Entertainment and Media

Frost & Sullivan conducts an annual survey of IT and business decision-makers regarding their views of different technologies, such as the internet of things, artificial intelligence, and the cloud. Frost & Sullivan’s 2022 IT Decision Makers Survey included a new section to understand the perception and use of immersive technologies and the metav...

The metaverse as a concept can be complex to understand. Frost & Sullivan categorizes the metaverse as an interconnected network of persistent 3D worlds and simulations where end users, represented by virtual avatars, are enabled with a sense of social presence and spatial awareness and participate in an extensive virtual economy. This study dis...

Frost & Sullivan’s global team of analysts and consultants research a wide range of industries. Primary and secondary analysis spans the entire value chain, identifying organizations that consistently develop new growth strategies based on a visionary understanding of the future and a proven ability to effectively address emerging challenges and ...

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 p...

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...

The importance of download as a feature within OTT services and how it may be a big business opportunity for AVOD providers cannot be overstated. But this will only hold true if the technology can work seamlessly with existing apps and ad-based revenue models. More OTT services, both AVOD and SVOD, must start including downloads as an option, to en...

Many of the common problems encountered by viewers are the result of connectivity issues, especially on mobile. Globally, many viewers are plagued by problematic cellular connections that can’t support their on-demand video needs. Studies show that viewers are increasingly impatient, and the lag or buffering that results from insufficient connect...

Reducing video rebuffering can be difficult. Going multi-CDN can provide several benefits for customers, such as better geographic coverage and, possibly, better economics. Adding live switching logic between the CDNs goes a step further and enables load balancing and redundancy in case of problems. Different layers of redundancy and different leve...