Covid-19 the many shades of a crisis: A media and entertainment sector perspective

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.

whitePaper | May 24, 2021

The creation and delivery of media using cloud infrastructure is a paradigm shift, and one of the most significant technological changes the media and entertainment (M&E) sector has seen in the last two decades.

whitePaper | January 21, 2020

Sony seeks to deliver products, content, and services that resonate with people and affect a positive impact on society, based on its Purpose to "fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology." Sony Corporation President & CEO Kenichiro Yoshida spoke at the Sony press conference held ahead of the exhibition's public opening, stating that "Creativity is a powerful driving force that moves Sony forward. When it is combined with our technology, it is unstoppable." He then proceeded to introduce Sony's latest offerings and new developments from our electronics and entertainment businesses.

whitePaper | July 15, 2022

Neos is a virtual reality peer-to-peer metaverse for creators, educators and communities that reinvents and generalizes the way immersive social experiences, applications, games and other various virtual creations are built, to let them all coexist in one shared space. Users can build and distribute content right within Neos. The innovative underlying architecture - based on simple, yet powerful building blocks in an expandable future-proof way - is designed to dynamically synchronize complex worlds and behaviors

whitePaper | July 20, 2022

Media and entertainment (M&E) firms are increasingly vulnerable to cybercrime. Breaches and hacks against firms can result in compromised emails, early release of films or transcripts, and diminished employee productivity due to system downtime. Protecting content and intellectual property (IP) is at the forefront of the M&E industry. Yet, the risk does not stop there. When content is compromised as a result of a cyberattack, the companies face myriad implications.

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"?