M+E Connections
Sony Exec: 2021 is a ‘Transformation Year’ After Challenging 2020
Sony Electronics has already introduced several new professional products this year and has much more coming, according to Richard Ventura, vice president of B2B at Sony Electronic... More
SMPTE Looks to Standardize Language Metadata Table
In collaboration with MESA, SMPTE is bringing the media industry’s first human- and machine-readable Language Metadata Table (LMT) into its public review process, an early step t... More
M&E Journal: Preparing for Opportunities, Complications in the Post-Pandemic Streaming Space
COVID-19 has provided a blueprint for what the in-home entertainment market will look like in 2021. Expect continued intense competition along with brand new experiences for consum... More
MESA Member Webinar Week Ahead: Feb. 8-12
Zendesk tackles CX trends for 2021, Teradici shares how remote users can save up to 80 percent on bandwidth consumption, and Women in Technology Hollywood (WiTH) presents the lates... More
2021 Product Enhancements Touted at MicroStrategy World
MicroStrategy CTO Tim Lang highlighted the latest enhancements to the company’s platform for 2021 in a Feb. 4 keynote during the virtual MicroStrategy World conference. “202... More
Recent Acquisitions Lift Cognizant Results in Q4
Cognizant’s Communications, Media and Technology revenue was a bright spot for the company in its fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31), with revenue increasing 4.6% to $661 million in... More
Strong Game, Network Services Growth Boosted Sony’s Q3 Results
Strong growth in Sony’s Game & Network Services (G&NS) and Music divisions, driven by the launch of the PlayStation 5 video game console and strong demand for streaming m... More
CHESA, Bebop Technology Discuss Cloud Production Trends
The latest in Chesapeake Systems’ (CHESA) long-running podcast “The Workflow Show” interview series around production workflows sees CHESA’s Jason Whetstone, senior workflo... More
Amazon Reports Strong Q4 AWS Results as Bezos Plans to Step Down as CEO
While announcing that Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Andrew Jassy will be replacing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as the company’s CEO this summer, Amazon on Feb. 2 said strong AWS re... More
GrayMeta, SDI Talk Content Localization
In one of the latest episodes of its “Metadata Matters” series, intelligent metadata firm GrayMeta talks content localization with Scott Rose, CTO of SDI Media, which was recen... More
Metal Toad Tackles M&E Cloud Ecosystem in Interview Series
Amazon Web Services (AWS) consulting specialist Metal Toad has released the latest in a series of interviews with AWS independent software vendor (ISV) media and entertainment part... More
SAP’s Cloud Business Boosted Q4 Results
Strong cloud demand provided SAP with a lift in its fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31) and its cloud business is expected to grow even more in the months to come, company executives sa... More
MicroStrategy Sees ‘Good Momentum’ in its Cloud Business in Q4
MicroStrategy’s product licenses and subscription services revenue grew 3.3% to $38.6 million in the fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31) compared to a year earlier, driven by the stro... More
Akamai: Organizations Need to Be Better Prepared for DDoS Attacks
Organizations of all sizes need access to high-quality mitigation controls, platform scale and the expertise to stop distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack campaigns in their ... More
HBO Max Boosted AT&T Results in Q4
HBO Max and AT&T TV helped give AT&T a lift in its fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31) as the streaming services helped offset the company’s premium pay TV and domestic video ... More
Azure Strength Gave Microsoft a Q2 Lift
Strong performance in Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud business provided a boost for the company’s results in the second quarter (ended Dec. 31) as a 50% increase in Azure revenue... More
M&E Journal: Tool Up Your Remote Workforce
In 2019, 68 percent of business leaders felt their cybersecurity risks were increasing. 2020 may have seen another challenge take precedence. It’s safe to say that COVID-19 c... More
Disney’s Meg Morrissey Named Co-Chair of LMT Working Group
Meg Morrissey, senior data librarian at Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution, has been appointed co-chair of the Language Metadata Table (LMT) Working Group. The news c... More
M&E Journal: Welcome to What’s Next – The New Hollywood
Have you been enjoying your stay in the Upside Down World? These past nine months have been an astonishing 17 years for us, too. We are in awe of our friends in data, IT, and secur... More
MESA Member Webinar Week Ahead: Jan. 25-29
Akamai will offer its latest insights into content piracy and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, Adobe will share its latest paperless progress report, and the media and... More