Part I. Introduction: 1. Economic perspectives Part II. Media-Dependent Entertainment: 2. Movie macroeconomics 3. Making and marketing movies 4. Financial accounting in movies and television 5. Music 6. Broadcasting 7. Cable 8. Publishing and New Media 9. Toys and Games Part III. Live Entertainment: 10. Gaming and wagering 11. Sports 12. Performing arts and culture 13. Amusement/theme parks Part IV. Roundup: 14. Epilogue.

Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis

Student retention in open and distance learning (ODL) is comparatively poor to traditional education and, in some contexts, embarrassingly low Literature on the subject of student retention in ODL indicates that even when interventions are designed and undertaken to improve student retention, they tend to fall short Moreover, this area has not been well researched The main aim of our research, therefore, is to better understand and measure students’ attitudes and perceptions towards the effectiveness of mobile learning Our hope is to determine how this technology can be optimally used to improve student retention at Bachelor of Science programmes at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in India For our research, we used a survey Results of this survey clearly indicate that offering mobile learning could be one method improving retention of BSc students, by enhancing their teaching/ learning and improving the efficacy of IGNOU’s existing student support system The biggest advantage of this technology is that it can be used anywhere, anytime Moreover, as mobile phone usage in India explodes, it offers IGNOU easy access to a larger number of learners This study is intended to help inform those who are seeking to adopt mobile learning systems with the aim of improving communication and enriching students’ learning experiences in their ODL institutions

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Mobile Learning and Student Retention

Little theory and research addresses the ways organizational context affects the demography of products. We examine this question here by focusing on an organization's mode of market entry. Specifically, we explore differences between firms entering a market de novo (start-up) and those entering de alio (diversification from another market). We analyze all products ever shipped in the worldwide optical disk drive (ODD) industry, 1983--1999. We find an almost paradoxical empirical pattern, whereby de novo firms typically introduce products with widely agreed upon “better” (that is, universally more appealing) technological characteristics. Yet these products generally stay on the market for a shorter time than those of de alio firms, whose products generally display less appealing technological features.

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Product Demography of De Novo and De Alio Firms in the Optical Disk Drive Industry, 1983--1999

This invention discloses a secure recording medium having at least one of audio, video and software content, comprising a plurality of media recording disks (DVD's) with a disk security chip embedded in each the DVD, each the disk chip comprising a security key, wherein at least two of the DVD's have different disk security keys. A method for protecting access to content recorded on a media recording disk (DVD) is also disclosed.

Protection of data on media recording disks

In this paper we are focusing on the use of a traitor tracing scheme for distribution models that are based on prerecorded or recordable physical media. When a pirated copy of the protected content is observed, the traitor tracing scheme allows the identification of at least one of the real subscribers who participated in the construction of the pirated copy. We show how we systematically assign the variations to users. We explore under what circumstances traitor tracing technology is applicable for media based distribution and then focus on two challenges specifically related to this form of distribution: We demonstrate a way to encode the variations on the disc that is mostly hidden from the attackers and also remarkably compatible with the existing DVD standard. We also present an efficient key management scheme to significantly reduce the requirement for non-volatile key storage on low-cost CE devices.

Traitor tracing for prerecorded and recordable media

From the Publisher:
This brand new, comprehensive edition of the best-selling guide to DVD technology is a must-read for DVD hardware/software developers, A/V publishers, IT/MIS professionals, and video/audio professionals. Includes a new chapter on DVD production, and completely new DVD-ROM demo material. Covers the use of DVD with computers -- plus rewritable DVD, DVD audio, DIVX, and other new technologies.

Jim Taylor

Papers

DVD Demystified