By Olivier Jorda, Global Media & Entertainment Director, Oracle Industry Solutions Group Content has always been king in the media and entertainment (M&E) industry, but when it comes to today’s white-hot competitive landscape, it’s also a key differentiator. Unfortunately, aggregating content simply isn’t enough to win eyeballs and loyal subscribers.

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With more than 100,000 V-Ray users around the world in high-pressure industries such as design, TV, and film, it’s essential that Chaos Group can deliver downloads quickly and reliably. These software assets and builds are extremely large – its material library, for example, is around 8GB – and the company’s users need easy, hassle-free access to these files. At the same time, Chaos Group needs to be able to control its budgets and scale up download traffic without costs becoming unrealistic. “We launched a new product in the earlier part of 2020 and we knew that downloads would increase by about four or five times,” comments Krasimir Nachev, Team Lead DevOps/SysAdmin at Chaos Group. “We needed to find a partner that could help us deliver these large assets reliably and cost-effectively, and has the global reach to serve our customers worldwide.”

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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.

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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.

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Announcement of the Consume BaM Award® Winner from the IABM Awards Ceremony 2020.

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Industry surveys show that if a page takes more than 3 seconds to load, over 50% of users will terminate the visit. From social media to online shopping, the content we consume on the internet is becoming increasingly personalized, interactive, and dynamic. In this blog post, we are going to talk about how content delivery networks accelerate dynamic content.

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IABM Sector Trends Reports track developments in technology adoption, usecases, and workflow models in different sectors of the media industry.

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Announcement of the Monetize BaM Award® Winner from the IABM Awards Ceremony 2020.

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Rugby is one of the most popular sports in South Africa and has been growingin popularity in other African countries, with Morocco, Kenya, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast and others having impressive results. Rugby Africa is he administrative body for rugby union across Africa, including 38 member nations. It runs several rugby tournaments for national teams, including the Rugby Africa Cup which is the main 15-a-side competition for African nationsal teams. In 2019, Rugby Africa (RugbyAfrique.com) initiated the new Rugby Africa Cup (RAC) international rugby union tournament in a format that was "easier to follow for spectators and more inclusive for teams across the continent".

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Once upon a time, content was all that mattered for a streaming service to be successful.

It’s still the main concern, of course. But with the proliferation of streaming services, it’s no longer enough. Great content at the right price lets you in the game; great quality of experience differentiates you.

But delivering a high quality of experience on an OTT platform can be a challenge. And the challenges are intensifying with the emergence of next-generation video formats – with 4K and HDR entering distribution streams and a potentially embracing surround viewing, virtual and other extended-reality formats, volumetric holographic content and, eventually, 8K.

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