M+E Connections

IT services firm Cognizant has debuted a new white paper — “Five Ways Media Companies Can Generate Value from AI” — that outlines the obstacles toward adopting AI initiativ... More

By Chris Carey, CRO, Managing Director of the Americas, Iyuno Media Group - The COVID-19 crisis has caused our industry to make dramatic strategic changes in order to continue o... More

SAP will host the Sept. 10 webinar “Brace Yourselves for the Next Disruption in the Media Industry” By Richard Whittington, SVP M&E, SAP - The maxim that “content is k... More

The other day, we were watching a movie on our smartphone. Thirty minutes in this huge buffering wheel filled the screen. Then … stutter, stop, spin, stutter, stop, spin. A fe... More

The Smart Content Summit — an annual gathering of the entertainment industry’s top minds in the areas of big data, AI, machine learning, automation and blockchain — is expand... More

Continued customer adoption of Relay, Shield and the bundled Suite offering, along with strong initial demand for the All-New Box experience announced in May helped Box overcome CO... More

Strong demand for Salesforce’s cloud-based software services helped the company overcome COVID-19 pandemic challenges in its second quarter (ended July 31), company executives sa... More

For premium content providers, pay TV operators and telecommunications alike the pandemic has opened up all sorts of issues around how to successfully manage business and keep subs... More

Content creators are increasingly moving workflows to the cloud -- from editorial to promos to visual effects enabling remote and work from home capabilities – and Microsoft’s ... More

By Scott Ralston, Head of Product, GrayMeta - Cloud technologies are increas-ingly being used by studios, broadcasters and content owners throughout the lifecycle of content, fr... More

In the middle of a Microsoft Team meeting, the company CEO left his home office to refresh his coffee and when he came back, his head of marketing said he didn’t realize it was c... More

By David Salter, Director, Technology Solutions, LiveTiles - Microsoft Teams adoption recently hit a new high with 44 million daily active users, spiking a whopping 37 percent i... More

Disney is doubling down on its direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming initiatives amid the ongoing global pandemic, saying it plans to launch a new international general entertainment ... More

By Chuck Parker, CEO, Sohonet - We’re all using remote technologies to remain connected during this unprecedented time. While this shift has intensified in recent weeks, it is... More

Despite ongoing challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Dolby saw bright spots in the fiscal third quarter ended June 26 that included continued strong Dolby Atmos and Dolby V... More

Earlier this summer, Women in Technology Hollywood (WiTH) partnered up with nonprofit PepUp Tech (an organization that provides underrepresented students access to both mentors and... More

If you’re going to have bad stuff happen (global pandemic, worldwide social and racial realignment, and international economic unrest) there’s probably no better time to reshuf... More

One of the few positive things to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic has been the increased push for a paperless Hollywood that has resulted from it, according to Adobe. A growin... More

The Content Delivery & Security Association (CDSA) has “made good progress” so far with its App & Cloud Framework, according to Ben Schofield, CDSA project manager and... More

By Stephen Tallamy, CTO, EditShare - The cloud is everywhere and nowhere. It’s certainly intangible: very few people know exactly what goes on inside this nebulous artifact. ... More