M+E Connections
Creative Cloud Updates Unveiled at Adobe MAX 2021
Adobe introduced several Creative Cloud updates on Oct. 26, the first day of its three-day Adobe MAX 2021 conference, which was held virtually for the second-straight year. The ... More
M&E Journal: What No One in Streaming Services is Talking Enough About
Streaming services are at a strange intersection in 2021: The clamor for direct-to-consumer (D2C) content is at an all-time high, yet the industry is more competitive than ever. Pr... More
Ad-ID, EIDR and LMT Tout the Importance of M&E Data Standards
Ad-ID, the Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) and the Language Metadata Table (LMT) Working Group highlighted the importance of media and entertainment industry standards and... More
M&E Journal: The Age of Fully Virtualized Productions
Virtualization has been around for quite some time but until the COVID-19 pandemic, the methodology hadn’t been widely adopted by media and entertainment companies, mostly due to... More
MESA Member Webinar Week Ahead: Oct. 25-Oct. 29
Zendesk offers ideas on how to manage support teams working remotely, Signiant details the benefits of its Jet automated system-to-system file transfer service, and Adobe opens its... More
Disrupting Piracy With Forensic Watermarking With DRM for OTT Streaming
Forensic watermarking and multi-digital rights management (DRM) technologies provide an effective one-two punch when it comes to disrupting piracy and an added benefit is that they... More
M&E Companies Need to Step Up Their Fight Against Piracy
Piracy continues to pose a threat to the media and entertainment industry and it is everyone’s responsibility to address the issue of large-scale content theft. M&E compan... More
Netflix Exec: Don’t Expect the Company to Go on Game Developer Buying Spree
Interactive games won’t be a significant contributor to overall Netflix business for a long time and we shouldn’t expect the company to start quickly acquiring game developers ... More
M&E Journal: Establishing a Remote Editorial Process in the Cloud
Demand for remote production workflows has intensified to meet increased consumer demand for content over the past year. Content creation and post-production facilities around the ... More
MESA Member Webinar Week Ahead: Oct. 18-22
Several MESA members take part in the two-day Video Security Summit, Palo Alto Networks looks at security vs. user experience when it comes to working remotely, and MESA welcomes i... More
M&E Journal: The Rise of Virtual Events
It’s March 15, 2020 and the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) starts in a week. The festival has thousands of tickets and passes sold, an 8-plex cinema fully booked an... More
IBC a Sign of a Return to Normal
One of the greatest signs that the industry is getting serious about moving forward was the announcement of the 2021 IBC programme — in person and virtual — in Amsterdam Dec 3-... More
M&E Journal: Our Evolution With Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
Many companies have begun the hard work of recognising imbalances in hiring, development, and leadership based on race, gender, disability, sexuality, and numerous other factors. ... More
MESA Member Webinar Week Ahead: Oct. 11-Oct. 15
Zixi talks live ad insertion, Zendesk looks at how to evolve your self-service offerings, and Sony shares what everyone can expect with its latest products, workflows and services.... More
The (Un)Predictability of SVOD Performance
Streaming services are a mystery. Complete and accurate theatrical box office, television audience ratings, and home video rental performance have generally been available throu... More
Progress is About Not Wishing for the Past
Okay we admit it: 2021 hasn’t turned out exactly as the year we planned. Yet this year has been better than 2020 and people have persevered. Folks in the M&E industry changed ... More
M&E Journal: The Audience is King
The competition for subscription and ad-supported streaming viewers has never been more intense and looks to remain so for the foreseeable future. Netflix and Amazon are facing... More
PacketFabric Acquires Data Mobility Specialist RSTOR
Cloud-based Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) provider PacketFabric has acquired Saratoga, Calif.-based RSTOR, a cloud-based provider of data mobility solutions, the company announced. ... More
Adobe: How to Overcome the ‘Conversion Conundrum’
Many organizations trying to sell products or services online – whether they’re media and entertainment companies, retailers, or any other type of business – are finding it h... More
MESA Member Webinar Week Ahead: Oct. 4-8
The Media & Entertainment Information Sharing Analysis Centre (ME-ISAC) holds its latest informal meet-up for cybersecurity and content protection executives in the M&E ind... More
