Leading Nordic media company Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) just a few years ago was running into a problem. Growing fast and expanding the business across several regions, t... More
The 2nd Screen Society was formed in 2012 to advance the creation, production and adoption of content, applications, devices and distribution systems within the greater 2nd Screen Engagement Ecosystem. It has focused its attention on facilitating API and web services between apps, Smart TVs, mobile devices and set top boxes, providing a social, seamless and stimulating consumer experience that harness the power of data and provide visibility and usage information to companies as content is created, marketed, delivered and archived.
Additionally, the Society’s Search/Discovery initiative has advanced the dialogue between video service providers, metadata provides and content creators to create a lean-back video discovery experience. The group is currently focusing on ways that data is furthering distribution and development through information obtained via IoT-enabled devices.

Studio Data Experts Highlight Feb. 27 Smart Hollywood Summit
Data experts from several major studios will take the stage Feb. 27 at the Smart Hollywood Summit, a day-long conference that will tackle the transformative effect AI, blockchain, ... More

CDSA Releases First Film and Television Production Security Guidelines
Guidelines for protecting film and television productions against cyber and physical breaches have been released by the Content Delivery and Security Association (CDSA), the worldw... More

Ooyala Looks to Advance Metadata Applications in News Production
Ooyala Feb. 4 announced it’s partnering with London-based media supply chain trade group Digital Production Partnership (DPP) to advance global news industry standards for the us... More

Digital Media Consultant: Avoid Silo Mentality With EIDR Implementation
Although the Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) global unique identifier system is now widely accepted as the industry standard in many technical specifications and workflows... More

Studios, Vendors to Tackle Everything EIDR at Jan. 30 Participant Meeting
Studio executives, experts from the Hollywood vendor community and OTT providers will all be on hand Jan. 30 in Playa Vista, Calif. for the annual Participant Meeting of the Entert... More

MarkLogic Exec: Entertainment Companies Can Do a Lot More with AI and ‘We Need to Get Started’
These are still early days for artificial intelligence (AI) and there’s a lot more that entertainment companies can do to leverage the technology to take full advantage of it for... More

CES 2019: Comcast Technology Solutions Talks Direct to Consumer; Wipro Eyes ATSC 3.0
LAS VEGAS — CES 2019 came to a close with some 180,000 attendees checking out the latest tech innovations from more than 4,500 exhibitors, and keynotes from AT&T Communications,... More

CES 2019: AR Made Strides in 2018, Amazon Web Services Exec Says
LAS VEGAS – Augmented reality (AR) technology made strides in 2018 on multiple fronts and among several industry players, according to Mark Francis, product marketing lead for th... More

CES 2019: FandangoNOW Adds IMAX Films; Samsung, Apple Partner Up
VOD service FandangoNOW will be the first U.S. digital retailer to land IMAX Enhanced films for sale directly to the home, the companies announced at the Consumer Electronics Show ... More