M+E Connections
BB Media: June Slowdown in Streaming Launches
A handful of new streaming launches were seen worldwide in June, with two services — AMC Theaters on Demand in the U.S. and CinépolisKlic in Mexico — shuttering, according to ... More
Databricks Debuts AI-Powered Engine That Uniquely Understands Your Business
Databricks announced LakehouseIQ, a knowledge engine that learns the unique nuances of your business and data to power natural language access to it for a wide range of use cases. ... More
XL8 Joins Microsoft For Startups Founders Hub, Revolutionizing Language Translation
AI-powered machine translation technology firm XL8 has been accepted into the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub program, positioning XL8 at the forefront of innovation in the lan... More
HITS 2023: Tech, Data Center Infrastructure are Evolving to Enable the Global Supply Chain
Significant advances are occurring within the infrastructure of traditional production and distribution, according to industry experts who spoke May 23 at the Hollywood Innovation ... More
MESA Member Webinar Week Ahead: June 26-30
Databricks kicks off its Data + AI Summit, MicroStrategy unveils a roadmap for ChatGPT, and Amazon Web Services shares ways to use the cloud to improve customer solutions. Those... More
Streaming on the Global Internet Superhighway
We’re not certain if cancelling your cable bundle is a battle of wits or stubborn perseverance, but either way, it isn’t fun. O.K., maybe a little fun. Now you can sign up f... More
Fortinet: Integration Challenges Face Organisations Implementing Zero Trust
A new report from cybersecurity firm Fortinet finds that while many organisations worldwide are implementing zero trust strategies, nearly half of respondents report significant ch... More
MESA Member Webinar Week Ahead: June 20-23
Fortinet unveils strategies to securing applications across the cloud, Wasabi brings video surveillance to the edge at the intersection of IT and security, SHI talks security and v... More
XL8 Debuts Real-Time AI-based Interpretation App for Zoom Meetings
AI-powered machine translation technology firm XL8 has debuted EventCAT for Zoom, a new App available in the Zoom Marketplace. The app expands XL8’s technologies into the online ... More
Content Delivery & Security Association Launches ‘Spoiler Alert’
The Content Delivery & Security Association (CDSA), the worldwide forum advocating the innovative and responsible delivery and storage of entertainment, software, and information c... More
Media, Marketing Need to Remember, It’s Not Really Social
Businesses, especially in the media and entertainment industry, are running so fast, trying to catch the next great thing that they’ve lost sight of the reason they’re in busin... More
HITS 2023: WiTH Explores Strategies to Bridge the Gap Between Generations
Each generation has its own biases surrounding Baby Boomers, Gen Z, Gen X and Millennials and we should all be challenging those biases to build stronger teams and a better world, ... More
MESA Member Webinar Week Ahead: June 12-16
Synamedia looks at the rise of FAST, MicroStrategy talks analytics modernisation, and Ateliere leads a supply chain breakfast with Fabric, Amazon Web Services and more. Those ar... More
BB Media: New Streamers Debut While Others Bow Out
New streaming platforms are popping up in Latin America, North America, Europe and globally, while other streamers are bowing out in an increasingly competitive market. (more&helli... More
Gracenote’s Filiz Bahmanpour Joins EIDR Board
Filiz Bahmanpour, VP of product at Gracenote, the content solutions business unit of Nielsen, has been named to the Entertainment ID Registry (EIDR) board of directors. This comes ... More
Eluvio, Warner Team on ‘Superman’ Web3 Experience
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has teamed up with content blockchain specialist Eluvio once again to deliver a unique Web3 movie experience, this time with the classic superhero f... More
MESA Member Webinar Week Ahead: June 5-9
SHI dives into ways to cut costs, Perforce discusses Helix Core deployment in AWS, and AWS hosts its annual Washington D.C. summit. Those are just a few of the events from the M... More
Company Leadership Takes a Lot of Work, Listening
People have been spending too much time pontificating on how AI is going to take over, make things all better and clean up all the messes we made. Back in 2019, we think IBM CE... More
HITS 2023: Softtek IT Governance Lead Delivers WiTH Keynote
CULVER CITY, Calif. — Albertina Cardiel, IT governance, risk and compliance director, and diversity and inclusion leader for Softtek, noted that the program for the May 23 Hollyw... More
HITS 2023: EIDR Gives Tech Update, Provides Roadmap on What’s Next
The Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) provided an update on the latest EIDR technology changes and updates, including the new website search experience and the addition of c... More
