All posts by Chris Tribbey

HITS Spring: Birlasoft Sees ‘Intelligent Armies’ Winning Race for M&E Audiences

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Timothy Sheehy, assistant VP of media and entertainment for digital and IT services specialist Birlasoft, puts the state of moving workflows to the cloud... More

Digital Edition of MESA’s Spring ‘M&E Journal’ Goes Live (HITS)

The Spring edition of the “M&E Journal” from the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) is now live, offering nearly 30 articles authored by executives from Hol... More

Infosys’ London Innovation Studio to Delve Into AI, VR

Next-gen digital services and consulting Infosys has opened a new Experience Design & Innovation Studio in the Shoreditch district of London, offering a space for its employees... More

Digital Edition of MESA’s Spring ‘M&E Journal’ Goes Live (SSN)

The Spring edition of the “M&E Journal” from the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) is now live, offering nearly 30 articles authored by executives from Hollywood�... More

Digital Edition of MESA’s Spring ‘M&E Journal’ Goes Live

The Spring edition of the “M&E Journal” from the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) is now live, offering nearly 30 articles authored by executives from Hollywood�... More

HITS Spring: Azure’s Sloss Touts Cloud Editing Advantages

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Paramount’s production of Ang Lee’s next film, “Gemini Man,” is seeing the famed director recording at 6K, in stereoscopic 3D, at 120 frames per ... More

Applicaster Powers Copa America 2019 App, Online Fan Experience

Media and TV app development solution experts Applicaster is powering both the mobile app and web experience for the CONMEBOL Copa America 2019 soccer tournament, aiming to provide... More

Top 5 Reasons M&E Needs NVMe Now

By Erik Weaver, Global Director, M&E Strategy and Market Development, Data Center Solutions, Western Digital Hollywood has its fair share of name dropping.  But have you he... More

HITS Spring: Cinelytic, MicroStrategy Bring AI, ML Know-How

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Experts from both Cinelytic and MicroStrategy were on hand May 23 at the annual HITS Spring event, bringing ideas on how machine learning (ML) and artifi... More

Qumulo Inks Deal with Industrial Brothers

Storage firm Qumulo has inked a deal with Toronto-based Industrial Brothers, with the digital studio using Qumulo’s hybrid cloud file storage solution to handle its growing busin... More

IYUNO Media Group Looks to Convergent Risks for Security Enhancement

Subtitling, captioning and dubbing provider IYUNO Media Group is nearing completion of a security enhancement overhaul of its 15 regional offices, with the help of risk assessment ... More

Technicolor’s Godlewski on New Trends in Cable Services, CPE Technology

While cable operators around the world are facing an unprecedented array of challenges — from changing consumer behaviors to disruptive competition from over-the-top providers �... More

HITS Spring Presentations Now Available

More than a dozen breakout presentations from top Hollywood vendors at the May 23 HITS Spring event in Los Angeles are now available, covering the latest trends in metadata, cloud ... More

Bitmax Inks Asset Management, Supply Chain Deal with Distribution Solutions

Digital media management and licensing company Bitmax has inked a multi-year deal to provide content management and digital supply chain services to Distribution Solutions, a divis... More

Eurofins Digital Testing Debuts IoT Security Test Lab

The cybersecurity division of quality assurance and testing specialist Eurofins Digital Testing has opened a new security test lab to examine the security of Internet of Things (Io... More

HITS Spring: Entertainment Partners Makes Data Central to Tools

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — In April, “Game of Thrones” actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) was on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” discussing the final season of the HBO hit,... More

Technicolor, NAB Celebrate Successful ATSC 3.0 Test

Technicolor, LG, two Korean technology providers and others are celebrating today, following a successful field test of ATSC 3.0 in Cleveland, one that proved the next-gen transmis... More

HITS Spring: Google Keynoter Shares How Search Equals Truth

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Qing Wu, principle economist for Google, earned some easy laughs to begin his keynote presentation May 23 at the annual HITS Spring event: his opening sl... More

HITS Spring: Blockgraph Aims for Secure ‘Identity’ for TV Ad Industry

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Jason Manningham, GM of the Blockgraph initiative — a TV industry platform designed to offer secure information sharing among broadcasters and advertis... More