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Vast Media Smart Screen Round-Up: Prime Podcast-Based Series, Snapchat AR Shows
Here’s a run-down of recent second screen-related entertainment items, via Berlin-based research and consulting company Vast Media. • Turner has partnered with VR ad company... More
NAB Show New York 2018: IBM Aspera, Ooyala, Thinklogical Tout Latest Products, Strategies, Trends
NEW YORK — IBM Aspera, Ooyala and Thinklogical were among the many members of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) that showcased their latest products, services an... More
Videocites: Tracking Videos, Wherever They Go
Video-based search is a powerful novel technology that enables a new set of tools for superior video discovery and management. That’s where Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) firm V... More
HITS Fall: ‘Molly’s Game’ Author Talks Managing Risk
LOS ANGELES — Molly Bloom, the afternoon keynote Oct. 4 during the Hollywood Innovation & Technology Summit (HITS) Fall event, didn’t take long to set the tone with her pre... More
HITS Fall: Ooyala, Gracenote, TiVo Have Metadata on Mind
On Oct. 4 at the Hollywood Innovation & Technology Summit (HITS) Fall event in Los Angeles, data experts from Ooyala, Gracenote and TiVo will give attendees a better understand... More
HITS Fall: Four CEOs to Highlight Blockchain, Machine Learning
CEOs from Mavatar, OTOY, Eluvio and Videocites will give attendees of the Oct. 4 Hollywood Innovation & Technology Summit (HITS) Fall event in Los Angeles new insights into how... More
IBC 2018: CI Plus 2.0 USB CAM Ready to Deliver Pay TV Services Globally
A partnership of major players in the CAM ecosystem, led by Irdeto, announced a productized CI Plus 2.0 USB CAM which is ready for certification. Initially formed in 2017 to suppor... More
IBC 2018: Avid Touts Milestone; NAGRA Marks Digital Cinema First
Content protection and multiscreen TV solutions firm NAGRA announced at the IBC Show that it has successfully used a combination of cloud technology and HEVC compression with myCin... More
Vast Media Smart Screen Round-Up: Nickelodeon VR Series, ‘Sharknado’ Goes AR
Here’s a run-down of recent second screen-related entertainment items, via Berlin-based research and consulting company Vast Media. • Nickelodeon has announced plans for a n... More
‘Molly’s Game’ Author to Talk Risk as HITS Fall Keynoter
Molly Bloom, author of the memoir “Molly’s Game” — in turn made into an award-winning film by Aaron Sorkin — will be a keynote speaker Oct. 4 during the Hollywood Innovat... More
RSG Media, LTI Announce Strategic Alliance
RSG Media has announced a new partnership with global technology consulting and digital solutions company Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTI), with LTI implementing and supporting RSG M... More
With OTT’s Audiovisual Localization Landscape, the New Silk Road is the Cloud
By Yota Georgakopoulou, senior director, research and international development, Deluxe - In June I spent a week in Shanghai as an invited speaker at the 2018 Sino-Foreign Audio... More
Irdeto: Dark Web Home to Stolen OTT Login Details
Piracy continues to be a significant problem for media and entertainment (M&E) companies, as well as consumers, around the world, according to an Irdeto Global Consumer Piracy Thre... More
IBM’s Andrews: Think Outside the Box with Blockchain
NEW YORK — These remain very early days for blockchain, but the opportunities that the technology presents for media and entertainment (M&E) and other companies are significant a... More
New Asset ID Standards the ‘UPC Code’ for Media
In early July, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) published new standards that bind Ad-IDs to commercials and Entertainment ID Registry (EIDR) codes to ... More
Smart Content, Content Protection, Cloud Production Together July 24 in NYC
Nearly 400 members of the East Coast media and entertainment community are set to visit the Microsoft Conference Center July 24 for the second annual Media & Entertainment Day, att... More
MESA, MarkLogic Webinar to Examine Sony’s Smart Content Work
When the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) and MarkLogic host the July 18 webinar “Smart Content Connecting the Data Behind the Hits with Sony Pictures,” Matt Turn... More
SMPTE Publishes Standards for Binding Ad-IDs to Commercials, EIDR Codes to Content
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) July 9 announced it has published new standards around binding Ad-IDs to commercials and Entertainment ID Registry (E... More
Video AI, Data Topics Highlight Smart Content Summit East
Among the focus areas of the July 24 Media & Entertainment Day at the Microsoft Conference Center in New York is Smart Content Summit East, a track that will see media and ente... More
M&E Day Keynotes to Address Power of Blockchain, Social Media
The keynote addresses have been set for the July 24 Media & Entertainment Day at the Microsoft Conference Center in New York, an event that covers three programs (Smart Content, Co... More