Entertainment and Media

The pervasiveness of media in business is a reality today, redefining the way organizations interact and engage with customers in a way not imagined in the previous decade. Business are gaining the ability to enable cross-platform repurposing and monetization of digital content, creating an extended economy based on television, video, advertising, publishing, mobile and the Internet. Innovation in technologies and system integrator partnerships is crucial to expand growth potential globally.

Frost & Sullivan’s Digital Transformation research and consulting programs look at the advent of newer technologies and their impact on organizations, disrupting old processes and enabling a new horizon of opportunities for companies to turn around old, fragmented business segments into a transformed consumer-centric service approach. Our digital media coverage spans all products and services in the content value chain-- from content acquisition to processing, management, delivery, protection, monitoring, analytics and customer experience.

We work closely with the world’s largest media networks, publishers, agencies, service operators, as well as technology providers and start-ups to help them find their footing in this sea of change. Tailored, customized solutions provide clients with the best strategies for growth, supported by the right key data points researched to meet the client’s needs and the specific engagement. Our research spans broadly across the sector and provides deep insights into specific markets in the most significant areas of IT and the digital media industry.

  1. 18 Mar 2016  |  Global

    Global Video On-demand Services Market, Forecast to 2020

    Transforming TV Industry to Push Subscription Growth across Cable, DTH/Satellite, Internet and IPTV Segments

    The global market for Internet video on-demand (VOD) services was both vibrant and dynamic in 2014 and 2015. With the rising number of cord cutters, shavers, and nevers; increasing broadband penetration; and the connected devices boom, Internet VOD is becoming the content consumption platform of choice for audiences worldwide. This study examines t...

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  2. 02 Mar 2016  |  North America

    Image Delivery Challenges for Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus

    CDNs Struggle to Deliver Sharper Images over the Last Mile for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6+ and Other New Devices, or Risk Losing Out

    Since their launch, content owners have raised concerns over how the iPhone 6 and 6+ have made it harder for some CDNs to deliver their content to these devices with good quality. Apple’s new phones challenge CDNs by creating a perfect storm of significantly larger images and a non-negotiable requirement to deliver images generated on the fly eve...

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  3. 02 Mar 2016  |  Global

    Global Broadcast and DTT Encoders Market, Forecast to 2020

    Quality and Efficiency Demands Fuel Growth, Backpack Encoders Impact Contribution Revenue, Refresh Cycle Bolsters Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Segment but High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) Remains Elusive

    This market engineering research service provides revenue forecasts and market share estimates for the global broadcast and DTT video encoding market. It covers contribution encoding, primary distribution, and digital terrestrial transmission applications. The analysis provides detailed numerical forecasts with emphasis on the competitive implicati...

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  4. 02 Mar 2016  |  North America

    Impact of Licensing Costs on Next-Gen Audio Markets

    Imminent Licensing and Standards Decisions to Impact Growth, 3D Audio Critical to Sparking Wider Adoption of Not Only Next-gen Devices but also Video

    In recent years, the spotlight on video has burned so bright that next-gen audio has been covered to a much lesser extent. This relative obscurity is unwarranted, however, given both the complementarity of these two next-gen technologies and the imminence of important standards-based decisions. There have been dramatic technological improvements in...

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  5. 15 Feb 2016  |  South Asia, Middle East & North Africa

    Over the Top (OTT) Video Market in India, 2015

    Competitive Intensity Escalates in High Growth Market, User Experience and Variety of Content is Key to Success

    Special Price: $750 (Limited Period Only)\ \ India is an attractive market for multiscreen video consumption, which has led to emergence of numerous OTT service providers in the past two years: broadcasters, portals, start-ups, and more recently, international video aggregators such as Netflix. According to Frost & Sullivan, there are about 66 m...

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  6. 08 Feb 2016  |  Latin America

    Sports and Technology Convergence in Brazil

    Technology Revolutionizing Business and Event Dynamics, 2016 Rio Olympics to Highlight Role of IT Investments in Promoting Sports Excellence

    In this hot topic, Frost & Sullivan covers key trends occurring around the world in sports organizations that can be implemented in Brazil to improve its sports industry. Sports and technology create a winning combination for improving business, and the country has great potential to benefit from integrating technology into its sports industry. The...

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  7. 05 Feb 2016  |  North America

    Cisco and Ericsson Partnership Combats Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia Merger

    Tremors to be Felt across Industry Cisco and Ericsson Aim to Generate More than $1 Billion in New Revenue for Each Company by 2018

    Cisco and Ericsson formed a partnership in 2015 as a decisive countermeasure to the significant threat posed by the merger of services giant Alcatel-Lucent with equipment vendor Nokia. Through this unique partnership, the two companies also aim to capture the immense revenue potential offered by service providers aggressively modernizing their bro...

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  8. 05 Feb 2016  |  North America

    CDN Services - Methodologies for Content Owners to Quantify Value

    One-size-fits-all Legacy Approach to CDNs is Outdated, Companies Seek Novel Solutions to Stay Ahead

    Following the growth in the sophistication of mobile applications, many congestion points have been identified. This in turn has given rise to several specialized solutions to resolve these congestion points. The primary solution for working around Internet congestion and slowdowns has long been the edge delivery and caching provided by content del...

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  9. 05 Feb 2016  |  North America

    Mobile Content Acceleration Services, 2016

    Tremendous Potential for Mobile Delivery Networks, Reflected in Kwicr's Success Story

    The demand for protocol manipulation technologies that impact the quality of delivery for streaming content is increasing. However, mobile broadband performance is a problem, as poor quality delivery is the key reason consumers give up on apps and streaming content. To address this issue, Kwicr launched its mobile delivery network to manage mobile ...

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  10. 05 Feb 2016  |  North America

    Disruption of Live Broadcasting Markets - Ustream’s SD-CDN

    Set to be a Game Changer, Ustream's SD-CDN could Emerge as Bandwidth Exchange for Live Broadcasters

    Ustream has developed a reputation for its ability to host some of the world’s largest streaming events via its HD broadcast video platform. In 2015, Ustream created a unique solution that is the result of seven years of development—a technology called Software-defined CDN or SD-CDN. If Ustream takes what it has built and offers it as a stand-...

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