The Maddening World of Content Distribution
By Andy Marken, President, Marken Communications - Ever since our early days working with DVD manufacturers, we’ve always had a begrudging respect for pirates. They were much ... More
Akamai Takes Content Protection to the Edge
Akamai March 25 announced it has added additional watermarking partners to its content protection ecosystem, offering yet another level of service protection against piracy threats... More
MESA Launches Free Global Member E-Calendar
With in-person events on hold and more companies offering online events to replace them during the pandemic, the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) has launched a compl... More
Remote Working Doesn’t Have to Mean Compromise in Productivity or Security
By Ian Main, Technical Marketing Principal, Teradici - With the spread of COVID-19, companies around the world have been transitioning to remote work and canceling travel. Shelt... More
MESA Members Go Remote, Offer Free Product Access in Response to COVID-19
With the continued spread of the coronavirus, members of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) have responded with free offerings of their top products, moves to f... More
MESA Update on COVID-19 Impact on Events
As news coverage of the impact and severity of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) unfolds, and reverberates in context to our industry, we will continue to provide updates to our rea... More
Cinelytic CEO Looks to Make Most of P2P Piracy Data
Most media and entertainment companies lack insights into global OTT audiences, despite how fast the business is growing. The industry spends $200 billion annually making and m... More
April NAB Show Postponed Over COVID-19 Concerns
The late-April NAB Show is the latest media and entertainment conference to be put on hold over concerns with the growing spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), with NAB presi... More
COVID-19 Statement to All MESA Communities
Over the past six weeks we have closely monitored the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as it has spread throughout the world. The cancelation of Mobile World Congress in ... More
Cinelytic CEO: Finding the Silver (Data) Lining in Pervasive Piracy
LOS ANGELES — Nobody in the industry is a fan of piracy and peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing. It’s billions out of the pockets of content owners, creators, and everyone associat... More
M&E Journal: Break Your App. Do It Again
By Ted Harrington, Executive Partner, Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) - In karate, earning a black belt isn’t the end of your journey; it is just the beginning. So too i... More
CDSA’s Cybersecurity & Content Protection Summit Returns to NAB
With more cyberattacks dominating the news, more live broadcast streams being pirated, and more privacy concerns for consumers than ever before, media and entertainment executives ... More
