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5G: The Next Tech Disruption In Media And Entertainment Is Coming:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nelsongranados/2017/07/17/5g-the-next-tech-disruption-in-media-and-entertainment-is-coming/#7e53e4670260

Content innovation:

"5G will impact media consumption thanks to significant technical improvements in transmission speed, quality, and reliability, which will drive innovation in content.

Transmission Speed: Download speeds are bound to increase at least tenfold compared to 4G, and for true 5G standards, it could be up to 100-fold. So if an HD movie takes six minutes to download in a 4G network, with 5G it could take a handful of seconds. Also, in the era of user-generated content, photo and video upload speeds will improve, fueling social media content.

5G promises to enable close to zero latency between a streaming source and the viewer (from tens of milliseconds to less than three). The effect was well put by Juan C. Archila, Executive Vice-President of International Relations at America Movil, a global mobile network operator present in 26 countries and No. 340 in Forbes Global 2000 List: "With 5G, negligible latency will bring a new era of professional live-streaming of sports and other live events. User-generated live streams will also proliferate, although new challenges will emerge to limit violent or inappropriate content."

A 4G culture taught us to be impatient. We are willing to sacrifice quality in order to avoid waiting. That is, we are ok with a half-quality stream as long as we get our content fix, uninterrupted. With 5G, there will be less of a trade-off between quality and speed. You will be able to get HD quality video on a fast, reliable stream, with little buffering.

These dramatic improvements in speed, quality, and reliability during media consumption will lead to radical innovations in premium content, such as dedicated virtual reality sports channels and multi-player mobile games. Chris McCann from Verizon's Corporate Communications, states: "We see the distribution of high-resolution digital content and media as a tremendous opportunity for the technology."