further education programs, but also helps to improve the memorability and internalization of the imparted knowledge - in favor of more efficient employee development and a faster ROI.

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MEDIA INSIGHTS REPORT

whitePaper | June 1, 2021

Live audio sits at the intersection of social media, digital audio, virtual events and conversations. This new format has seen rapid growth over the past year and could change the way individuals interact with brands and with each other. Some even predict that audio and voice technology have the potential to replace keyboards for future generations.

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Open Radio Access Network Architecture on AWS

whitePaper | December 2, 2022

The Open Radio Access Network, or O-RAN, is an approach to transform the radio access network to a disaggregated, open, virtualized, and fully inter-operable mobile network. The O-RAN uses cloud technologies as its foundation to achieve the architecture goals and provide low-cost and fully automated 5G networks. AWS is an ideal cloud platform for the O-RAN network innovation, with more than 200 featured services and globally adopted infrastructure for telecom customers. This whitepaper explores the concept of the O-RAN, offers a reference architecture for the O-RAN on AWS, and presents best practices on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for key features of the O-RAN.

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A pragmatist’s guide to the metaverse

whitePaper | August 15, 2022

The metaverse. Isn’t that a place for gamers, NFT collectors and kids playing Roblox? So why do we keep hearing about serious companies— banks, retailers, healthcare organizations— setting up a presence there? Are companies making the jump just because they don't want to miss out? Would it be safer to wait and watch? The answer is that the metaverse is still emerging and is actually years, even decades, from full maturity. Even the naming conventions for this virtual world aren’t settled in yet—is it “the” metaverse, “a” metaverse, "some metaverses"?

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Viasat Unlimited Streaming: In-flight entertainment system for business aviation aircraft

whitePaper | January 14, 2020

After a day full of meetings and closing deals, you want to catch up on your favorite sports, the news of the day, or a TV series while you fly home. And the last thing you want to worry about is data allowances or overages. What if there were a way to stream your favorite shows, movies, or news over the internet without impacting your data plan? That’s where Viasat Unlimited Streaming comes in.

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WGN-TV

WGN-TV is Chicago’s Very Own source for news, sports and entertainment. WGN News programs more local news than any other Chicago TV station, and can be seen on WGN-TV, CLTV, WGNTV.com and the WGN-TV News and Live apps. WGN 9.2 is Chicago’s home of Tribune Broadcasting’s classic TV network Antenna TV and WGN 9.3 is Chicago’s This TV movie network affiliate. WGN-TV is a Tribune Broadcasting station.

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