Entertainment and Media

This insight explains the importance of value add services such as Dynamic Site Acceleration (DSA); elaborates the various technologies that make up DSA; and analyzes how and why various CDN companies in the market are considering deploying the same.

This insight presents the top growth indicators of the animation market, the top challenges faced by animation software vendors, and a brief overview of the end-user purchasing criteria across verticals. These indicators verify that the growth in the animation software market is based on some true and important indicators in the market and that the...

This insight outlines the marketing automation software market, providing a high-level view of the market at large, as well as discussing the companies that leverage these solutions, and the pain points experienced. In addition, a case study of Frost & Sullivan's experience with an elected marketing automation solution is provided. Frost & Sullivan...

Globally, increasing amount of video content across media and customers' high level of expectations with regards to quality have a huge positive impact on the demand for IP video network management solutions. Further, the increasing availability of higher bandwidth and continually expanding IP infrastructure globally have resulted in a greater need...

Through this insight, the author argues how wall street evaluations of online video companies is probably based on unrealistic expectations.

Unlike traditional CDNs, which only store content based on business agreements, transparent caching can make intelligent decisions about which content can and should be cached locally to optimize the network. By deploying intelligent caches strategically throughout their networks, operators can cache and deliver popular content close to subscribers...

Apple is setting themselves up for failure in the living room all due to the fact that they feel they have to control everything in the video ecosystem. But just imagine if Apple cared less about the hardware and was more open with their iTunes platform.

This paper will look at some of the key challenges faced by media companies as they try to reduce costs while exploring more revenue-generating opportunities. The paper will highlight the value proposition of production asset management (PAM) to show how a media company can benefit from technology and get higher and faster return on investment.

This market insight presents some of the findings from the research and analysis of the World Pay TV Video Encoders Market ( N870-70).