COVID-19 outbreak has accelerated the growth of the online gaming industry. In the first half of 2020, the Chinese online gaming market’s sales revenue reached more than US$20 billion, increased by 22.34%. While the online gaming industry is competing vigorously, any company that wants to seize a sweet spot in the attention economy must accelerate its games to become more premium and exquisite. Online games nowadays are constantly being renovated and iterated. The design and development must be new and innovative, and the game experience must be seamless and stable.

China is already the home to the largest internet community globally with 940 million users and over 80% mobile penetration rate, yet it is still growing fast. Revenue for Internet services increases at a rapid 25.4% in 2020, reaching $803.1 billion. From 2016 to 2021, internet traffic in China will grow 3-fold, at a CAGR of 26%. In March 2020, internet users in China spent about five hours per day online. However, for international companies trying to get into the market, the Chinese internet is notoriously hard to understand.

In this blog post, we will talk about the best practices of content delivery into China.

Content delivery network, CDN, is a globally distributed network of Points of Presence (PoP) designed to provide faster and reliable content delivery to users. Whether we know it or not, every one of us interacts with CDNs daily; when reading articles on news sites, shopping online, watching Netflix, or scrolling through social media feeds. CDN is the helper behind your seamless experience. It helps minimize loading time, costs, delivery latency, and operational complexity by physically reducing the distance between content providers and users worldwide.

IABM Media Tech Trends reports annually track the adoption of specific emerging technologies within the broadcast and media sector. The purpose of these reports is to enable member companies to better understand the drivers of emerging technologies’ adoption within customer organizations. This should provide member companies more tools to better address the challenges lying ahead, from new product development to marketing strategy. These reports contain a discussion on the state of adoption of the emerging technology in broadcast and media as well as an analysis of significant customer deployments.

MOG’s streamlined production workflows have been helping broadcasters worldwide ensure a smooth acquisition and distribution of UHD/QFHD/FHD/HD/SD feeds in multiple formats and resolutions, with its powerful cloud software applications.

Recently, MOG and its Partner Exton has been selected by Síminn, the Icelandic Broadcaster, to ensure the smooth recording of 4 simultaneous HD 3G-SDI channels of the Premier League to fans across Iceland, with an intuitive but powerful remote software.

We hear from Genelec’s Regional Business Development Manager Andy Bensley about his predictions for 2021.

Shure has received many requests for recommendations on the best ways to clean and disinfect our products. Please note that Shure cannot provide advice regarding what disinfectant methods are effective against the Covid-19 virus; any such question should be directed to appropriate disease control experts. The information on this site relates solely to general information for cleaning methods for microphones. Please note that the observations below do not imply any guarantee against damage to the product, but are based on the best information we have at this time.

Shure has received many requests for recommendations on the best ways to clean and disinfect our products. Please note that Shure cannot provide advice regarding what disinfectant methods are effective against the Covid-19 virus; any such question should be directed to appropriate disease control experts.  The information on this site relates solely to general information for cleaning methods for microphones.  Please note that the observations below do not imply any guarantee against damage to the product, but are based on the best information we have at this time.

When cleaning bodypack transmitters and receivers, and lavalier microphones, there are two main considerations to keep in mind. Typically, most lavaliers risk potential damage from excess liquid ingress but can tolerate a variety of chemicals. Conversely, bodypacks are fairly resistant to liquid ingress but can react poorly with certain chemicals. For this reason, you will see a shorter list of chemicals recommended for cleaning bodypacks than for lavaliers.

Shure has received many requests for recommendations on the best ways to clean and disinfect our products. Please note that Shure cannot provide advice regarding what disinfectant methods are effective against the Covid-19 virus; any such question should be directed to appropriate disease control experts. The information on this site relates solely to general information for cleaning methods for microphones. Please note that the observations below do not imply any guarantee against damage to the product, but are based on the best information we have at this time.

For decades television stations, news channels and streaming services have had no choice but to rely on limited technologies to deliver the graphics that support the weather story. Finally, there’s a solution that removes the complex technical and logistical difficulties and eases workflow; future-proofing the weather forecasting industry against rapidly changing technology and unexpected global events.

Welcome back to the Season 2 of the In the Hub podcast! In this week’s episode, Neil speaks to Paul Robson – Owner and Managing Director at Medialease. Paul discusses his start in the broadcasting industry, how COVID-19 has affected the financing landscape and what we can expect for the future of broadcasting.

IABM’s CTO, Stan Moote discusses how the changes everyone made in 2020 will help focus on having a fresh look at all businesses in the media content chain

We caught up with Jutta Schönhaar, Managing Director at x-dream-distribution to hear all about their upcoming virtual event which features 13 of their brands, 27 auditorium talks, 18 product demos and many networking opportunities.

Video with Rob Tucker, CEO of Meta, on Metadata Transformation: Six Steps to Success.

In this video Rob Tucker, CEO of Meta, discusses 5 problems that arise through bad data, 5 benefits of having great data and 5 steps that you can take to go from ‘awful’ to ‘great’.

Six steps to guide your business through a metadata transformation process to deliver world class entertainment experiences and become a future-proofed business.

In this paper we’re going to focus on Metadata in the context of the Media & Entertainment Industry and why it’s the most important thing you need to consider right now. We’re going to give you an outline of the steps you need to go through to get from where you are today, to where you need to be, to drive world class entertainment experiences.

Meta worked closely with WarnerMedia to create the Meta Localisation Manager. This turbocharges localisation processes, helping to connect with global audiences.

WarnerMedia understands that localisation is about much more than just language. There are a myriad of social, political, and cultural idioms, as well as technical nuances and requirements, that all need to be considered when distributing content internationally. As a leading provider of high quality entertainment and trusted journalism, WarnerMedia has a rich history of pioneering technological innovation.

IABM Media Tech Intelligence Briefings are data-driven snapshots of specific media industry trends, sectors, and technologies.

IABM Media Tech Intelligence Briefings provide a continuous flow of evidence-based market information to IABM members and Global Engaged Partners.

In this IABM TV interview, Marc Stevens (CEO, Zorroa) gives an overview of Zorroa’s ML platform including who it’s built for, it’s common use cases, and how it is helping organizations solve challenges in the ML space.

Scott Davies (CEO, Never.no) gives his predictions for the Broadcast & Media Industry in 2021.