M+E Connections
Whip Media Debuts AI-Powered Content Marketplace Exchange
A new marketplace offering from enterprise software platform and entertainment data provider Whip Media aims to connect buyers and sellers using one centralised platform, streamlin... More
MESA Member Webinar Week Ahead: May 24-28
GeoGuard hosts a panel around protecting territorially-restricted content from geolocation fraud, Wasabi CEO David Friend takes part in a discussion on the importance of data stora... More
Irdeto: Make Sure to Secure Your AI From Bad Actors
Advancements keep being made in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) that are tools for both good actors and bad actors alike, so it is more important than ever... More
The Best Thing to Come Out of the Lockdown
Now we’re the first to tell you that we’re a knuckle-dragging on-prem person. We like our content, workflow and storage (especially the storage) around us … like to see it, t... More
WiTH May 21 Webinar Tackles ‘Hacking into InfoSec Careers’
On May 21, Women in Technology Hollywood (WiTH) will host the webinar “Hacking into InfoSec Careers,” bringing a trio of experts together for a thought-provoking conversation a... More
2021 Edition of MESA’s Spring/Summer M&E Journal Goes Live
The spring/summer edition of the “M&E Journal,” published by MESA and geared toward senior media and entertainment executives who oversee their companies’ digital futures, is... More
MESA Member Webinar Week Ahead: May 17-21
TiVo takes a data-dive into subscriber retention, Tata Consultancy Services shares how artificial intelligence (AI) can gauge customer expectations, and CHESA and LucidLink take pa... More
Disney CEO: Company’s ‘Nearing Full Production Levels’
Disney is “nearing full production levels” once again and is “significantly ramping up content creation at our studios,” according to Bob Chapek, the company’s CEO. (more... More
HITS Spring: IBM Security CTO Details When to Consider ‘Zero Trust’
On May 12 at the annual Hollywood Innovation and Transformation Summit (HITS) Spring event, Jeff Crume, distinguished engineer, CTO of the Americas for IBM Security, and an IBM mas... More
M&E Industry Has Changed but the Change Wasn’t Equitable
Have you ever been suddenly awakened from a really, really bad dream? Yeah, that’s about what the Oscars felt like this year. There were a lot of great projects lying around t... More
Cognizant CFO: ‘Vast Majority’ of Company’s Business Will Be Digital in 2-3 Years
Digital businesses will continue to make up an increasingly larger part of Cognizant’s revenue and, if its strategy is successful, there will be very little of its business not d... More
How Solstice Studios Saved $1.2M By Moving VFX to the Cloud With Arch
In even the best of times, finishing visual effects (VFX) for any movie is a challenge. COVID-19 only upped the challenge for Solstice Studios when it was looking to reap the marke... More
TransPerfect: Streamline Key Workflows, Ensure Scalability
Over the last few years, one of TransPerfect’s key areas of focus has been developing tools and services for the media and entertainment industry. Specifically, these services ha... More
MESA Member Webinar Week Ahead: May 10-14
A pair of “Journey to the Cloud” sessions from EditShare, a cybersecurity session from Tata Consultancy Services, and the annual Hollywood Innovation and Transformation Summit ... More
Nielsen CEO: Company’s Making ‘Good Progress’ on Gracenote Strategy
Nielsen is “making good progress” on its Gracenote Content Services strategy as publishers and multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) “around the world recognize... More
‘Continued Rapid Growth’ of Akamai’s Security Business Gave it a Lift in Q1
Akamai reported strong results for its first quarter (ended March 31) that Tom Leighton, its CEO, said was “driven by the continued rapid growth of our security business, acceler... More
Dolby CEO: Company Made Strides With Atmos, Vision, Dolby.io in Q2
Dolby continued to make strides with Dolby Atmos, Dolby Atmos Music, Dolby Vision and Dolby.io adoption in the second quarter (ended March 26), according to Kevin Yeaman, the compa... More
M&E Journal: Charting Post-Pandemic Hollywood Through Its Own Lens
In 2011, Contagion terrified us about the spread of a virus transmitted by respiratory droplets. The Day After Tomorrow depicted catastrophic climatic that ushered in global coolin... More
WiTH to Discuss Link Between Transparency, Diversity at May 12 HITS Event
At the May 12 Hollywood Innovation and Transformation Summit (HITS) Spring event, the chairs of the Women in Technology Hollywood’s (WiTH) new Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Acces... More
M&E Journal: Preparing for the Post-Pandemic Content Consumer
March 2020 was a month of change for the media and entertainment industry. Organizations found themselves in a position that forced them to transition their everyday operations to ... More