HITS Exclusives
HITS 2023: Signiant Shows How Companies Can Bring Platform Power to Automation Workflows
Although the advantages of automation are undeniable, it is still too expensive and inefficient for each media organization to undertake a custom design/build/operate workflow init... More
HITS 2023: CoreSite Explores How Collaboration is Fostered By Data Centers
Broadcast media and entertainment is a highly collaborative, content-centric industry, according to Ken Bamberg, sales director at CoreSite. CoreSite, with 28 highly connected d... More
HITS 2023: Signiant Shows How Companies Can Bring Platform Power to Automation Workflows
Although the advantages of automation are undeniable, it is still too expensive and inefficient for each media organization to undertake a custom design/build/operate workflow init... More
HITS 2023: Softtek IT Governance Lead Delivers WiTH Keynote
CULVER CITY, Calif. — Albertina Cardiel, IT governance, risk and compliance director, and diversity and inclusion leader for Softtek, noted that the program for the May 23 Hollyw... More
HITS 2023: Gracenote Details Future of Entertainment Discovery
The lines are blurring between entertainment types and the experiences of consumers who seek to engage with that content, according to Trent Wheeler, chief product officer at Grace... More
HITS 2023 Keynoter: Combo of Technology, Talent Makes Amazon Studios Stand Out
CULVER CITY, Calif. — Amazon Studios and its Media Engineering and Innovation (MEI) team take an artist-first approach to designing and supporting creative and technical postprod... More
Shapiro, Fortinet’s Lakhani Bring Latest on Web 3.0 to May 23 HITS
A pair of presentations at the May 23 Hollywood Innovation and Transformation Summit (HITS), at the Culver Theater in Los Angeles, will examine the future of (and opportunities and... More
MicroStrategy to Guide HITS Attendees Through a Modern Studio May 23
At the May 23 Hollywood Innovation and Transformation Summit (HITS), at the Culver Theater in Los Angeles, and online via MESA’s virtual platform, the MESAverse, David Swan, mana... More
Challenging Stereotypes on Agenda at May 23 HITS Event
What’s in a number? Turns out, a lot when it comes to ages and the media and entertainment industry. We’ve all experienced it: being judged or judging someone for being too ... More
NAB 2023 MESA Round-Up: Rightsline, Box, EZDRM, Qvest
LAS VEGAS — More than 50 MESA members exhibited during NAB. Here’s what a few of them had to share at the show. (more…)... More
AWS: The Importance of Next-Gen Firewalls to Companies’ Security Strategies
Firewalls have been around for a long time but next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) have now become critical to companies’ security strategies, according to Amazon Web Services (A... More
Google, EIDR Team Up to Help Boost Industrywide ID Ubiquity
Thanks to the work of engineers at Google, Entertainment ID Registry (EIDR)-enabled assets are gaining more visibility in search results, as MESA reported in March. There were a... More
NAB 2023 MESA Round-Up: Prime Focus, OOONA, Digital Bedrock, Shift Media, Wasabi
LAS VEGAS — More than 50 MESA members exhibited during NAB. Here’s what a few of them had to share at the show. (more…)... More
May 23 HITS Spring Explores the Pace of Innovation
The pace of the constant innovations and transformations in media and entertainment, across all aspects of content creation and distribution, from advanced workflows to evolving in... More
NAB 2023: Sohonet, Coresite, Alteon.io, Adobe Make the Show Shine
LAS VEGAS — Post-pandemic, the 2023 edition of the NAB Show felt like the first one where absolutely everyone was back. That included more than 50 member companies of the MESA co... More
Illusionist Megastar David Copperfield, Paramount’s Schilowitz Bring Magic to CPS @ NAB
The NAB Show’s opening session for CDSA’s Content Protection Summit (CPS@NAB) will be co-hosted by Paramount futurist Ted Schilowitz and world-renown illusionist David Copperfi... More
Microsoft to Stress Importance of Executive Support at Content Protection Summit
The theme of the April 17 Content Protection Summit at NAB (CPS@NAB), being held at the SAHARA Theater in Las Vegas, is “Connected Complexity: Securing the Evolving Entertainment... More
With So Much Noise, NAB Media Coverage Should be the Beginning
With everyone trying to figure out what the M&E industry will look like in the years ahead, this year’s NAB should be the most exciting, most chaotic event in the show’s 100 ye... More
Testronic, Giant Interactive Rebrand to Giant Worldwide
Quality control, testing and localization services firm Testronic Labs acquired Giant Interactive in July. Eight months later, the pairing is resulting in a rebrand: the group�... More
MESA Members Invited to Join DEG’s EnTech Fest
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group will hold its second annual EnTech Fest on March 29 at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, where it will feature exhibits, an expanded co... More