Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Predictions 2020

December 13, 2019

MANY PEOPLE MAY be familiar with the frustration of calling up their smartphone’s speech-to-text function to dictate an email, only to find that it won’t work because the phone isn’t connected to the internet. Now, a new generation of edge artificial intelligence (AI) chips is set to reduce those frustrations by bringing the AI to the device.

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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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3GPP achievements on VR & ongoing developments on XR over 5G

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.

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2022 media & entertainment industry outlook

whitePaper | June 10, 2022

In 2021, the media & entertainment industry saw continued changes from technological progress, evolving generational behaviors, and ongoing impacts from the global pandemic. Amid recurring COVID-19 surges, people sought more media & entertainment at home, while often avoiding larger in-person events.1 Digital media engagement even remained strong over the healthier summer, evidence that the pandemic has only accelerated preexisting trends toward the digital world.

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VMware vSphere & VMware vSphere+Compute Virtualization

whitePaper | July 15, 2022

VMware vSphere overview Licensing overview – Licensing metric and management Packaging overview – Packaging options for editions (including VMware vCenter Server®), kits, vSphere, Bitfusion Version upgrade entitlements for existingcustomers Paid edition upgrades from vSphere 8 vSphere Platinum end of availabilit

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A complete guide to thriving in the Free Ad-supported Streaming TV world

whitePaper | September 23, 2022

No content owner can stay oblivious to the existence and impact of FAST in today’s age. The rising popularity of connected TVs is indirectly paving the way for FAST into millions of living rooms. Talking about Australia specifically, 8 in every 10 consumers have access to a connected TV and prefer to use it to consume content as opposed to other devices such as mobile phones. The penetration of streaming TV in the APAC region is quite impressive as well. Here’s a quick glance based on data from Globa lWeb Index 2020 report.

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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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EchoLight Studios is a world-class studio producing and distributing high-quality faith and family-friendly entertainment.EchoLight Studios has a full film distribution platform servicing theatrical, home video, digital/VOD and broadcast in both US domestic and international markets.

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