Entertainment Sector Research Articles

Culture meets immersive environments: a new media landscape across Europe

The traditional media landscape is in the middle of a monumental shift: the new prosumer profile, the need for faster and more efficient communication, and the search for more user-driven and accessible multimedia experiences. New technologies (and more specifically, immersive environments) can provide great opportunities in the entertainment sector, and also in communication, learning, arts and culture. These technologies are gaining popularity due to the COVID-19 crisis as they enable interactive, hyper-personalised and engaging experiences anytime and anywhere. The EU-funded projects TRACTION (870610) and MEDIAVERSE (957252) are embracing new technologies in order to establish an effective participatory production workflow and are exploring novel audio-visual art representation formats. TRACTION will provide a bridge between opera professionals and specific communities at risk of exclusion based on trials, understood as experimental attempts at fostering an effective community dialogue between diverse individuals at risk of exclusion in three different situations, across three countries: Ireland, Portugal and Spain. MEDIAVERSE will enable the creation of a decentralised network of intelligent, automated, and accessible services, tools, and authoring platforms for digital asset management; legal and monetisable discovery and distribution of verified content, and barrier-free usage and integration in target media and platforms.

Towards addressing unauthorized sharing of subscriptions.

Subscription-based business is booming in recent years, especially in the entertainment sector such as video and music streaming. Usually one subscription account can be shared among family members for the convenience of subscribers. However, account sharing also creates challenges for service provider, as many account owners share their subscriptions outside of the household. The widely spread practice of unauthorized sharing causes huge revenue loss for service providers. However, service providers are very cautious to pursue violators because identifying unauthorized shared accounts is a challenging task. First, the sheer volume of unstructured and noisy data makes it prohibitive to manually process the data. Moreover, it is legitimate for family members to share an account from any location and use many devices as they want. It is tricky to differentiate between unauthorized and legitimate sharing. In this paper, we propose an efficient solution to address the account sharing problem. Based on usage log data, our solution builds user profiles by accumulating and representing geolocation and device usage information. Then we estimate the risk of unauthorized sharing by analyzing the usage pattern of each account. The proposed solution can identify a large number of shared accounts and help service providers to recoup a significant amount of lost revenue.

Цифровизация в повседневной и общественно-политической жизни российских граждан

The low online activity of the majority of Russians during online discussions on socially significant issues and on the e-voting eve is reflected in the results of the 51st stage of the all-Russian sociological monitoring conducted by ISPR FCTAS RAS. The progressively increasing level of digitalization of society is shifting to the sphere of financial and entertainment sector, the demand for network communication opportunities remains traditionally high. But the activity of civil society is “digitalizing” weakly and unevenly. The audience of active Internet users who openly express their civic position in discussions and debates remains low. This category of respondents is prone to oppositional sentiments. While openly expressing distrust of the existing institutions of power and social structures, they remain critical without falling into radicalism.

Movie Success Prediction Using Data Mining

The movie industry is arguably one of the biggest entertainment sectors. Nollywood, the Nigerian movie industry produces tons of movies for public consumption, but only a few make it to box-office or end up becoming blockbusters. The introduction of movie success prediction can play an important role in the industry not only to predict movie success but to help directors and producers make better decisions for the purpose of profit. This study proposes a movie prediction model that applies data mining techniques and machine learning algorithms to predict the success or failure of an upcoming movie (based on predefined parameters). The parameters needed for predicting the success or failure of a movie include dataset needed for the process of data mining such as the historical data of actors, actresses, writers, directors, marketing and production budget, audience, location, release date, and competing movies on same release date. This model also helps movie consumers to determine a blockbuster, hit, success rating and quality of upcoming movies before deciding on a movie ticket. The data mining techniques was applied to Internet Movie Database MetaData which was initially passed through cleaning and integration process.

An Analysis of Indian Entertainment Industry – Past, Present, and Future

Purpose: The entertainment industry (casually known as Show Business) is included in the tertiary sector of the economy and embraces fields so theater, films, fine arts, dance, music, television, radio, media, sports, cultural events, etc. This industry is continuously evolving with innovations and ideas for the industry. It is developing dynamically in terms of revenue and volumes employing creative and technical people. It witnessed explosive growth during post liberalization that led to internationalization and expansion of the market. This study explores the evolution, growth, threats, challenges, future trends, and impact of FDI on the Indian entertainment industry. This study uncovers the impact of internationalization and its potential for providing employment. Methodology: This study is based on secondary data including Google, online journals, reports, and news articles. Findings: Initially, the entertainment started with storytelling, a way to pass on their culture, traditions, values, and history. The introduction of television brought a big change in entertainment and now online entertainment is on-trend and this way the method of delivering entertainment has expanded progressively. The Indian government has increased the percent of FDI’s and many international collaborations have helped the Indian entertainment industry to grow nationally and internationally There is a lot of employment opportunity in the entertainment industry from the people who work on screen and behind the screen. But due to the pandemic, few classes of workers in the industry are suffering but others are surviving in the online platforms. Television has retained its position as the largest entertainment segment, while digital media overtook the print entertainment sector, and online gaming overtook a filmed entertainment segment. In the future, the online form of entertainment will overpower and the OTT platform will boom. Research limitations/implications: Very few sources are available for references, few concepts are not highlighted and most of the information is outdated hence the collection of relevant information was a challenge. Originality/value: This paper brings to focus the imperative of due consideration by the Government and other regulating bodies to adopt some incentive measures to boost the Indian entertainment industry, being a sunrise industry, and also try to work on the personal and financial safety and stability of all the stakeholders of the entertainment industry, especially during abnormalities like the present pandemic-. Paper type: This industry analysis is an exploratory study.

Arrested (game) development: labour and lifestyles of independent video game creators in Cape Town

ABSTRACT The global video games industry is one of the largest entertainment sectors. Independent, or “indie” video game producers make games using small production budgets, outside of larger corporate game companies. In South Africa, video game production is a new industry. Because of the absence of large game companies, formalised production and distribution infrastructure, all producers are independent. This essay is primarily an ethnographic account of the work and lifestyles of a community of video game creators in Cape Town. I approach the category of “youth” to address the sociological facts of those who work in independent game development and as a metaphor for the emerging game development industry in Cape Town. I show how indie game developers attempt to “evangelise” their craft, hoping to grow the industry by attracting more creators and consumers. They negotiate the tensions of the haphazard work rhythms and uncertainty of financial security and their desire to express themselves by making a career out of creating meaningful cultural artefacts, eschewing mainstream expectations and definitions of success. The essay concludes with a discussion on how the industry could grow in the future, and the possible impact of this growth on the current culture of work and community.

Changing Patterns of Commercial Sex Work Amongst Adolescent Girls in Nepal: The Role of Technology

The introduction of technology, particularly mobile phones, in the mediation of commercial sex work (CSW) has meant that sex work is expanding from traditional venue based (such as through hotels and massage parlors) work to freelance sex work. It has also changed the face-to-face negotiation in commercial sex work to negotiations mediated online or by phone. Apart from a few programmes, interventions largely use establishments as entry points for their programming and are therefore excluding many girls and women who engage in CSW through personal contacts or facilitated by social media. This article is based on a two-year qualitative study in four districts of Nepal, in Delhi (India), and the Indo-Nepal border in eastern Nepal. It gives a short overview of the girls and their life in the adult entertainment sector (AES), which is the main entry point for CSW, and discusses how technology is increasingly used to mediate CSW. Based on our findings, which show that technology is displacing establishment-based CSW in Nepal, we argue that to ensure that we do not leave girls behind, programmes and interventions targeting venues where girls engage in CSW should re-consider their strategies for reaching girls working in the AES.

Impact and Challenges of GST in India with Reference to Media & Entertainment Sector – An Insight

The biggest tax reform since independence i.e., Goods and Services Tax (GST) has now become a part of Indian economy from 1st July, 2017. It is a comprehensive indirect tax on manufactures, sales and consumption of goods and services; thereby subsuming almost all other indirect taxes that were in existence throughout India before its implementation and also eliminating the cascading effects thereby. GST was introduced just after demonetisation in November, 2016 and has changed the whole scenario of indirect tax system in India. It aims at boosting overall growth of Indian economy by integrating all indirect taxes into one. The media and entertainment (M&E) industry in India is one of the fastest growing sectors and has outperformed expectations in recent years. With the expansion of the economy, the sector has accelerated its growth. The sector spreads into big and small screens, media, events, exhibitions, amusement facilities and gaming zones, with various combinations of offline and online delivery systems. With the advent of GST, things have become relatively simpler for the entertainment industry as it is subjected to only one tax and permissible local body taxes. One of the major changes has been the subsuming of Entertainment Tax under GST. Earlier, prior to implementation of GST, the rate of Entertainment Tax for the film industry varied from state to state, ranging from 15% to 110%. Introduction of GST has stabilised the rate variance and provided a uniform market across the nation. In this study, we have also made an attempt to study the pre and post GST effects on different activities of the media and entertainment industry like exhibition of movies, food and beverages sold at movie halls, services rendered by artists and other technician, sponsorship and brand promotion and advertisement. Thus, this paper is an endeavour to understand the impact of GST on media and entertainment sector and aims at pointing out the challenges of the same under the present structure and provide some way outs to it.

Towards an understanding of creativity in independent music production

For years, creativity has been a topic of interest for scholars in psychology, human development, and the arts. Research on creativity has produced a growing body of literature in the art and science of music production. Correspondingly, the entertainment sector has undergone what business and entrepreneurship scholars refer to as disintermediation or a reduction of skilled labor affecting the roles and responsibilities of those working in music production. Research on creativity with independent music production (IMP) is less common. Little is known about creativity by those without access to particular domains. As the music and recording industries remain untethered, an increase in autodidactic and incremental learning processes seems likely along with the growth of new models of independent music production. Using a Bourdieusian theoretical framework, the article analyzes two skill areas in IMP, experimentation, and critical listening, and calls for a more equitable and imaginative analysis of creativity.

Read the digital fingerprints: log analysis for digital forensics and security

Computers and other related computing systems – such as smartphones and tablets – are indispensable in our daily lives. Unfortunately, this attracts the attention of cyber attackers. Everyone is affected. Computer systems used in sectors as diverse as the defence industry, healthcare enterprises, the entertainment sector, banking and education have been targeted by illegal attacks.

ECONOMIC REFLECTIONS OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIAL DISTANCE CONCEPT IN EVERYDAY LIFE AFTER COVID-19 TO VIRTUAL CONTACT

Being aware of its own self through social interaction with other people, humanity is discovering new ways to meet the need for socialization and to interact with other people based on communication in the 21st century. The social isolation that emerged with the Covid-19 pandemic is an important obstacle to the social life of modern people and the sustainability of the entertainment industry. However, in line with the need for socialization, people create their own online social activities by overcoming these obstacles with the communication technologies of the age. This new sector, which emerged at a time of global crisis, allows the formation of new economic capital of digitalization. Within the scope of the study, the adaptation of the entertainment sector, which experienced a shrinkage in its economic volume during the pandemic, to the digital world as a way of salvation is examined. Various online activities carried out in line with this review have been examined in detail, and the future of the sector is discussed with the findings obtained.

Meghan Markle and the royal pregnancy announcement: media mis/reporting of advanced maternal age

ABSTRACT Although Meghan Markle has been both championed and challenged for negotiating extant representations of marriage and romance, race, class and feminism, more recently the former actress found herself at the centre of a debate over in/fertility and ‘geriatric’ motherhood. Using Markle as a case in point, the women’s magazine, health, beauty and celebrity entertainment sector demonstrated concern for the high alarm strategies being presented in relation to older motherhood. With this in mind, this article will look at the gendered magazine sector and question the ways in which their narratives of advanced maternal age in general, and their commentary on Markle’s successful royal pregnancy in particular can be understood as either a productive or problematic step in opening up a debate about advanced maternal age, pregnancy and age-related in/fertility.

Impact of China‘s ban on Korean wave on the Korean stock market: Evidence from the entertainment sector

This study investigates the impact of China’s ban on the Korean wave (BKW) on domestic entertainment stock prices. The ban was triggered by the Korean government’s decision to deploy a terminal high-altitude area defence in Korea in 2016. We explore the statistical equilibrium of stock returns using the entropy applied with symbolic time series analysis. Moreover, we confirmed that the BKW harmed the pricing complexity of Korean entertainment stocks. Our finding can be understood as a monotonous stock price pattern because the market information was not reflected efficiently due to the decrease in transactions among investors concerned about the negative impact on the entertainment sector.

The Impact of Social Media on Sales Promotion in Entertainment Companies

Social networks including various social media are one of the main online marketing tools that help to achieve marketing aims of the company. Most of social media overlap and have more than one characteristic, aim or purpose. It should be noted that interaction, user-friendliness, openness, freedom and real time are the main features of all social media. When starting to discuss sales promotion of a company on social media, the concept of social commerce becomes inevitable. Taking into account current trend of expansion of internet marketing because it unites the biggest number of users and has the means to implement different aims of the companies, it is necessary explore the impact of social media on sales growth in specific sectors. The paper analyses the impact of social media for sales promotion in entertainment sector. During the quantitative research, 385 respondents were surveyed. The questionnaire of the quantitative research has been prepared based on the marketing communication model for social media used by entertainment companies. The questionnaire included closed type of questions, most of them are provided in Likert scale. The empirical study found that elements (promotion of sales increase; brand strengthening), maintaining connections with present and potential company’s clients that are used by the entertainment companies on social media help to promote sales with users’ engagement. Regular communication of entertainment companies on social media has a positive impact on sales, because users tend to follow such type of accounts actively. The study emphasised the main elements to be applied by the entertainment companies using social media. Therefore, the regular communication and use of influencers are highly recommended for sales promotion of companies. It is also important to stress that companies are advised to communicate regularly, as regularity in communication is one of the most important drivers of sales promotion.

TasminBradleyGlobal Perspectives on Violence against Women and GirlsZed Books, 2020, 208 p., £65.00

TasminBradleyGlobal Perspectives on Violence against Women and GirlsZed Books, 2020, 208 p., £65.00

Betting and lottery business – polices, taxes and benefits

Relevance of research topic. Bulgarian tourism is a significant contributor to the country's economy. In this regard, the gambling as need of the modern man has its important place in the regional tourism and entertainment sector similar to other developed countries. Collecting taxes and fees is a fundamental way for countries to generate public revenues and Bulgarian gambling sector is not an exception. Formulation of the problem. The lottery takes a key segment of the gambling sector. The National Lottery establishment and evolution has been financially motivated. The Government had seen the chance of collecting significant funds to the state treasury and investing them into new projects. However, government money comes from the gambling sector should be directed to good causes. Analysis of recent research and publications. Most of the materials, publications and researches realted to the lottery and gambling sector have been written and published last decades by the leading countries scientific authors. Such issues as certain categories related to the interests of social entities involved in gambling; some definitions related to the gambling, its elements and motives are investigated. Some problems, ideas and solutions were discussed in few reports and scientific conferences handling by different institutions and organizations. Setting the task, the purpose of the study. This study has its purpose to briefly highlight and present a scientific perspective of some basic logics, principles and significant financial reasons of the lottery business genesis and betting business evolution. Method or methodology for conducting research. This study uses data and sources selected on the basis of various methods and approaches such as observation, analysis, synthesis, systematization and summarization of information; professional research; study of objects and goals; trend analysis; statistical analysis of various databases; statistics and data sources. Presentation of the main material (results of work). This study will successively compare few leading European markets experience and practice to the Bulgarian market conditions. Furthermore, some economic and financial challenges facing the sector will be open-to-ponder subject. In 2019, the total European gambling market (EU-27 and UK markets only) was worth €98.6bn, with online gambling accounting for €24.5bn in gross gaming revenue. The market share of online gambling is growing steadily and is expected to reach 33.6% of Europe’s gross gaming revenue by 2025. The state-owned company “Bulgarian State lottery” (“BSL”) could be much profitable wellspring of sustainable fresh finances. “BSL” company falls under the purview of the “Ministry of Youth and Sport” (“MYS”) therefore has an approved certain annual budget, but also much expenditures including state taxes and direct contribution to the “MYS” for support of education and sports. The research has shown that “BSL” sports and education annual transfer payments to the “MYS” are dropped with 11.66 % for the period of 2015-2019. During the researched period “BSL” operator has been survived on a very difficult situation competing with solid players on the market where some ambiguous legal restrictions created an opportunity to limit the efficiency and effectiveness of the state-owned lottery which led to certain market advantages for its private competitors. Based on some additional calculations, the private lottery companies’ revenue growth reached its highest level in the last years. Conclusions according to the article. The Gambling and betting tax revenue plus National Lottery revenue widely called a “painless tax” (because of its voluntary nature) flowing a tremendous financial resource to the state budgets of those well-regulated markets. According to the guidelines of the OECD, the regulations of a competitive environment must not unduly discriminate against state-owned enterprises compared to their market competitors. However, as a result of the February 2020 legislation “fine-tuning” the Bulgarian lottery industry picture got some changes with reflecting into monopoly market position of “BSL” company over lottery games and instant lottery games as well.

The legal aspect of changing the final income tax as a tax incentive for msmes during the covid-19 period in indonesia

The 2019 Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) pandemic, which attacked globally, including in Indonesia in early March 2020, triggered chaos that affected many sectors in Indonesia, such as the tourism and entertainment sector, industrial development, education, including the economy and MSMEs in it. MSMEs have an important role in national economic development. Apart from playing a role in economic growth and employment, it also provides income to the state through paid income taxes. The government is trying to combat this. So that the government issued a final PPh change policy for MSMEs so that this study aims to find out how the legal aspects of Final Income Tax changes as tax incentives for MSMEs. This research uses normative juridical research with a one-stop approach. The results of the study provide an illustration that changes in Final Income Tax are based on Article 6 Number (1) letter (i) of the Income Tax Law, which is the basis for implementing the Article is PP. 93 Tahn 2010, PMK No. 76 / PMK.03 / 2011 as further implementing regulations, and then also required to pay attention to the provisions of PMK No. 86 / PMK.03 / 2020 with the aim of obtaining a reduction in taxable income. © 2021 Karadeniz Technical University. All rights reserved.

Fostering Trauma-Informed and Eudaimonic Pedagogy in Music Education

The arts and entertainment sectors remain fragile because of the global pandemic. Unemployment, physical and emotional stress, social isolation, a loss of purpose, and a problematic future are just a sample of the ongoing traumas that music educators and practitioners experience under duress. As an inherently social activity, music-making becomes especially difficult when the threat of infection persists, further exacerbating somatic trauma and decreased health and wellness. The sudden loss of daily contact with others, coupled with multiple kinds of crises, complicates matters for educators. How does one flourish when their livelihood, personal connections, and sense of meaning-making disappear? Likewise, how ought the music educator navigate such uncertainty when teaching others? To address these issues, psychologists have often turned to Trauma-Informed Care (TIC), a collaborative model between the practitioner and client that recognizes and validates the impact of painful memories and experiences. This article advocates for a compassionate eudaimonic pedagogy model that prioritizes healing and self-care for teachers and students and cultivating an ethos of critical digital pedagogy—itself a form of eudaimonia. Drawing on Noddings’ (1992, 1995, 2002) Philosophy of Care, the article concludes with suggestions on future connections between eudaimonia and music education.

Jio Fiber: disrupting the digital market in India

ABSTRACT The case is about Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (Reliance Jio), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries in India, it discusses the positioning of Reliance Jio in the context of Indian Internet Space. The case specifically focuses on the strategy of the company to become the ace player in the Indian market. It discusses the noteworthy business scopes of Indian internet space, namely, application provisioning, cloud service provisioning, and over the top service provisioning (entertainment sector), with reference to the competitive landscape in each scope. It very aptly brings out the dilemma faced by the promoter of Reliance Jio Mr. Mukesh Ambani, in the context of the Indian regulatory bodies (with a special focus on the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India), the competitive landscape, and the strategic plan of Reliance Jio. The challenges faced by Mr. Ambani in fulfilling the strategic plan are also highlighted in the case. These include the market dynamics e.g. consolidation initiatives by prominent players like Airtel, Tata Teleservices, Walmart, and raising the capital through a collection of small sums of money from a huge customer base. Comprehensive teaching notes are also appended which highlights the analysis points to be discussed in class along with the strategic plan of Reliance Jio discussed through the lens of Porter’s five forces model.

Definitions and Applications of Augmented/Virtual Reality: A Survey

Reality is shaped differently in software environments through Virtual Reality VR and augmented Reality AR, it has a remarkable position and an important background with its role of ensuring contact between the software environment and the user. It was popular in the entertainment sector, in particularly industry, but over time, it becomes apparent that there would be a much greater need for VR/AR technologies in different areas dealing with tasks/issues in the real world. In This article we provide an overview of virtual and augmented reality systems and their principal domains of applications.