Survey of 125 global media leaders shows that 66% lowered multi-platform distribution costs, 50% improved collaboration, and 54% enabled new revenue streams via MAM
Avid (Nasdaq: AVID) today announced new research findings that reveal how the leaders of major global media enterprises are using MAM to improve collaboration and operational efficiency, reduce costs, drive revenue, and deliver a higher return on investment (ROI). The independent study was conducted by Ovum and commissioned by Avid, one of the largest suppliers of media asset management (MAM) solutions in the marketplace, and the company behind Avid Everywhere. The research demonstrates that industry leaders are driving substantial gains by using MAM to enhance collaboration, lower multi-platform distribution costs, and open new revenue streams.
“Many content production and broadcasting infrastructures are built on disconnected solutions that lack the agility, scalability, and efficiency needed to monetize assets across every stage of the content lifecycle,” stated Jeff Rosica, sr. VP, worldwide field operations at Avid. “Ovum’s latest research convincingly demonstrates how cutting-edge MAM solutions, such as Avid Interplay | MAM, enable global media enterprises to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and effectively manage the entire media content lifecycle.”
“The data we collected shows that media executives are evolving their perception of MAM from a standalone rich media storage repository to an enabler of end-to-end integrated media asset production and distribution workflows,” said Kedar Mohite, senior analyst, Media & Broadcast Technology, Ovum. “By deploying a unified MAM system, media enterprises can streamline multi-platform asset distribution and monetize premium time-based media assets on multiple non-linear channels.”
The Ovum research shows that integrated digital content platforms are essential for competing in today’s content everywhere world. MAM boosts collaboration and productivity by enabling production teams to access media assets from any location. MAM solutions help media enterprises to reduce lifecycle costs and deliver content to audiences via new multi-platform delivery services. By using MAM as a strategic tool to accelerate multi-platform asset monetization, organizations can gain significant ROI.
Top data points include:
MAM implementations are delivering strong results for top media organizations
66% of surveyed executives lowered the cost of multi-platform distribution
50% improved real-time collaboration of creative media professionals
52% improved delivery of personalized content on connected devices
54% enabled new revenue streams across multiple channels
MAM can deliver strong return on investment and revenue growth
50% of media executives plan to increase MAM spending over the next five years
82% see MAM delivering more than 10% of ROI
The ability to quickly introduce new online video services has resulted into average revenue increase of 17% on these new platforms
MAM can reduce costs
On average, media organizations are reducing multi-platform distribution costs 19-20% with their MAM deployments
The Ovum study also found that unified MAM systems enable media organizations to maximize content monetization and generate tangible benefits for advertisers in the form of contextual advertising, by delivering rich content across multiple screens.
Jennifer Kent On Why Her Feature Directing Debut, “The Babadook,” Continues To Haunt Us
"The Babadook," when it was released 10 years ago, didn't seem to portend a cultural sensation.
It was the first film by a little-known Australian filmmaker, Jennifer Kent. It had that strange name. On opening weekend, it played in two theaters.
But with time, the long shadows of "The Babadook" continued to envelop moviegoers. Its rerelease this weekend in theaters, a decade later, is less of a reminder of a sleeper 2014 indie hit than it is a chance to revisit a horror milestone that continues to cast a dark spell.
Not many small-budget, first-feature films can be fairly said to have shifted cinema but Kent's directorial debut may be one of them. It was at the nexus of that much-debated term "elevated horror." But regardless of that label, it helped kicked off a wave of challenging, filmmaker-driven genre movies like "It Follows," "Get Out" and "Hereditary."
Kent, 55, has watched all of this — and those many "Babadook" memes — unfold over the years with a mix of elation and confusion. Her film was inspired in part by the death of her father, and its horror elements likewise arise out of the suppression of emotions. A single mother (Essie Davis) is struggling with raising her young son (Noah Wiseman) years after the tragic death of her husband. A figure from a pop-up children's book begins to appear. As things grow more intense, his name is drawn out in three chilling syllables — "Bah-Bah-Doooook" — an incantation of unprocessed grief.
Kent recently spoke from her native Australia to reflect on the origins and continuing life of "The Babadook."
Q: Given that you didn't set out to in any way "change" horror, how have you regarded the unique afterlife of "The... Read More