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. 14 May 2021  |  Global

    The COVID-19 Pandemic has Compelled a Shift to Cloud-based Video Workflows for Remote Production and Distribution

    The Media and Entertainment (M&E) Video Transcoding Market is Seeing More Opportunity for Virtual Solutions

    This Frost & Sullivan study analyzes the global media and entertainment (M&E) video transcoding market (the base year is 2020). Video transcoders are used to convert content from a single input source to a wide array of output formats, definitions, resolutions, and file or live formats. This enables video to be delivered to diverse networked and ha...

    $4,950.00
  2. 03 Mar 2021  |  Global

    Low-Latency Video Delivery Needs and Growth Opportunities

    Survey Respondents Consider Cost and Scaling Networks to be the Biggest Implementation Challenges

    Since 2019, low and ultra-low latency video delivery for live streaming has been a hot topic among vendors in the content delivery network (CDN) market. Frost & Sullivan has seen a disconnect between what CDNs are selling and what customers want to deploy, which is the point of this survey sent via email to industry professionals across the media, ...

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  3. 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...

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  4. 12 Dec 2019  |  North America

    Global PC Market, Forecast to 2025

    Vendors Must Target Opportunities in the Enterprise Segment and Leverage the Broader Mobility and Cloud Computing Trends

    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...

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  5. 02 Dec 2019  |  North America

    The Challenges and Best Practices for Inserting Ads into OTT Downloadable Videos

    AVOD Providers are Unsure About Integrating into an Ad-supported Business Model

    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...

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  6. 02 Dec 2019  |  North America

    OTT Streaming Services Recognize the Importance of Making Content Downloadable

    Mobile Video Downloads is a Promising Feature for Streaming Platforms

    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...

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  7. 02 Dec 2019  |  North America

    CDN Switching Blind Spots Can Result in Rebuffering

    When CDNs Experience Outages, Their Users Will Encounter Rebuffering

    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...

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  8. 02 Dec 2019  |  North America

    The Pros and Cons of Deploying A DIY or Outsourced Multi-CDN Solution

    There Is No One-Size-Fits-All Strategy For Using Multi-CDNs to Deliver Video

    Most large broadcasters and OTT services have deployed multi-CDN solutions to improve the end-user experience for video. There have been many instances where a multi-CDN strategy was a key component in the overall OTT workflow.There are a lot of different ways to implement a multi-CDN strategy and much of it is dependent on how much the customer wa...

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  9. 18 Jul 2019  |  North America

    Global Media Content Delivery Networks Market, Forecast to 2024

    Proliferation of Content and Increasing Consumption Spurring Growth

    Content delivery network (CDN) providers offer service-based technology and products that enable the delivery of content from their servers to the end user on the public internet. CDN vendors largely have proprietary infrastructure and use a combination of servers, network routing, and intelligent software to enable delivery of content from their n...

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  10. 12 Jul 2019  |  North America

    Global Content Management Solutions Market for the Media Industry, Forecast to 2024

    In a Fragmented Market, Home-grown Solutions Restrict Revenue Growth and North America Remains the Primary Focus for Market Expansion

    Consumption of news and entertainment has evolved; consumers want access to information anytime, anywhere, and across devices. This is driving the adoption of CMS to deliver content across form factors. The need for this shift in media consumption habits is the result of changing expectations of consumers who are demanding news and media platforms ...

    $4,950.00