Entertainment and Media

This study evaluates the potential of the metaverse for governments. It analyzes the emerging growth opportunities, challenges, and evolving trends impacting Web 3.0 adoption as well as presents a series of case studies related to metaverse implementation by the public sector across the world. Globally, governments are starting to explore how th...

The Rise of AI and Evolving Tech: While Generative AI and continuous tech advancements pose challenges, they also unlock opportunities. Businesses must embrace AI yet ensure human oversight. They should remain adaptable to integrate new technologies into their services and stay ahead of the curve. Monetization and Skills Transformation: New mone...

This compact yet impactful study considers the evolution of the CDN industry as it comes to encompass a wider range of integrated services, leveraging the distributed network as an edge platform. Traditional CDNs are shifting their operating models and meeting the competition from upstarts with different value propositions and business models to si...

This analysis discusses questions about and compares global approaches to how regulations may or are already shaping the metaverse, and how issues of identity and trust lie below the surface. The analysis includes perspectives from the following thought leaders: Elizabeth Rothman, attorney and advisor to non-profit standards organization X Real...

Frost & Sullivan conducts an annual survey of IT and business decision-makers regarding their views of different technologies, such as immersive services, the metaverse, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and the cloud. This report leverages the information collected on Frost & Sullivan s 2023 IT Decision Makers Survey to analyze t...

The primary goals of this research are to highlight how important video quality is to broadcasters, publishers, and OTT platforms with regards to their monetization strategy. It also showcases how QoE (quality of experience) can have a positive or negative impact to their business and how easily it can be measured. With video delivery having imp...

Blu-ray technology vendors face significant challenges stemming from the continued momentum of over-the-top (OTT) video streaming—the fastest-growing segment of the home video market. The seemingly inevitable consumer transition from physical disc to digital video content consumption via OTT services is negatively impacting the sales of Blu-ray pla...

The PC market will continue to decline over the forecast period. Market saturation in developed markets is a significant barrier to growth. Brutal price competition and ongoing pressure from competing alternative devices negatively impact the long-term market outlook. The PC market faces persistent challenges from rapidly changing consumer PC buyin...

Media streaming devices are connected, unmanaged devices whose primary purpose is to receive on-demand content via the Internet and display it on a television screen. Demand for media streaming devices was originally derived from cord-cutters looking for convenient, cost-effective ways to access entertainment content with a lean-back experience. Me...