Global Media Sector Trends 2018

March 6, 2018

The rise of OTT content is most exciting for companies in this sector. Some 82% of respondents stated that monetising content through OTT is a major growth area for their business. In parallel, 25% of participants expect more than half of their views to be driven by OTT in 2018, more than double the 11% whose views are mainly driven by OTT today.While there is much optimism about the potential for virtual reality and the internetof-things, survey participants generally believe they will have to achieve greater scale before they become a significant source of revenue.

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Founded in 2011, Scopely partners and collaborates with elite game developers and global entertainment companies to bring industry leading distribution and monetization technology to free to play games. Scopely oversees marketing, analytics, ads, business development, live ops, quality assurance, community management, and more, empowering developers to focus on building and refining great gameplay experiences to earn the loyalty and love of millions of players around the world.

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SKYDREAM

whitePaper | September 7, 2022

SKYDREAM is a virtual reality metaverse focused on creating inmersive experiences and a sustainable economy for everyone Everything in the metaverse happens in the city of SKYDREAM. Each and every property in the city will be a NFT Thanks to our unique tool The Builder everyone will have the power tocreate, publish and monetize its own VR experience

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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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Multicast Orchestration with Arista Media Control Service

whitePaper | April 19, 2022

Arista’s Media Control Service (MCS) provides cognitive orchestration for multicast flows, that is essential to equipping high-bandwidth critical broadcast workflows. With EOS as the foundational architecture, MCS can infuse EOS’s highly available, ultra-low latency, fault-tolerant, and high-performance capabilities into next-gen media workflows. Designed for use as a Network Control Solution, MCS complements the Broadcast industry’s adaptation to IP by adding a layer of security, performance, and determinism to real-time on-prem and remote production workflows.

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2023 media & entertainment industry outlook

whitePaper | January 11, 2023

In 2023, indications show that change in the media and entertainment business is likely to continue. Studios and video streamers face the reality of their own market disruption, trying to find profits in a less profitable business. They compete with not only each other for attention, time, and revenues, but also with social media, user-generated content, and video games. The latter have evolved more quickly, staying close to younger demographics.

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Web3 video streaming platform

whitePaper | January 17, 2023

Web 3.0 and blockchain has shifted power dynamics, from concentrated, centralized power, to diffused, decentralized power. Fundamentally, consumers can now become direct owners, and have direct influence in the products and services they give their time to. This is the power of web3 and of blockchain. We have seen web3 and blockchain changing industries, but now, we are changing the video streaming industry. We are driving the content revolution by enabling viewers to earn every time they watch video content. Every time a viewer watches content on our platform, they earn our native cryptocurrency token -MContent. Our token has immense potential to grow as it is tied to a real-world asset, content.

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UNCOMPRESSED MEDIA OVER IP ON AMAZON WEBSERVICES (AWS)

whitePaper | September 22, 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.

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Scopely

Founded in 2011, Scopely partners and collaborates with elite game developers and global entertainment companies to bring industry leading distribution and monetization technology to free to play games. Scopely oversees marketing, analytics, ads, business development, live ops, quality assurance, community management, and more, empowering developers to focus on building and refining great gameplay experiences to earn the loyalty and love of millions of players around the world.

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