The New Media Economics of Video-on-DemandMarkets: Lessons for Competition Policy

whitePaper | April 2, 2020

As digital interfaces become more immersive, game design is the paradigm we need to adopt to best serve our customers. A bold statement, yes, but the evidence is in accelerating trends on user engagement, ubiquity of technology, and maturity of experiences. Video gaming leads all other forms of entertainment For a dramatic illustration of how important game design has become, just check the high scores. The medium has outpaced all other entertainment categories in revenue and profit, pulling in $116 billion globally in 2017, compared to $105 billion for TV and streaming TV, $41 billion for movies, and $17 billion for music.

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 | February 28, 2020

Media enterprises like publishers, broadcasters and new media companies are serving content to millions of viewers on different devices and platforms across geographies. In order to cater to growing viewer demands both at global and regional levels, many companies are moving to cloud-based technologies to take advantages of its scalability, flexibility and security services. As per IABM*, more than 39% of media companies have already adopted cloud based solutions and another 30% are very likely to follow suit.

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.

whitePaper | July 1, 2022

The biggest challenge facing Web3 (commonly referred to as the future internet domain utilizing decentralized blockchain technologies) is mass adoption by mainstream internet users. History has shown us that mass adoption helps foster momentum in improving new technologies and creating new economic opportunities – the adoption of smartphones and web apps being one example. In our view, the Metaverse is the future user experience layer of Web3, where users can experience the internet in a new and familiar space, with games and other entertainment platforms supporting the embrace of this new technology.

whitePaper | December 8, 2022

"As we know, Blockchain is a distributed ledger that records economic transactions such that they cannot be manipulated. The technology came into prominence as a result of the interest in bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general but has since found relevance in recording not just cryptocurrency transactions but for anything of value. Knowing the capabilities of this emerging technology, developers and tech enthusiasts have gone to work fashioning out use case after use case for blockchain. Today many developers are focused on developing applications "codes" for the crypto world "BlockChain" without realizing many factors that the future will bring".