M+E Connections
Zendesk Exec: M&E Companies Can Survive and Thrive Despite COVID-19 Challenges
The media and entertainment industry has been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, just like every other type of business – in its specific case, with shuttered film and TV... More
Digital Nirvana Details Benefits of Trance Captioning Solution
Automatic transcriptions, localization translations, captioning converting, the ability to assess the actual quality of captions automatically, conformed to the style guides of var... More
Adobe Introduces Creative Cloud Video Enhancements
Adobe announced several new Creative Cloud Video enhancements that were made available May 19 for its Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Character Animator and Premiere Rush. ... More
Our Finest Hour Season 1, Episode 5: ‘Finding Mr. Hanks’
The COVID-19 pandemic has left many of us feeling lost and adrift, in the way of inspiration or direction. And like other times when the “normal” way of life has been upended, ... More
Streaming Services Light Up Global Availability of Targeted Content
By Andy Marken, President, Marken Communications - When projects start up again, 2020 will be the year of content directed and produced by women, with an abundance of heroine le... More
Verizon Media Exec: Company’s Seeing Surge in OTT Viewing, Game Content
Trends that Verizon Media has seen since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic include surging over-the-top (OTT) streaming content viewership and demand for videogame content, accord... More
M&E Journal: Reimagining Advertising With Digital: Connecting Buyers and Sellers
By Brajesh Jha, Global Head, Media Entertainment, Genpact - Most media companies have taken significant steps with digital, using automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to ... More
Richey May Tech: Remote Working a Daunting Security Challenge
Ransomware, piracy, spoilers, leaks … Hollywood’s list of concerns is a constant reminder to keep your security at the forefront. But while the protocols were pretty straigh... More
Technicolor Helps Out Charter With Device Donations to Provide COVID-19 Broadband Access
To help families without internet access during stay-at-home orders, Technicolor has donated 30,000 broadband customer premises equipment (CPE) devices to Charter Communications, t... More
Dolby CFO: Company Sees Growth Opportunity in Dolby.io
Dolby sees a new “potential growth” opportunity in Dolby.io, its new platform that allows content developers to use Dolby application programming interfaces (APIs) to enhance t... More
M&E Journal: How Secure is Your Cloud Solution?
By Lulu Zezza, Co-Founder, One-Simple - Only a few years ago we considered the cloud “unsafe.” Today we consider cloud solutions safer than our on-premise networks. This is ... More
Veritone President: Strong SaaS Performance Boosted Q1 Results
A strong showing for Veritone’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business provided the artificial intelligence (AI) tech company a revenue boost during its first quarter (ended March... More
Zendesk Webinar: Maintaining an Exceptional Viewer Experience in Times of Change
Shuttered productions, shortened release windows and an industry that’s gone almost completely to a work-from-home model. Media and entertainment has felt the impacts of the pand... More
VR, AR Seeing Resurgent Interest During COVID-19
By Michael Darer, Content Marketing Manager, Signiant - Over the last few weeks, I’ve ziplined in Maui, toured the Louvre, and visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New Yo... More
Verizon Media Touts Latest Platform Enhancements
Verizon Media spotlighted several of the latest enhancements that have been made to the Verizon Media Platform during a May 7 "OTT Innovation Showcase” webinar that included demo... More
Gracenote Audio On Demand Launches for Podcast Search, Discovery
Nielsen has launched a new search and discovery offering for podcast, offering streaming music platforms, MVPDs, automakers and consumer electronics companies the ability to search... More
Whip Media Group Launches Supply Chain Partnership Program
A collection of entertainment technology companies are partnering up with data-driven integrated cloud tech firm Whip Media Group to launch a new Strategic Supply Chain Partnership... More
OTT, Other IP Licensing Gave TiVo a Q1 Revenue Boost
Strength in over-the-top (OTT) and other intellectual property (IP) licensing provided TiVo with a lift in its first quarter (ended March 31), according to company executives. T... More
Disney Plus Momentum Continued in Q2 Amid Strong Streaming Demand
Disney Plus shined for Disney in the second quarter (ended March 28) as momentum continued for the company’s over-the-top, direct-to-consumer streaming service despite challenges... More
M&E Journal: Measuring Accurate Ad Exposure
By James Maysonet, Head of Business Development, Videocites - Can you actually measure the true performance of your online video ad or promotion? How effective was it? Did your ... More