The vast majority of IT hiring managers have made bad decisions when recruiting new talent for their companies, according to new research by Robert Half Technology. Ninety-five ... 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.
MPAA Updates Content Security Best Practices to Align With Trusted Partner Network
As part of its dynamic improvement efforts, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has announced the first update of its Content Security Best Practices since the formati... More
Veritone to Buy Wazee Digital for $15 Million
Veritone said Aug. 13 that it signed an agreement to buy Wazee Digital, a provider of cloud-native video management and licensing services that enable rights holders to monetize an... 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
Veritone Eyes New aiWARE Growth Opportunities
Veritone continues to see growth opportunities for its aiWARE artificial intelligence (AI) operating system among existing media customers and clients in new business sectors inclu... More
M&E Journal: The Biometric Data Concerns Around Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications
By Ed Klaris, CEO, and Alexia Bedat, Associate, KlarisIP - A particular type of private information became the focus of increasing attention in 2017: biometric data. Biometric ... More
Save the Date Oct. 4: HITS Fall is Going to Be ‘EPIC’
The Hollywood Innovation & Technology Society (HITS) will be “EPIC” this fall, thanks to a full morning of keynotes, panels and use-case presentations about Entertainment Produ... More
Smart Content Keynoter: Blockchain Can Empower Artists
Content creators face all sorts of challenges today, including a loss of control over their IP, a lack of a sustained income stream, little transparency in the financial reporting ... More
AWS, Machine Learning and a Royal Wedding
It’s been about a year since Amazon Web Services began making it simple for developers to extract metadata from content using machine learning services, and according to Liam Mor... More
MarkLogic Exec: Companies Should Use the Right Data Pattern to Unlock Smart Content’s Power
NEW YORK – It’s important for media and other companies to use the right data pattern if they want to truly take advantage of the power of smart content, according to Matt Turn... More