Entertainment Industry Busts Out Red Carpet for Kiosks

whitePaper | November 15, 2019

Liberty Global turned to longstanding partner EPAM for its integrated consulting, design and engineering capabilities to build this next-generation entertainment platform – known as Horizon 4. A set-top box (STB) with 4K Ultra HD picture quality and a voice-controlled remote, combined with the innovative Liberty Global ‘GO’ mobile app, was rolled out across seven European markets. Liberty Global’s customers gave the new viewing platform the highest NPS scores and praised the new features like the personalized viewing recommendations, cross-platform continuation of programs and the simplicity of the new interface.

whitePaper | November 13, 2019

Definition of client architecture and API for VR streaming services. Set of operating points covering the large range of device capabilities from Carboards to high-end tethered HMDs. Definition of Media profiles: mapping of operating points to DASH delivery. System metadata is added to support rendering of 360 experiences on 2D screens, including the aspects of rendering without pose information.

whitePaper | November 1, 2022

Metaverse as a concept has been around for many years. Currently, it is a big part of the gaming eco-system. The recent re-branding of Facebook to Meta, has generated considerable interest in other industries as well. Also, there is now a renewed interest in it because the availability of affordable AR/VR (augment reality / virtual reality) devices and DLT’s (Distributed ledger technologies) solvesome long standing problems of the Metaverse.This paper brings out those synergies between Metaverse and DLT’s.

whitePaper | April 7, 2020

By 2022, online videos will comprise more than 1 82% of all consumer internet trafc. As online video consumption increases, providing highquality video content along with immersive experiences is crucial for achieving greater levels of customer engagement. However, 4G networks are no longer enough to deliver high-quality video content of 4K and 8K quality that requires higher speed (> 500 kmph), higher data rates (1-5 Gbps) and lower latency .

whitePaper | March 2, 2022

Cloud gaming has been a sought-after dream in the industry for quite some time. With the global gaming population approaching 3 billion by 2021[1], it is no wonder that all the major industry players, and even some external parties, want to try and create the platform that unifies them all. However, this dream is not a new one to emerge, it has been around for over two decades. While gaming has had significant changes since that time, the dream of cloud gaming has remained the same with very little commercial success. That being said, the direction of other media formats such as movies, TV, and music all point to a cloud based streaming service as an inevitable future for the gaming

whitePaper | April 16, 2020

The rapid outbreak of the coronavirus presents an alarming health crisis that the world is grappling with. In addition to the human impact, there is also a significant commercial impact being felt globally. As viruses know no borders, the impacts will continue to spread. In fact, 94 percent of the Fortune 1000 are already seeing COVID-19 disruptions.