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There are a lot of different “cloud” services, and I don’t put it in quotations to be dismissive. Rather, we should realize there are different definitions depending on what ... More

Virtual production today essentially means creative teams have gained the freedom to create without the limits that once stood in their way. That includes the ability of indepe... More

“Innovate or die, and there’s no innovation if you operate out of fear of the new or untested,” writes Bob Iger, former CEO of The Walt Disney Co. in his recently published b... More

Let’s be honest: it’s a night-and-day different production landscape today compared to a decade ago. Faster-paced, higher-resolution, ever-changing workflows, a new remote-c... More

The March 17 edition of MESA’s “Lunch and Learn” series — held every Thursday via the MESAverse platform and Zoom, and intended to bring MESA members together to network, s... More

Shari Alyse, a TEDx and inspirational speaker and best-selling author (“Love Yourself Happy”), arrived at the March 10 Smart Content Summit feeling a bit of pressure to deliver... More

At the March 10 Smart Content Summit in Los Angeles, Taylor Donohue, VP of product for Alteon, will discuss the challenges facing professional creatives today and going forward wit... More

There comes a time in most jobs where the work you do starts to feel less and less like the work you signed up for. This is particularly true in the creative world. You finally ... More

M&E companies leverage disconnected technology solutions to help creative teams work faster and more collaboratively. As the number of tools increase, defining workflows that e... More

Beginning March 3 and held every Thursday after, MESA will host a weekly “Lunch and Learn” discussion via its MESAverse platform and Zoom, bringing members together to network,... More

During a special presentation on Feb. 17 inside the MESAverse — MESA’s metaverse virtual environment platform, using ICVR’s RendezVu — members of the MESA community were gi... More

Cloud storage has made significant advancements over the past few years and there are three major reasons for media and entertainment organizations to implement a hybrid cloud stra... More

On Feb. 9, MESA sponsored the Super Bowl LVI Celebrity Golf Tournament, held at the Brookside Golf Club next to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, where all proceeds went toward the educat... More

As both the range and volume of consumed content increased dramatically during lockdowns, audience engagement evolved together with the accelerated shift to digital channels. At th... More

Strong AWS results again helped Amazon report stronger results, in its fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31), the company said Feb. 3. (more…)... More

The COVID-19 pandemic that began in December 2019 was an accelerant of change in the media and entertainment (M&E) industry for which no one could have prepared. Unprecedented ... More

Imagine you’re an influencer on YouTube. Video is your entire life. You’re making good money doing what you love and racking up hundreds of hours of footage every month. Yo... More

The media and entertainment industry, along with MESA’s communities surrounding the end-to-end supply chain, has faced innumerable challenges this last year and a half. These cha... More

Broadcasters, streaming service providers, and Smart TV manufacturers alike are re-positioning themselves to address evolving customer expectations in North America for higher qual... More

Zendesk expects its strong growth to continue and even gain momentum from its planned acquisition of Momentive and its SurveyMonkey platform, according to Jason Tsai, VP of investo... More