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MESA, DEG Partner on Supply Chain Event (CDSA)
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By Chris Tribbey
Top studio executives and entertainment industry experts will be on hand May 22 in Los Angeles when DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) and the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) host the annual Entertainment Supply Chain Academy (ESCA) Digital event.
Chaired by Larry Wilk, DEG’s digital ambassador, the event will see Hollywood’s leading digital operations executives discussing how the entertainment business is changing its production workflows and distribution systems to accommodate digital files and products, and encountering new business supply chain challenges every week.
4K/Ultra-HD workflows, social media forecasting, physical and digital bridged platforms, UltraViolet, content localization, cloud-based storage and production solutions and data management, reporting and analytics are among the topics that will be covered.
Confirmed speakers include: Fox’s Thomas Stilling; Warner’s Susan Cheng and Jay Reinbold; Sony’s Ellen Goodridge; Lionsgate’s Mark Sgriccia; Hewlett-Packard’s Jeff Caldwell; Kip Welch with the Entertainment ID Registry Association; Marc Finer, senior director for DEG; Universal Music Group’s Barak Moffitt; MESA executive director Guy Finley; Akamai’s Steven Chester; Cinram’s John Crosier; bitMAX’s Jay Friedman; Aspera’s John King; ContentBridge’s Doug Reinart; Vubiquity’s Anupam Gupta; Brightcove’s Albert Lai; and Deloitte Consulting’s Kevin Wescott.
For program and registration information, click here.
