Traditional Broadcasters Continue to Battle New Players as Video over the Internet Market Matures, Accenture Survey Finds
NEW YORK; April 16, 2012 – A growing appetite for video content over the Internet has attracted a host of new digital services, devices and brands to the market, according to a new study by Accenture (NYSE: ACN).
April 16, 2012
Accenture Launches Global Social Media Innovation Center in Silicon Valley
SAN FRANCISCO; September 1, 2011 — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced the opening of the Accenture Enterprise Social Media Innovation Center. Dedicated to the development of innovative social media solutions, the center will help clients more effectively use social media capabilities in the enterprise.
September 01, 2011
Media and Entertainment Industry Ill-Prepared for Today’s Digital Realities, Accenture Study Finds
NEW YORK; July 12, 2011 – An overwhelming majority (91 percent) of senior executives of media and entertainment companies admit that they are not taking full advantage of customer data that can deliver customized content, leaving them ill-prepared to seize the revenue opportunities of today’s digital technologies, according to a new Accenture (NYSE:ACN) survey.
July 12, 2011
Reliance Entertainment Selects Accenture for Systems Integration of its Digital Rights Management System
MUMBAI, INDIA; June 20, 2011– Reliance Entertainment Ltd., one of India’s leading media and entertainment companies, has selected Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to integrate a revenue-generating digital rights management system for two of its businesses: Reliance Entertainment and Reliance Home Video. Reliance Entertainment produces and distributes motion pictures and Reliance Home Video distributes home entertainment products. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.
June 20, 2011
Consumers of all Ages are Going ‘Over-the-Top’
NEW YORK; April 11, 2011 – The majority of consumers of all ages in seven major markets around the world are choosing to watch video content over the Internet via their televisions, PCs, smartphones and other electronic devices, according to Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) Video-Over-Internet Consumer Usage Survey.
April 11, 2011
Consumers’ Purchases of Computers and Mobile Phones Will Decline While Purchases of Newer Consumer Technologies Will Soar, New Accenture Survey Finds
NEW YORK; Jan. 4, 2011 – A new Accenture (NYSE: ACN) survey predicts that consumer purchase rates for personal computers and mobile phones (excluding smartphones) will decline by 39 percent and 56 percent this year compared with last year, respectively. By contrast, buying rates of 3DTVs (three-dimensional TVs) are expected to rise 500 percent; tablet computers 160 percent; ebook readers 133 percent; and smartphones 26 percent.
January 04, 2011
Accenture Broadens Digital Relationship With Universal Music Group
LONDON; Dec. 7, 2010 – Accenture (NYSE:ACN) is expanding its relationship with the Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s largest music company, following a successful, two-year collaboration to develop and deploy Accenture’s Digital Supply Chain Platform.
December 07, 2010
Accenture Announces Deployment of Digital Diagnostics Solution to Cloud at Microsoft 2010 Asia High Tech Summit
TOKYO; Oct. 14, 2010 — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is deploying its digital diagnostics engine, which scans websites to identify performance problems and structural deficiencies, into the Windows Azure platform. Accenture is deploying the diagnostic engine through Accenture Interactive, the company’s digital marketing, marketing analytics and media management business.
October 13, 2010
Accenture to Restore, Digitize and Archive the Barbara Walters Video Collection for The Paley Center for Media
NEW YORK; June 3, 2010 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) will provide The Paley Center for Media with services to restore, digitize and archive highlights of the video collection of American broadcast journalist Barbara Walters. The announcement was made yesterday at Accenture’s Women’s Leadership Forum, which was held at The Paley Center for Media in New York and attended by nearly 100 women leaders in the communications, high-tech and media industries.
June 03, 2010
Accenture Introduces Over-The-Top TV Solution
LAS VEGAS; April 12, 2010 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today introduced a new set of capabilities to help communication, entertainment and retail companies address the growing consumer demand for “anytime” video services. The announcement was made at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show.
April 12, 2010