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M&E Journal: The ‘Platform-etization’ of Hollywood
Guy Finley will be among the presenters Feb. 27 at the Smart Hollywood Summit in Los Angeles. By Guy Finley, President, Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) - ... More
Pepperdine Graziadio Business School Marks 50th with ‘Industry 4.0’ Event
The Pepperdine Graziadio Business School will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a full-day academic conference April 2 in Los Angeles, exploring the “Fourth Industrial Revoluti... More
Light Point Security Releases Clientless Version of Browser Isolation Platform
Anti-browser-based attack firm Light Point Security Feb. 19 announced a clientless version included of its browser isolation platform, Light Point Web, marking the first browser is... More
HPA Tech Retreat Panelists: AI in M&E is in its Infancy
PALM DESERT, Calif. — Don Eklund, CTO for Sony Pictures Entertainment, sees a pretty simple explanation for why artificial intelligence has become such a prevalent technology tod... More
M&E Journal: Improving Transparency and Speed in the Content Supply Chain, From Client to Freelance Translator
By Nicky McBride, VP Business Development, SDI Media - Media localization has gone through a major transition in the last few years, driven both by the need to turn around local... More
Adobe, PIX Celebrate Sci-Tech Oscars
Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) members Adobe and PIX System were among the honorees at this year’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Scienti... More
EIDR, WD Execs: SMPTE’s C4 ID Complements EIDR ID
Although some people mistakenly believe SMPTE’s recently standardized C4 ID is a competitor to the Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) global unique identifier system or the... More
M&E Journal: Adapting Your Content Model in a Direct-to-Consumer Economy
By Amos Biegun, Vistex, and Richard Whittington, SAP - Over time, studios have adopted several practices to manage rights. At first, tracking rights ownership was done manually,... More
MicroStrategy Partners with Azure, AWS at World 2019 Event
Enterprise analytics and mobility software provider MicroStrategy Feb. 5 shared new partnership news with major cloud companies, including the launch of the MicroStrategy 2019 plat... More
White House AI, Robotics Expert to Keynote Feb. 27 Smart Hollywood Summit
When President Obama saw the need to commercialize, research and adopt a policy around robotics and AI, he turned to Dr. Eric Daimler, a leading authority with more than 20 years o... More
Pixelogic Opens New Digital Cinema, Audio Mixing Theaters
Content localization and distribution services provider Pixelogic has opened new theaters and production suites at its London facility, offering end-to-end workflow services, cover... More
M&E Journal: Best Practices in SaaS and Cloud for the M&E Industry
By Jon Finegold, CMO, Signiant - As cloud technology becomes mainstream in media, the highly customized applications deployed by early adopters are increasingly being retired in... More
Google Cloud Exec: Companies Can ‘Turbocharge Business Impact’ by Building Apps Faster
Companies can take advantage of Google Cloud’s latest technologies and tools to build applications at the increasingly fast speeds that customers are looking for today, according... More
Cognizant CEO D’Souza Named Chair of World Economic Forum’s IT Community
Cognizant VP and CEO Francisco D'Souza has been named chairman of the World Economic Forum's IT and Electronics Governors community, a group of business leaders with the mission of... More
SDI Media Debuts App for Foreign Language Dubbing Community
Localization specialist SDI Media has launched a world’s first app geared directly at foreign language dubbing community professionals, offering direct access to the media produc... 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: Azure Giving LG an AI Bump; Western Digital Brings New Hardware
LAS VEGAS — It was a beyond busy week for TiVo at CES, with two new announcements coming during the middle of the show. The entertainment technology and audience insights spe... More
CES 2019: Ooyala, Paramount Execs Talk Future of Video
LAS VEGAS — Ted Schilowitz, futurist with Paramount Pictures, looks at the state of entertainment today, and sees a mixed bag. “We’ve effectively TV’d everything in our ... More
CES 2019: TiVo, Technicolor Make Partnership Waves; Panasonic Unveils Dolby Vision, HDR10+ Set
LAS VEGAS — TiVo used the opening day of CES 2019 to announce it had extended its partnership with Verizon, with the operator using TiVo’s personalized content discovery platfo... More
