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Media and Entertainment
Whether you're a digital content owner, distributor, or creator, Sun has solutions and in-depth expertise throughout the Media & Entertainment, Broadcast, Cable, and Internet Services industries.
In fact, Sun's brand-name portfolio of customer successes cover media asset management, games, music, sports and many other industry-specific technologies, from the TV to the mobile phone. Backed by our Java technology, Solaris, and StorageTek brands, and depth of engineering expertise, we can solve even the largest digital media challenges. Chances are, we've already done it.
Sun Entertainment & Media User Group, Los Angeles
SEMUG is a community of media content creators who share information and best practices on today's hottest topics in Sun-hosted technical briefings held quarterly in greater Los Angeles. High-Definition Audio-Video Network Alliance
HANA is creating standards-based solutions to facilitate commercial deployment of connected products and services that enhance the consumer HD entertainment experience. Open Media Commons - OpenSource DRM
Project DReaM is an initiative to develop an open Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution and Reference Architecture for multiple domains (media, documents, enterprise, personal, etc.).
Latest Customer Success
HBO
HBO used Sun servers, storage, software and services to move its library of standard- and high-definition movies from videotape to digital storage. The entertainment giant now can deliver content to affiliates and end-users. HBO has also achieved significant savings in labor and maintenance cost by eliminating 80% of its videotape equipment.
Betfair
Seeking to reduce skyrocketing energy costs and minimize its impact on the environment, Betfair turned to Sun for an eco responsible solution that reduced power and cooling consumption and fulfilled its corporate commitment.
eHarmony.com
The widely popular Internet relationship service switched to Sun X64 servers for phenomenal Web site performance improvements and power savings.
Front Porch Digital
Media storage management and integration with file-based workflows for the broadcast industry. Agnostic Media
Distributed, scalable, industrial strength transcoding for hands-off media transformation. SkyMicro
Video and audio I/O and hardware encoding for SD and HD studio and broadcast television.
Spotlight
Updates from Sun
Quarterly update provides news and observations on Sun in the industries. (PDF) Sun Reference Architecture for IPTV
The Sun Reference Architecture for IPTV provides personalized information and entertainment, rich interactive services, and unmatched availability. (PDF) Archiving Movies in a Digital World
Economic model, approach to solving the "100-year" archive issue. (PDF)
NAB Show
Las Vegas, Nevada April 14-17, 2008 Neither national nor limited to broadcasters, NAB draws over 100,000
professionals and 1,400 exhibiting companies from 130 countries around
the world. Sun will participate to discuss issues and demonstrate
products and technologies relevant to the global media business. The Cable Show
New Orleans, LA May 18-20, 2008 Come join Scott McNealy on Monday, May 19th at NCTA in New Orleans as
he participates in a panel on Convergence. Stop by Sun's meetings rooms
for discussions with Sun executives and demonstrations of Sun products. TMF Management World
Nice, France May 18-22, 2008 Management World 2008 is a global event for the management of
information, communications, entertainment services. It is the largest
conference and show dedicated to OSS/BSS, gathering over 3000 professionals.
