Now more than ever, it is clear that mainstream audiences’ viewing habits are changing from a passive schedule-led approach to a more active on-demand model. If you’re considering migrating content processing services to the cloud, then there are a few key things you should do that will help set you on the right path.
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How do you prepare to live stream an event that occurs once every hundred years? Read about challenges Encompass faced and how we handled them.
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Remember Friday night at the movies? Popcorn? Coke? Loitering in the lobby with a group of your best friends? It may be time to reimagine them. As summer draws to a close, looking at box office sales from the season and comparing them to summers past, the numbers are worth a long, contemplative look. Overall summer sales are down 14% and experts are calling it the slowest summer in 25 years. Maybe it is time to really think through the...
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The “Should I?,” “How I?” and “Where I?” About Broadcasting Live Events By Greg Jennings, VP Transportables & Production Services, Encompass Digital Media Just because you have an event coming up does not necessarily mean it needs to be live. A lot goes into planning a live event broadcast. To ensure your live event broadcasts successfully, there are key questions to ask. Let’s start out with the most basic, yet very important. Does your event NEED to be live?...
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In market uncertainty, focus on what’s core to your business By Marco Tinnirello, Managing Director, EMEA We’re in unchartered waters. The only known is that there are many unknowns. The TV market is having its Napster moment, while broadcasters and content owners across the globe face a similar challenge. Traditional linear TV revenues are down. The previously rock-solid, ad-supported and pay-TV models are failing to deliver the expected returns, which is testing some of our channel economics. And, added to...
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