Analysts: Entertainment & Multimedia Applications
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The Necessity of Content Flexibility in the Connected Home Parks Associates: Entertainment and Multimedia Balancing content protection with the consumer desire for multiplatform access has been a persistent challenge in the development of connected home and digital lifestyles solutions. This white paper explores solutions necessary to resolve the tension between consumer demand for multiple content options and concerns from content owners that their content is too vulnerable to misuse when in a multiplatform, networked environment. |
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Bringing Flexible Content Access to the Connected Consumer Parks Associates: Entertainment and Multimedia This essay looks at the balance between content protection and consumer desire for multiplatform access, which will create a need for flexible content solutions. |
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Defining the New Video Experience Parks Associates: Entertainment and Multimedia In the panel "Defining the New Video Experience" at CONNECTIONS(tm) Europe, panelists looked at the challenges in redefining the act of watching television, which is arguably one of the most ingrained experiences in households in Europe and around the world. |
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IPTV and the Digital Home Parks Associates: Entertainment and Multimedia This white paper from Parks Associates looks at the role of telco/IPTV services within the larger context of the digital home. It also examines the strategies necessary for providers to succeed in this space. |
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From Boob Tube to YouTube: Consumers and TV Parks Associates: Entertainment and Multimedia The paper looks at the changing role of the television as a multipurpose content receiver, examining the consumer need for new media centralization and access features and their desire for new connected TV experiences. For purposes of this paper, we will examine consumer drivers for a connected TV experience in both the U.S. and the U.K. |
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The Impact of Online Video in Europe Parks Associates: Entertainment and Multimedia Broadband adoption has grown significantly in Western Europe, with the U.K., Italy, Spain, Germany, and France adding roughly 50 million new broadband households in the past three years. This market growth opens the door to alternative forms of video distribution. This white paper examines the video-viewing habits of European consumers and how those patterns will affect adoption of online video. |
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Virtual Worlds and Social Media Parks Associates: Entertainment and Multimedia A virtual world is a computer-simulated, persistent virtual environment where individuals can interact with each other and the environment through their avatars, which are visual representations of themselves. Other common characteristics of a virtual world include scalable support for multiple users, open-ended or scripted content, and support of both synchronous and asynchronous communications. As the marketplace evolves, the categories of virtual worlds are expanding. |
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No Way to Regulate Mobile TV in Europe Parks Associates: Entertainment and Multimedia This white paper discusses mobile TV standards in Europe. |
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TV Services in Europe: Update and Outlook Parks Associates: Entertainment and Multimedia TV Services in Europe: Update and Outlook highlights Europes competitive market, including Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT), cable, satellite services, and telco/IPTV services. The white paper analyzes key television services and offers growth strategies and recommendations for providers worldwide and for Europe in particular. |
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How Hollywood can Out-Apple Apple Parks Associates: Entertainment and Multimedia Parks Associates and the Entertainment Technology Center at USC (ETC@USC) detail steps to achieve profitable mobile content distribution on mobile platforms and devices. |
