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 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.
Exactuals Celebrates SAG-AFTRA Success, Entertainment Partners Partnership
Los Angeles-based industry payments specialist Exactuals is celebrating sign-ups for its direct deposit service by many of the 160,000-plus union members with SAG-AFTRA, the compan... More
HITS Spring: LiveTiles to Look at AI, Bot Strategies
The nascent introduction of artificial intelligence into the workplace means gaining practical insights into how to implement it properly remains a major challenge for many organiz... More
HITS Spring: Birlasoft, Exactuals, Azure Bring Cloud, Payments Knowledge
Executives from Microsoft Azure, Birlasoft, Exactuals and Blizzard Entertainment will all be on hand May 23 at the HITS Spring event in Los Angeles, offering insights into the late... More
HITS Spring: MicroStrategy to Share Enterprise Analytics Insights
At the May 23 HITS Spring event at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Los Angeles, Rick Pechter, principal solutions architect for MicroStrategy, will offer attendees ideas on how to ... More
M&E Journal: NHRA Uses Intelligent Media Services to Speed Efficiency
By Angie Alers, Director of Account Management, Sony New Media Solutions, and Mike DesRoches, National Accounts Organization, Sony Electronics - National Hot Rod Association (NH... More
HITS Spring: Entertainment Partners Brings Digital Food for Thought
At the May 23 HITS Spring event at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Los Angeles, Darren Ehlers, SVP of product management for Entertainment Partners, will share a simple message: di... More
HITS Spring: MarkLogic, Sony Set to Share Data Success Story
An investment in descriptive, time-based metadata has helped Sony Pictures to better understand its content library, and the studio is doing it with the help of enterprise NoSQL da... More
HITS Spring: Spark Digital to Look at the Future of Geotargeting
From targeting content within a physical space to localizing content for global markets, using time and place data to get compelling, targeted content to customers is more importan... More
HITS Spring: SoftServe to Hype Hybrid Recommendation Engines
Digital media companies are facing a recommendation engine challenge today, one that sees many of these solutions falling short, when it comes to making the most of the user experi... More