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About Darris Hoskins, LLC

 

Darris Hoskins, LLC is a Minority Owned Small Business founded in 2008 by a leading media and technology expert.  We are a progressive urban digital media consulting firm that focuses on media and entertainment.  We work with companies across all industries, but Darris Hoskins services are consistently requested by those most profoundly impacted by emerging technologies — Entertainment & Media.

 

It's well known that companies in Entertainment & Media have had to rapidly evolve to meet new consumer habits and competitive challenges issued by available technology. For these companies and more, Darris Hoskins has proven to be a driving force for successful innovation — we help them quickly satisfy today's demands and accurately plan for important movements ahead.

 

Services

 

Darris Hoskins provides interactive product development and project management, technology consultation, monetization strategies and media asset management solutions driven by highly scalable processes to create and maintain systems that allow our clients to maximize business opportunities in new media distribution channels and respond rapidly to critical business needs.

 

We maintain strategic alliances with companies in key verticals which specialize in content and technology specifically in digital media distribution, social network analysis and e-commerce.  We also assist with exploring, identifying and vetting emerging business models, development opportunities and continuing research on emerging technology trends and capabilities relevant to media business development areas and strategies which leverage existing resources into new distribution opportunities.

 

New Media Specialties

 

Darris Hoskins' principals have acquired an unmatched wealth of knowledge, experience, tools, solutions and partnerships — making our services uniquely relevant to the Entertainment and Media markets. Our specific areas of focus include the following: 

  • Media Acquisition, Ingestion, Transcoding and Distribution

  • Digital Rights Management in multiple formats for multiple platforms (broadband, mobile)

  • Rich Media Applications e.g. widgets for multiple platforms

  • Social Media Development & Analytics - Community, Search, Analysis and Engagement across multiple platforms

  • Multi-channel distribution across all channels, such as social media, P2P, streaming media, satellite, cable, consumer products, and more

 

 

 

 

 

Firsts and Awards

 
  • Architected, developed and deployed an advertising-based electronic commerce model cited for its merits in US Supreme Court Case: MGM vs Grokster 2005.

 

  • 2006 Distributed Computing Industry Association Innovators Award.

 

  • “2006 Best New Digital Technology” at the Digital Music Conference.

 

  • Instrumental in the development of proprietary methods for monetizing rich entertainment media over the internet.

 

  • Pioneered the ad-supported DRM Window using Rich Media Advertising.

 

  • Instrumental in bringing RealPlayer and Windows Media Player to WebTV/MSNTV/Media Center and UltimateTV DVR digital set-top appliance.

 

  • Co-founder of the World's first commercial Hip Hop radio format

 

 

The Darris Hoskins Value

 

A few of the reasons why you should choose us for your digital media consulting needs:

Tailored Solutions. We work with you to find the best solutions for your business and technology challenges, while balancing budget requirements and desired outcomes.

Flexibility. Our deliverables model means we adapt our services to your business needs.

Leverage Existing Investments. We strive to optimize your existing technology and digital media investments.

Principal Consultants/SMEs. Seasoned cross-industry subject matter experts (SMEs) represent many years of IT and media experience and the highest levels of skills. Principal consultants have a broad range of technical and business knowledge and experience.