Independent Film and Television Industry Snapshot: New Media

whitePaper | June 7, 2022

Software is rapidly becoming the foundation for most of the ways we work, live and play — a trend known as “softwarization.” Software isn’t new, of course. But what’s changed is the degree to which it determines a product’s user experience, revenue opportunities, longevity, competitiveness, market differentiation and more. Softwarization enables products to become “smart,” connected and even autonomous — capabilities that they didn’t have when software was a limited part of their DNA. For example, passenger vehicles and trucks have relied on software for decades to keep their engines running properly and efficiently. With softwarization, they now can drive themselves and upload granular information about the health and performance of every key component, helping avoid expensive breakdowns.

whitePaper | February 12, 2020

Video is now an essential part of any marketing or communications strategy. It can raise conversion rates, generate leads, build engagement with your brand and help customers make purchasing decisions. To help get your company noticed you need original and unique content. It is widely accepted that the vast majority of viewers find live video content more engaging than pre-recorded, highlighting the need for brands and communicators to look to Live Streaming as a tool to communicate to their audiences. More attention is paid to content if it’s actually taking place at the same time they are viewing it, especially if there is the facility to interact.

whitePaper | March 8, 2022

Stories help us learn, dream and build common understanding within and across cultures. Media and entertainment companies are our modern storytellers, creating and distributing shared experiences that can bring us together. We, the audience, judge progress – whether we see ourselves portrayed and how, and whether companies are creating communities and leading conversations. To help media and entertainment leaders to understand where the gaps in representation exist today and what the stakes are, the World Economic Forum is proud to share a firstof-its-kind cross-media sector index that measures audience perceptions of representation.

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.

whitePaper | May 20, 2022

At TruPlay, we’re building a beautiful, fun, world-class entertainment platform to invite children into a world of hope and God’s truth so that we can transform the real world we live in. We have a world-class team with deep industry experience committed to making our vision a reality.

whitePaper | January 18, 2023

Matthew Ball’s vision of the metaverse is “a massively scaled and interoperable network of real-time rendered 3D virtual worlds that can be experienced synchronously and persistently by an effectively unlimited number of users with an individual sense of presence and with continuity of data, such as identity, history, entitlements, objects, communications and payments.”1 These real-time rendered worlds are expected to be accessed through devices like extended reality (XR) technologies, desktops, tablets and smartphones