HITS Exclusives
Sohonet Acquires 5th Kind
Media collaboration tech specialist Sohonet has acquired 5th Kind, a leading cloud-based video collaboration platform for the film and TV production industry. Terms of the deal wer... More
M&E Journal: Transformation in Media Amid a Challenging Inflationary and Recessionary Environment
When Netflix introduced streaming video subscriptions (SVOD) 15 years ago, there were only a few competitors, primarily Hulu and Amazon. In the 15 years since, this segment of t... More
Wasabi Explains How to Future-Proof and Utilize Your Media Archives
For modern media organizations, the best archive solution is one that balances affordability with accessibility, according to Wasabi. On-premise storage is too precious to waste... More
M&E Journal: Three Reasons a Multi-Cloud Approach Is a Must
In today’s fast-paced, high-stakes world, productions can’t afford to lose any raw footage, rough cuts or finished material before the final product is in the can. However,... More
M&E Journal: May You Live in Interesting Times
Although the origin of this saying “may you live in interesting times” is debatable, this very overused phrase accurately describes our current climate. This phrase is very... More
Wasabi Reviews Key Findings From Its 2023 Cloud Storage Index
Industrywide cloud storage data was lacking, so Wasabi decided to research the subject with Vanson Bourne, which conducted a survey for Wasabi last year, Drew Schlussel, Wasabi sen... More
M&E Journal: How Far Has Synthetic Speech Come?
Speech synthesis is a technology that has been in the forefront of many discussions recently in the media and entertainment industry, with a strong media presence and funding spree... More
Fortinet Takes a ‘Deep Dive Into the Global Threat Landscape’
Fortinet shared cyber threat activities that its experts saw in the back half of 2022 and made predictions for what they expect in 2023 during the Feb. 22 webinar “A Deep Dive in... More
MESA Mourns Loss of Longtime Executive Assistant Don Hurley
The MESA family is mourning the loss of Donald J. Hurley, who passed away suddenly on Feb. 16 at his home in Boise, Idaho. (more…)... More
Industry Vet Scott Rose to Keynote ITS Localisation
Scott Rose, the former CTO of Iyuno-SDI and SDI Media, has been announced as the opening keynote presenter for the 28 February Innovation and Transformation Summit (ITS): Localisat... More
M&E Journal: Two Key Trends That Will Shape the Future of Your Security Team
According to Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report, compromised web applications were the primary attack vector of 2021, accounting for roughly 70 percent of security ... More
Visual Data Implements OOONA’s Integrated Solution
Localization services and end-to-end digital media supply chain solutions firm Visual Data has announced it will adopt the integrated platform of professional management and produc... More
EIDR to Talk Localization at Feb. 28 London Event
MESA’s annual Content Workflow Management Forum has re-branded to the Innovation and Transformation Summit (ITS): Localisation, and EIDR is among those sponsoring the premiere ev... More
M&E Journal: The Localization Flash Mob
The process of localizing content for distribution internationally has charmingly been described as spaghetti-like. I prefer to think of it as a flash mob. Do you remember flash... More
M&E Journal: Video Localization Tools: The Online Era
Video localization technology first came about decades ago with the introduction of affordable desktop computers. These allowed a single person to carry out the entire subtitling p... More
M&E Journal: From Chaos Comes Community
No one could have predicted how this decade has unfolded. And we aren’t even a quarter of the way there. At the beginning of 2020 I was excited for the MESA Europe community to j... More
OTOY Debuts Octane X App for M1, M2 iPads, Bringing State-of-the-Art Cinematic GPU Path-Tracing to Mobile Workflows
Following the release of Octane X for macOS, OTOY has publicly unveiled Octane X for M1 and M2 iPads (iPad Pro and the M1 iPad Air), bringing the world’s first and fastest unbias... More
InvenioLSI, SAP Tout Solution to Tighter Control on Production Spend, Budgets
InvenioLSI Content Financials provides a solution for media and entertainment (M&E) companies looking to achieve stringer control of their production spending, InvenioLSI and SAP e... More
British HITS: An Industry Analyst’s Take on Virtual Production
Before the pandemic, the term virtual production was little discussed let alone implemented but, fast forward two years, and the world is a very different place now. If nothing ... More
Adobe Debuts Camera to Cloud Beta For RED
During Adobe MAX in October the company announced new integration with RED V-RAPTOR and V-RAPTOR XL cameras which unlocks the ability to get 8K REDCODE RAW files directly from the ... More