: Papers on how software efficiently handles large .m3u files for live television. 3. File Security and Malware Analysis

Large, randomly named .m3u files from unverified sources are sometimes used as "bait" in phishing or to deliver malicious scripts.

: Research on how service providers manage stream lists and bandwidth.

: This is the official "paper" (technical standard) that defines the protocol for HTTP Live Streaming and the tags used within M3U playlists. 2. IPTV and Media Streaming Research

If your interest is in the legal or technical architecture of the services that often distribute files with these names, you might find scholarly articles on Google Scholar using these terms: