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. 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
  2. 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...

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  3. 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...

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  4. 26 Sep 2018  |  South Asia, Middle East & North Africa

    OTT Video Services Market, MENA, 2017–2022

    Market Growing with Rising Connectivity, Strategic Bundling and Influx of Regional Content

    The OTT video market in the MENA region is at the cusp of mass adoption owing to the ever-expanding internet connectivity and smartphone usage. The market is still evolving in terms of content offerings and business models as the region hosts a diverse demography. However, the volatile geopolitical situation has dampened socioeconomic progress in t...

    $1,500.00
  5. 26 Sep 2018  |  South Asia, Middle East & North Africa

    State of the Video Industry, MENA, 2017–2022

    OTT Video Market Gaining Traction, While Pay TV Subscriptions Shrink on the Back of Geopolitical Crisis

    This study recounts the evolving video industry in MENA with the uptake of online video streaming, rise of HD channels and a sluggish Pay TV market. Media companies are plagued by falling advertising revenues, a rich free-to-air (FTA) offering and the additional pressure to launch OTT services to remain competitive in this environment. Global OTT p...

    $1,500.00
  6. 05 Jan 2018  |  South Asia, Middle East & North Africa

    Over-the-Top(OTT) Video Executive Brief, Highlights on the Industry, MENA, April–September 2017

    An Analysis of the OTT Market Trends, Key Competitors, New Entrants, Latest Technology and Influx of Investment

    This executive brief is one of a series that gives a summary of all the latest developments and industry updates from 2017. It includes major OTT platforms, new entrants, latest features unveiled, service expansion, partnerships and collaborations between content owners, producers, telecom operators, smartphone OEMs, distributors, OTT platforms, et...

    $1,500.00
  7. 04 Jan 2018  |  South Asia, Middle East & North Africa

    Over-the-top (OTT) Video Services Market, India, 2017–2022

    Competition Intensifies on the Back of Content Strategies to Tap into $3 Billion Market Potential

    The OTT video market in India is gradually becoming a mainstream entertainment destination in the midst of growing Internet users. With the rapid commoditization of data and the ongoing price wars, online video streaming is a more feasible option today than ever before. This has led to the influx of many global, local, and independent platforms in ...

    $1,500.00
  8. 27 Dec 2017  |  South Asia, Middle East & North Africa

    Over-the-Top (OTT) Video Executive Brief on Highlights of the Industry, India, April–September, 2017

    An Executive Brief of the Latest Platforms, Content Strategies, Funding Rounds and Partnerships in the Indian OTT Video Ecosystem

    This executive brief is a summary of all the latest developments and industry updates from April to September 2017. It covers major Over-the-top (OTT) platforms, new entrants, latest features unveiled, service expansion, partnerships and collaborations between content owners, producers, telecom operators, smartphone OEMs, distributors, OTT platform...

    $1,500.00
  9. 09 Nov 2017  |  South Asia, Middle East & North Africa

    Pay TV Services in India, 2017

    Market Heading for a Massive Reshuffle with Digitization and New Mandates to Encourage Subscription to Paid Services

    The Pay TV services market in India is undergoing an overhaul with landmark mandates like digitsation, GST and demonetisation having manifold implications on the services. The herculean task of migrating the leagcy TV viewers in the country to digital and pay TV subscribers will define the future of the television industry. A social revolution in t...

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  10. 28 Sep 2017  |  South Asia, Middle East & North Africa

    Outlook of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Market in Argentina, Brazil and Colombia, 2017

    Argentina at the forefront of converged services; Brazil to be adoption pioneer in the next 5-years; Colombia’s high smartphone use can popularize tri

    The Industry Docket gauges the business opportunity for converged media services in Latin America, identifying the hottest markets for investment and scope for near term IPTV launch. It formulates a go-to-market strategy to penetrate such markets leveraging existing telecom and pay TV operators. The potential challenges of establishing triple-play ...

    $1,500.00