By Erik Weaver, Director of Product Marketing, M&E Solutions, Data Center Systems, Western Digital Corporation - It doesn’t take a trained eye to recognize that the M&E indust... More
HITS is a community of IT executives representing the Hollywood studios and supporting information technology partners which includes (1) MPAA member studios (and other significant non-MPAA member studios), (2) supporting key media services providers, (3) software vendors, and (4) services firms.
Organized under the aegis of the Media and Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA), which represents the service and technology solution providers, the Society embraces the entire entertainment industry consisting of film studios, TV networks, home entertainment divisions of Hollywood studios, video game publishers and music labels.
NAB 2019: Moving Editing Workflows to the Cloud Offers Many Advantages, Azure’s Sloss Says
LAS VEGAS – As the scale and volume of video content continues to grow, it’s becoming increasingly advantageous for editors to move their workflows to the cloud, and ongoing co... More
NAB 2019: GrayMeta Turned Attendees’ Eyes to Iris, Curio Solutions
LAS VEGAS — GrayMeta used NAB to tout its latest Iris and Curio solutions, including Iris Cloud and a GrayMeta Curio extension for Adobe Creative Cloud. “Our main focus at t... More
NAB 2019: TiVo Eyes ATSC 3.0; Deluxe One: Automation Made Easy
LAS VEGAS — ATSC 3.0, the next-gen, over-the-air digital broadcast standard, is still in its early days. But already TiVo is looking at how to give owners of its hardware access ... More
NAB 2019: Google Cloud Makes AI Deployment Easier, Partners with Viacom
LAS VEGAS — Google Cloud announced both new partnerships and new tech advances at the NAB Show, with Viacom looking to Google to automated content tagging, discovery and intellig... More
NAB 2019: Eurofins Encouraged by Strong Reception to Arreios for ATSC 3.0 Test Suite
LAS VEGAS — Eurofins saw strong interest for its new Arreios for ATSC 3.0 suite of test automation tools at NAB this past week, according to Tim Morgan, managing director, U.K., ... More
NAB 2019: SHIFT Sees Uptake; Prime Focus Debuts Micro Services
LAS VEGAS — Prime Focus Technologies (PFT) used the NAB Show to debut a suite of AI-led micro services, all custom-made for media and entertainment enterprises. “Our AI-led ... More
NAB 2019: Sony Spotlights New AI-Based Video Analytics, New 4K HDR Camera System
LAS VEGAS — Sony’s significant presence at NAB this week included announcements on multiple service and product fronts, including the introduction of new artificial intelligenc... More
HITS Spring Returns to L.A. May 23, with ‘Tech Takes Talent’ Theme
Hollywood’s technology community is in a seismic state of change. New tech giant arrivals are filling their local talent pools while traditional studios are transforming and retr... More
NAB 2019: Wasabi Shares Cloud Storage Innovations; Avid Innovates for M&E; Western Digital Talks Object Storage
LAS VEGAS — Wasabi has set its sights on Asia for its next data center as part of the company’s planned international expansion, according to Whit Jackson, Wasabi’s VP of med... More