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. 21 Dec 2022  |  North America

    Evaluating Perceptions and the Use of Immersive Technologies and the Metaverse

    Highlights from the 2022 Frost & Sullivan Global IT Decision Makers Survey

    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...

    $4,950.00
  2. 20 Dec 2022  |  Europe

    European Metaverse(s)?

    The Issues, Concerns, and Opportunities that make Europe Unique

    In this research piece, we look at the potential of the metaverse globally and, in particular, the impact on European businesses. The report uses Frost & Sullivan’s working definition for the metaverse and considers what the metaverse is, what it is not, and what it can create. The metaverse will be the next iteration of the internet (Web 3.0), a...

    $2,450.00
  3. The increase in global internet users, internet traffic, active social media users, and unique mobile phone users has driven digital content growth. In 2022, the industry saw more than 150 million new global internet users, a spike of more than 25% in internet bandwidth, 200+ million new active social media users, and 90+ million unique mobile phon...

    $2,450.00
  4. 15 Dec 2022  |  North America

    The Impact of the Metaverse on Digital Advertising

    The Metaverse is Reshaping Marketing Strategies and Offering Brands Revolutionary Ways to Engage with their Audiences

    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...

    $2,450.00
  5. 20 Oct 2022  |  Latin America

    Growth Opportunities in Global Audio Streaming Services

    Digital Streaming Platforms Revolutionizing the Consumption of Music, Podcasts, and Audiobooks

    In 2021, the global audio streaming services market earned revenues of $31.35 billion, which is up 18.8% when compared to 2020. Growth in 2021 resulted mainly from the great popularity of audio streaming platforms and subscription models, broader availability of fast-speed connections with low latency (e.g., 5G), expansion of these services to ...

    $4,950.00
  6. 06 Oct 2022  |  North America

    Frost Radar™: Computer Vision—2022

    A Benchmarking System to Spark Companies to Action—Innovation that Fuels New Deal Flow and Growth Pipelines

    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 ...

    $4,950.00
  7. 07 Sep 2022  |  Latin America

    Global Content Delivery Network (CDN): Growth Opportunities and Analysis

    From Serving Caches to Edge Platforms, CDNs are Evolving to Fuel Transformational Growth and Accelerate Next generation Applications

    This study examines the market of CDN vendors, including commercial CDN providers (those caching content in their own or partnering networks of servers), telco CDN providers (telecommunications operators using their transit and server infrastructure), and value-adding resellers. While each vendor defines its portfolio differently, this study classi...

    $4,950.00
  8. 01 Aug 2022  |  Latin America

    Growth Opportunities for Global Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) Services

    COVID-19 Pandemic Marks a New Era for SVOD as Both Market Demand and Competition Intensify

    This study covers the global market for SVOD services that go over the top (OTT), meaning that providers distribute them directly to customers over a public internet connection. The study excludes other means of delivering on-demand content, such as satellite services or internet protocol TV (IPTV). The booming SVOD market presents immense growt...

    $4,950.00
  9. 25 Mar 2022  |  North America

    Customer Perspectives on QoE (Quality of Experience) for Streaming Video

    QoE Has Become a Key Competitive Differentiator for Streaming Companies

    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...

    $4,950.00
  10. 24 Dec 2019  |  North America

    Global Blu-ray Media and Players Market, Forecast to 2025

    4K/HDR/Dolby Atmos will Ensure Continued Relevance of Blu-ray Players and Media Despite Consumer Shift to OTT Streaming Services

    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...

    $1,500.00