Over the past three years, the media and entertainment (M&E) industry has undergone dramatic changes. For starters, cinema saw an unprecedented 70.4% decline at the start of the decade, according to World Economic Forum, a shift that prompted the movie industry to rethink everything from the ground up. Meanwhile, streaming platforms like Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, and others experienced a proportionally unprecedented surge in demand for film and TV content delivered over the internet—all of which was catalysed by the pandemic—putting many studios in a difficult spot, as the future of the industry appeared to be a moving target.

The entertainment and media industry is currently undergoing a significant transformation, evoking memories of past disruptions that maintain their impact. Actions like calculated strategic shifts by prominent players, the emergence of NFTs, and the evolving social media landscape driven by TikTok signify the ongoing breakdown of established norms in entertainment and media.

In the realm of streaming services, the constant battle to safeguard digital content from piracy and cyber threats persists. While Digital Rights Management (DRM) was once at the forefront of content protection, today’s landscape demands a broader, more holistic security approach. As hackers continually refine their tactics, securing OTT/PayTV streaming applications extends beyond DRM, encompassing app infrastructure, device hardware, and operating systems. This article explores a renewed OTT/PayTV app defense approach, delving into security best practices and strategies that stretch beyond conventional content protection. By adopting a security-first mindset and harmonising backend and app-based defenses, streaming service providers can raise the bar against cyber threats, ensuring the highest standards of content protection and viewer data security.

In the fast evolving landscape of journalism, technology continues to shape the way news is gathered, produced and delivered. latakoo, an end-to-end video workflow solution used by broadcasters worldwide, is at the forefront of this transformation.

By now, most media organisations realise that utilising the cloud for their media supply chain makes good sense. With the demand peaks and valleys that come with a dynamic, fast-moving industry, having technical infrastructure that can easily scale up or down is essential to achieving the agility and efficiency needed in today’s media operations. And while the initial decision to move to the cloud is an easy one, the choices about how to take advantage of the cloud have far more implications.

Professional press, analysts, and even media agreed that FAST should be seen not as competition, but as an additional source of revenue to SVOD and broadcast licensing. Everybody is jumping into this new distribution model by leveraging massive dormant catalogues of old content, from small boutiques to independent network and big studios.

The media landscape has evolved dramatically in recent years. Not only has there been a shift in what media we see, how we see it, and who provides it, but media services and the content they facilitate have become thoroughly intertwined with consumers’ means of communication as well.

Matthew Wilkinson, CEO at Magine Pro delves into the concept of ‘Decision Experience (DX)’ and its potential to solve the paradox of too much choice in video consumption. With an ever-growing expanse of content to choose from, the challenge of decision-making is now more critical than ever. Read on to understand how improving DX can transform the way we consume content, leading to a more fulfilling and streamlined viewing experience.

With profitability as a primary business objective for streamers, the innovation of technology and associated financial models is the latest hot subject. The viewer experience remains paramount to ensure popularity of the streaming service, which returns best possible revenues. But financial models for buying technology should change to give economies of scale, particularly for services that are scaling rapidly with the growth of streaming. What should profitability-focused media businesses look for from their technology partners?

Creating great Developer Experiences should be a goal considered first, or at least in tandem with creating outstanding user experiences.