Common Media Research Articles

Common Media Holding Companies and the Uniqueness of Business Press Content

ABSTRACT We examine how common media holding companies impact the uniqueness of business press content. Consistent with common media holding companies reducing the diversity of perspectives among journalists, we find that media outlets are more likely to cover the same earnings announcement and utilize more similar tone and content when they belong to a common holding company. We provide evidence that these effects are enhanced by outlet reach and economic incentives to share content. Finally, we provide evidence consistent with coverage by common media holding companies impeding price formation. Overall, our findings suggest that content within common media holding companies is less diverse and that this may have negative implications for markets. Data Availability: Data are available from the sources cited in the text. JEL Classifications: M40; M41; M49; G10; G14; L82.

The Widely Common Media to Teach English: Does YouTube Affect Students' Speaking Skills? A Systematic Review

The digital age has brought about significant transformation in many aspects of life, including education. On top of that, Siemens and Downes (2020) argued that the current digital era is defined by a concept called connectivism. It suggested that learning is fundamentally a social and networked process. Thus, the theory provided a powerful perspective on how digital platforms such as YouTube have changed the learning space. In this study, the authors aimed to find out the proper answer about the effectiveness of YouTube as the media that is widely used by teachers in improving students’ English speaking skills. This study employed a qualitative systematic review. The authors set the criteria for selecting previous studies using Xiao and Watson’s (2019) framework. The criteria were as follows: (1) published in journals and available in Google Scholar, (2) within the last five years from 2019 – 2023, (3) specifically related to the effectiveness of using YouTube as learning media in EFL classrooms to enhance students’ speaking skills, and (4) original research article and using a quantitative approach. As a whole, this study supported the notion that integrating YouTube into the language classroom can lead to significant improvements in students’ speaking skills, ultimately contributing to their overall language proficiency and motivation.

Corynebacterium bovis Growth in Tissue Culture Conditions and Media.

A common concern in preclinical cancer research is the introduction of Corynebacterium bovis into immunodeficient mouse colonies through cancer cell lines. C. bovis is a known contaminant of patient-derived xenograft tumors passaged horizontally between immunodeficient mice. However, it is unclear if C. bovis can grow in mammalian tissue culture conditions or tissue culture media. We hypothesized that C. bovis would not grow under tissue culture conditions or media, diminishing the risk of transmission from tumor cell lines cultured in vitro. Three C. bovis isolates, CUAMC1, HAC, and ATCC-7715, were used to test our hypothesis in 3 of the most common media used to grow human cancer cell lines including RPMI 1640 + 10% FBS (RPMI), DMEM/high glucose + 10% FBS (DMEM), and DMEM/F-12 + 10% FBS (DMEM/F12). Our results confirmed propagation of each C. bovis isolate in DMEM/F12 media under tissue culture conditions after 72 h. However, these results also demonstrate diminished viability of each C. bovis isolate in RPMI and DMEM after 72 h. To assess whether antibiotics could halt the growth of C. bovis under tissue culture conditions in DMEM/F12, penicillin-streptomycin (pen/strep) was added to the experimental media. This treatment was effective in eliminating all viable C. bovis in the culture system after 72 h. Our data suggest that C. bovis growth under tissue culture conditions is possible and growth in tissue culture media is nuanced. These results highlight the importance of pathogen surveillance for tumor cell lines propagated in vitro and demonstrate the need for further investigation into C. bovis growth requirements.

A 3D-printed multi-compartment organ-on-chip platform with a tubing-free pump models communication with the lymph node.

Multi-organ-on-chip systems (MOOCs) have the potential to mimic communication between organ systems and reveal mechanisms of health and disease. However, many existing MOOCs are challenging for non-experts to implement, due to complex tubing, electronics, or pump mechanisms. In addition, few MOOCs have incorporated immune organs such as the lymph node (LN), limiting their applicability to critical events such as vaccination. Here we developed a 3D-printed, user-friendly device and companion tubing-free impeller pump with the capacity to co-culture two or more tissue samples, including a LN, under a recirculating common media. Native tissue structure and immune function were incorporated by maintaining slices of murine LN tissue ex vivo in 3D-printed mesh supports for at least 24 hr. In a two-compartment model of a LN and an upstream injection site in mock tissue, vaccination of the multi-compartment chip was similar to in vivo vaccination in terms of locations of antigen accumulation and acute changes in activation markers and gene expression in the LN. We anticipate that in the future, this flexible platform will enable models of multi-organ immune responses throughout the body.

From coin to 3D face sculpture portraits in the round of Roman emperors

Representing historical figures on visual media has always been a crucial aspect of political communication in the ancient world, as it is in modern society. A great example comes from ancient Rome, when the emperor’s portraits were serially replicated on visual media to disseminate his image across the countries ruled by the Romans and to assert the power and authority that he embodied by making him universally recognizable. In particular, one of the most common media through which ancient Romans spread the imperial image was coinage, which showed a bi-dimensional projection of his portrait on the very low relief produced by the impression of the coin-die. In this work, we propose a new method that uses a multi-modal 2D and 3D approach to reconstruct the full portrait in the round of Roman emperors from their images adopted on ancient coins. A well-defined pipeline is introduced from the digitization of coins using 3D scanning techniques to the estimation of the 3D model of the portrait represented by a polygonal mesh. A morphable model trained on real 3D faces is exploited to infer the morphological (i.e., geometric) characteristics of the Roman emperor from the contours extracted from a coin portrait using a model fitting procedure. We present examples of face reconstruction of different emperors from coins produced in Rome as well as in the imperial provinces, which sometimes showed local variations of the official portraits centrally designed.

Defining cardiac stability during Langendorff perfusion

The Langendorff heart preparation is a valuable ex vivo technique for studying cardiac electrophysiology. For the past century it has been used in toxicology studies, drug testing, and disease modeling and has contributed significantly to understanding cardiac physiology, development, and pathological states. This study aimed to investigate the stability and reproducibility of the modern Langendorff heart preparation under various experimental conditions and to establish cardiac metric standards with corresponding exclusion criteria. Isolated hearts were extracted from adult Sprague Dawley rats and retrograde perfused with a modified Krebs-Henseleit buffer. A cohort of isolated hearts were used to establish a control baseline of multiple physiological parameters measured over time (e.g., electrocardiogram, flow rate, electrophysiology, electrical and calcium dynamics). These control baseline values were then compared to hearts exposed to the most common media additives in Langendorff studies (e.g., blebbistatin(−/−), bovine serum albumin, and voltage and calcium indicator dye). Over a three-hour period, cardiac metrics were monitored in stable Langendorff-perfused hearts. The addition of blebbistatin, DMSO or dyes did not change EP or ECG measurements as compared to control baseline. The most significant drift in all the EP values was ventricular effective refractory period (VERP). With or without blebbistatin, VERP increased from 40 to 60ms over the course of three hours. In that time heart rate and flow also decreased slightly. Blebbistatin was associated with an increased action potential duration but did not alter calcium transient duration. It was also observed that 1% circulating bovine serum albumin quenched the rh237 voltage dye signal 80% as measured by signal to noise. Constant pressure Langendorff-perfusion with a crystalloid buffer provides a reliable and reproducible model for cardiac electrophysiology research with a few caveats. The total length of study should be carefully considered to account for adaptations in cardiac physiology during longer perfusion times. As an excitation-contraction uncoupler, blebbistatin reduces motion artifact but delays action potential duration. Although BSA is used to minimize cardiac edema, it interferes with membrane bound voltage dyes. This study sets physiological parameters as a useful guide for future cardiac studies that use the isolated heart as a research model. American Physiological Society, R01HD108839 to N.G.P. This is the full abstract presented at the American Physiology Summit 2024 meeting and is only available in HTML format. There are no additional versions or additional content available for this abstract. Physiology was not involved in the peer review process.

Development and evaluation of an artificial intelligence for bacterial growth monitoring in clinical bacteriology.

In clinical bacteriology laboratories, reading and processing of sterile plates remain a significant part of the routine workload (30%-40% of the plates). Here, an algorithm was developed for bacterial growth detection starting with any type of specimens and using the most common media in bacteriology. The growth prediction performance of the algorithm for automatic processing of sterile plates was evaluated not only at 18-24 h and 48 h but also at earlier timepoints toward the development of an early growth monitoring system. A total of 3,844 plates inoculated with representative clinical specimens were used. The plates were imaged 15 times, and two different microbiologists read the images randomly and independently, creating 99,944 human ground truths. The algorithm was able, at 48 h, to discriminate growth from no growth with a sensitivity of 99.80% (five false-negative [FN] plates out of 3,844) and a specificity of 91.97%. At 24 h, sensitivity and specificity reached 99.08% and 93.37%, respectively. Interestingly, during human truth reading, growth was reported as early as 4 h, while at 6 h, half of the positive plates were already showing some growth. In this context, automated early growth monitoring in case of normally sterile samples is envisioned to provide added value to the microbiologists, enabling them to prioritize reading and to communicate early detection of bacterial growth to the clinicians.

Effects of Viewing Violent Electronic Products on Children’s Psychological Development

Many years of research have shown that media exposure and violent TV shows are two dangerous factors that might lead to aggressive behavior in kids. Because television was the most common media that youngsters were exposed to, electronic gadgets were selected for the study. Violence is on the rise and fresh cartoons are produced by the media on a regular basis. As science and technology advance, children are interacting with technological products like animated movies more and more. In order to ascertain the impact of violent TV programs on children's psychological development—specifically, violence, prosocial conduct, social adjustment, and peer relationships—this study analyzes the body of research on the subject. Moreover, the progress of science and technology has brought children closer and closer to electronic products such as movie animation, and we need to study the impact of these increasing things on children in order to better nurture future human beings. Giving guidance to various groups of people at the end of the paper. The purpose of this article is to reveal the harmfulness of violent media and television programs to children and to warn people in order to better protect the designated population in the future.

Macromolecular Crowding Enhances Matrix Protein Deposition in Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts.

Successful in vitro culture of small-diameter tissue-engineered vascular grafts (TEVGs) requires rapid deposition of biomacromolecules secreted by vascular smooth muscle cells in a polyglycolic acid mesh scaffold's three-dimensional (3D) porous environment. However, common media have lower crowding conditions than in vivo tissue fluids. In addition, during the early stages of construction, most of the biomolecules secreted by the cells into the medium are lost, which negatively affects the TEVG culture process. In this study, we propose the use of macromolecular crowding (MMC) to enhance medium crowding to improve the deposition and self-assembly efficiency of major biomolecules in the early stages of TEVG culture. The addition of carrageenan significantly increased the degree of MMC in the culture medium without affecting cell viability, proliferation, and metabolic activity. Protein analysis demonstrated that the deposition of collagen types I and III and fibronectin increased significantly in the cell layers of two-dimensional and 3D smooth muscle cell cultures after the addition of a MMC agent. Collagen type I in the culture medium decreased significantly compared with that in the medium without a MMC agent. Scanning electron microscopy demonstrated that MMC agents considerably enhanced the formation of matrix protein structures during the early stages of 3D culture. Hence, MMC modifies the crowding degree of the culture medium, resulting in the rapid formation of numerous matrix proteins and fiber structures. Impact Statement Small-diameter tissue-engineered vascular grafts (TEVGs) are one of the most promising means of treating cardiovascular diseases; however, the in vitro construction of TEVGs has some limitations, such as slow deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM), long culture period, and poor mechanical properties. We hypothesized that macromolecular crowding can increase the crowding of the culture medium to construct a more bionic microenvironment, which enhances ECM deposition in the medium to the cell layer and reduces collagen loss, accelerating and enhancing TEVG culture and construction in vitro.

Станция «Дистанция». Диспозитив производства знания в ранних российских художественных исследованиях

The article examines the specifics of Russian artistic research. First, with the help of historical analysis of the phenomenon in the international context, the essential characteristics of artistic research are deduced. They consist in the intertwining of ontology, epistemology and methodology of a work or a process, which is enacted through a problem beyond the issues of art. Art in this situation acts as an “epistemic thing” (Henk Borgdorff), a “theoretical object” (Hubert Damisch), or an enactive environment. This boundary, or the interdependent intertwining of the subject, method, and purpose of the work, manifests itself in different ways in the various apparatuses of knowledge production in art, varying from context to context, despite the globalization of the art scene of the twenty-first century. The Russian art of the late noughties and early tens was just approaching the use of the research paradigm. Its application is conditioned by a range of reasons, including the need to construct a work of art as a complex reflection on a socially acute topic, such as issues of national identity and historical amnesia. The art segment under consideration tried to avoid merging with the common media imagery, moving away from both the dominant rhetoric and its ironic interpretations by artist predecessors and fellow contemporaries, while bypassing straightforward activist strategies. The kind of knowledge such art dealt with was often non-knowledge, the ungraspable, the erased, and the camouflaged. This knowledge found its elusive manifestation in traces of absence, scattered authorship, failures, and other forms of distancing, yet sometimes revealing through such embodiments its own communicative limitations.

About the manipulative influence of media information on modern youth

In the learning process today, media information is actively used - the media, the Internet, print media, cinema, radio, television and resources. It is known that during periods of instability and social conflicts, media information becomes a source of unreliable, fabricated and (or) incomplete information. Thus, it can not only mislead young people, but also turn into a tool for deliberate manipulation of the younger generation. Based on an analysis of research by domestic and foreign scientists, the authors characterize media information resources and common techniques that are used in the media as a tool of manipulative influence on students. An anonymous survey conducted among 1st–4th year students of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «North Ossetian State University named after K.L. Khetagurov» allowed us to identify the most common media sources. Among traditional media sources are the Internet and television, and among new media are social networks, telegram channels, video blogs - blogs - websites, etc.). In a conversation with students of the psychological, pedagogical and mathematical faculties, it was revealed that, using a huge news flow, students are not ready to competently verify and select information, recognize truth and misinformation, and check false information. In this regard, according to the authors, it is necessary to develop educational programs that promote the formation of media competence of young people, and serious work is needed to prevent dangerous manipulations in the student environment.

Revitalizing Islamic Education: Professionalism of State Islamic Religious College Lecturers in Welcoming the Industrial Era 4.0

This study focused on three aspects: 1) the professionalism of lecturers in the Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training (FTK) at the State Islamic Religious College (PTKIN) in Aceh in welcoming the industrial revolution 4.0 era; 2) the skills of FTK lecturers at PTKIN in Aceh in using technology for teaching; and 3) strategies to develop the professional competence of FTK lecturers in welcoming the industrial revolution 4.0 era. This research applied a qualitative method with fifty informants from FTK-PTKIN in Aceh. The informants were determined purposefully: two deans, one head of the Department of Teacher Training and Education, six deputy deans, and forty-nine lecturers. Data collection was done through interviews, observations, and documentation, and the data were analyzed through three steps: data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. This study revealed that FTK-PTKIN lecturers in Aceh have high professional competence and good skills in using technology for teaching to welcome the Industrial Revolution 4.0 era. The common media used in teaching are Google Classroom, Google Meet, Zoom, and WhatsApp. Moreover, the professional competence of FTK lecturers is developed through the following strategies: doctoral education, technology training, and scholarship provision.

Do children need humans or screen? Institutional-based cross-sectional study

Introduction: Screen exposure is on the rise and has been virtually unavoidable in the post-Covid era. Screen exposure during the critical period of brain development results in delayed language, learning and behaviour problems and subsequent sedentary lifestyle results in non-communicable disease later in life.Objectives: To assess the burden of digital screen exposure and parental perceptions of its effects in children.Method: This institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among children aged 1-13 years in a tertiary healthcare centre in Puducherry, India, from April 2022 to June 2022. Data were collected using the Digital Screen Exposure Questionnaire (DSEQ), administered by trained Compulsory Rotatory Residential Internship (CRRI) after pilot testing.Results: Our study shows that the prevalence of excessive screen exposure (>1 hour) was 25% during weekdays and 44.9% during weekends. The most common media used was television (TV) in 92.8%, closely followed by smart phones in 90%. Most frequently watched content (>5 times/ week) was random things for enjoyment in 57.8% followed by rhymes in 25.7%; 57.1% had no outside play during weekdays. Mother’s education was the main predictor which influenced the duration of screen exposure in study participants.Conclusions: Our study shows that the prevalence of excessive screen exposure (>1 hour) was 25% during weekdays and 44.9% during weekends. Common media used were TV in 92.8% and smart phones in 90%. Except for mother’s education, no other socio-demographic factor influenced the duration of screen exposure in study participants. There was excessive screen exposure in children despite parental perception of its harmful effects

Communicating about the Counterinsurgency Program in the Philippines: Local Government Communication Practices

Government agencies play a critical role in addressing societal issues and rely on effective communication strategies to inform and engage the public. However, research on government communication practices in the Philippines is limited. To bridge this gap, this study aims to explore the Philippine government’s communication practices and the influence of environmental attributes on communication efforts regarding the counterinsurgency program. Drawing on the government public relations model, a qualitative research approach was employed to gain in-depth insights into the experiences and perspectives of local information officers. The study utilized semi-structured interviews as the primary data collection method. By engaging local government communicators in the Philippines, the study identified four major themes: common media strategies, pressure to meet public information needs, lack of financial resources, and the impact of external legal frameworks. The findings revealed that government communicators employ various media strategies and face significant pressure to meet public information needs. Furthermore, the study highlights the intersection of external legal frameworks with other environmental constraints, such as politics and professional development, impacting government communication practices. This paper contributes to the limited scholarship on government communication practices in the Philippines, offering preliminary insights into the complex dynamics of government communication to address societal challenges.

Trusting Truss: Conservative MPs’ Voting Preferences in the (First) British Conservative Party Leadership Election of 2022

ABSTRACT This paper identifies the candidate preferences of Conservative parliamentarians in the final parliamentary ballot and the membership ballot of the Conservative Party leadership election of 2022. We code each parliamentarians’ candidate preference within a wider dataset on the parliamentary Conservative Party (PCP) and test a range of hypotheses covering the following: a). personal factors relating to gender, sexuality, ethnicity and education b). political factors, relating to constituency marginality and type, as well as prior support for Johnson, and c). ideological factors, covering for example, attitudes towards Brexit, cultural debates, levelling up, economic liberalism, net zero and Covid restrictions. Our research findings demonstrate that despite common media narratives at the time of the party leadership election, variables capturing loyalty or opposition to Johnson did not structure patterns of support for candidates in either round. A parliamentarian's position on levelling up, as well as the UK's membership of, and relationship with, the European Union (based on whether they were remainers, leavers, or a member of the European Research Group) were more important in structuring support. However broader measures of ideology, as evidenced through the membership of extra-parliamentary groups, was found not to be important.

Use of Common Media Client and Server Data to Improve Streaming Playback Performance

Use of Common Media Client and Server Data to Improve Streaming Playback Performance

Morphological and Physiological Development of Pyricularia oryzae Isolates from North-western Region of Sarawak on Different Media under Laboratory Conditions

Rice blast (causal agent: Pyricularia oryzae) is an important disease of rice in Sarawak. Understanding the pathogen’s morphological characteristics, genetic diversity and pathogenicity is important. Having a suitable medium for culturing and maintaining P. oryzae is important to ensure the availability of inoculum or materials under laboratory conditions. Oatmeal agar (OMA) and potato dextrose agar (PDA) are common media used for growing P. oryzae. OMA allows better mycelial growth and better sporulation as compared to PDA. There are also other alternatives such as fresh rice leaf agar and rice straw agar. Although OMA seems to be the best medium, unfortunately the opaqueness of the medium causes difficulty in observing the morphology and growth of mycelia. In addition, it is known that different isolates of P. oryzae will respond differently to different media. This study aims to identify the best media for culturing and maintaining P. oryzae isolates from Sarawak. A total of 14 P. oryzae isolates were characterised for their morphological characteristics, growth rate and sporulation rate using seven growing media. These 14 isolates included seven newly identified isolates in this study and seven isolates from a previous study, which were verified using internal transcribed spacer DNA sequence. The colony surface of the 14 P. oryzae isolates varied on different growing media. The pigmentation of colony surface varied from different shades of grey, translucent light brown, white and colourless. Pyricularia oryzae isolates grew better on OMA and PDA, while OMA was the best for sporulation. These two media can be recommended for culturing and maintaining different P. oryzae isolates under laboratory conditions.

Analysis of fixation materials in micro-CT: It doesn't always have to be styrofoam.

Good fixation of filigree specimens for micro-CT examinations is often a challenge. Movement artefacts, over-radiation or even crushing of the specimen can easily occur. Since different specimens have different requirements, we scanned, analysed and compared 19 possible fixation materials under the same conditions in the micro-CT. We focused on radiodensity, porosity and reversibility of these fixation materials. Furthermore, we have made sure that all materials are cheap and easily available. The scans were performed with a SkyScan 1173 micro-CT. All dry fixation materials tested were punched into 5 mm diameter cylinders and clamped into 0.2 ml reaction vessels. A voxel size of 5.33 μm was achieved in a 180° scan in 0.3° steps. Ideally, fixation materials should not be visible in the reconstructed image, i.e., barely binarised. Besides common micro-CT fixation materials such as styrofoam (-935 Hounsfield Units) or Basotect foam (-943 Hounsfield Units), polyethylene air cushions (-944 Hounsfield Units), Micropor foam (-926 Hounsfield Units) and polyurethane foam, (-960 Hounsfield Units to -470 Hounsfield Units) have proved to be attractive alternatives. Furthermore, more radiopaque materials such as paraffin wax granulate (-640 Hounsfield Units) and epoxy resin (-190 Hounsfield Units) are also suitable as fixation materials. These materials often can be removed in the reconstructed image by segmentation. Sample fixations in the studies of recent years are almost all limited to fixation in Parafilm, Styrofoam, or Basotect foam if the fixation type is mentioned at all. However, these are not always useful, as styrofoam, for example, dissolves in some common media such as methylsalicylate. We show that micro-CT laboratories should be equipped with various fixation materials to achieve high-level image quality.

Association of the uterine microbiome to mare fertility

Currently, limited information on the microbiome (community of microorganisms) and its role in infertility in the equine uterus is available beyond the detection of specific pathogens in some subfertile mares. Given that less than 1% of environmental bacteria are cultivable on common media (Handelsman, J. 2004, Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 68, 669-685.), it is likely that these cultured species represent a minority of the resident population. The overarching objectives of this project were to i) identify the resident uterine microbiome in estrus ii) assess how this microbiome evolves over time and iii) compare traditional culture-dependent methods of assessing the presence of bacteria in the equine uterus with 16S rRNA sequencing. Uterine cytobrush and swab samples were collected from 157 maiden Thoroughbred mares aged 8 years or younger and 116 Thoroughbred barren mares aged 4 to 15 years at the first reproductive exam of the breeding season. A second sample was collected from mares that were not pregnant at the end of the season (n=23). Furthermore, 20 of the mares were sampled in three consecutive breeding seasons. All cytobrush samples were placed and stored in RNAlater and kept at -20° C until further processing. Uterine swabs were plated on sheep blood and MacConkey plates, incubated at 37° C in aerobic conditions and assessed for bacterial growth at 24, 48 and 72 hours. DNA was extracted from cytobrush samples using routine methods. The genomic DNArecovered was used as a template for PCR amplification of the V3–V4 variable region of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene. Amplicons were sequenced on the Illumina MiSeq platform. DNA sequencing data was then processed to assess the equine microbiome composition. The richness (number of bacterial species) and evenness (distribution of bacterial numbers) of bacterial genetic sequences was compared between maiden, barren and wet mares and correlated with reproductive success. The microbiome was highly dynamic and changed significantly between seasons within mares with a limited “core microbiome” being detected. In some mares, conventional culture techniques failed to identify known equine genital pathogens that were detected using 16S rRNA sequencing. While the richness and evenness of the microbiome was comparable in maiden, dry and wet mares, the overall bacterial abundance was higher in mares that were barren at the beginning of the season and failed to become pregnant during the season, when compared to successfully bred barren mares and all maiden mares. This was the first time the microbiome of the equine uterus was studied over several timepoints/seasons. Future studies could explore a prognostic test that allows prediction of fertility in barren mares. This work was funded by AgriFutures Australia.

360 8K Viewport-Independent VR

Over the past few years 360 virtual reality (VR) has been deployed using different techniques. Viewport-independent technology has been used on 4K content for delivery to 4K-capable head-mounted displays (HMDs) and smartphone devices, resulting in a disappointing experience. The alternative is using viewport-dependent technology with 8K content on 4K-capable HMDs and smartphones devices, which enables a good experience, but with complexities and limitations in terms of the integration into existing over-the-top (OTT) workflows. The 8K viewport-independent technology presented uses off-the-shelf encoding techniques to compress 8K 360 VR content as a single file and to distribute it in a common media application framework (CMAF) low-latency Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) mode to 8K-capable devices such as the Oculus Quest 2 or Galaxy S20. This article presents an end-to-end 8K VR workflow, which is entirely cloud-based and capable of delivering high-quality 8K VR digital rights management (DRM)-protected content compared with 4K content on different devices. We present the initial results of the trial performed by the VR Study Group of the Streaming Video Alliance (SVA) in collaboration with the VR Industry Forum (VRIF), where 8K VR content was encoded and streamed on different very-high-speed (fiber and data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS)) networks.