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PADEM Media Group’s McLennan Hits Wall Street Journal Bestselling List at No. 4

PADEM Media Group chief executive Allan McLennan joined the ranks of Wall Street Journal bestsellers as a co-author of the new book, “Authority: Strategic Concepts from 15 Intern... More

CES 2021: You Can’t See It All in One Sitting

After years of working the floor at CES, it’s easy to summarize: dumb from the neck up, numb from the neck down. This year was worse. You couldn’t “miss” a keynote, press e... More

Netflix Eyes New Opportunities for Growth Amid Increased Competition

As the number of major streaming video rivals continued to grow in the fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31), Netflix still sees new opportunities to grow subscribers and increase the amo... More

The Pandemic Accelerated the Focus of Serving the Viewer

Tenet painfully clawed itself to maybe $80 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and perhaps $400 million globally while most major projects were slid into next year or worse, slippe... More

Content Workflow Management Forum Program Takes Shape

The program for the 25 Feb. Content Workflow Management Forum — “M&E’s Premiere Localization Event” — is beginning to take shape, with discussions around the state of... More

Tough Times Produce New Creative Content Opportunities

Well, we did it. We bought a 2021 calendar. We hardly used last year’s and if this year is going to suck like 2020, we can always recycle. Despite all the corporate blood-lett... More

Xcapsim Learning: Improved Cybersecurity Awareness, Retention

London-based Xcapsim Learning came about with the understanding that traditional methods of in-company training weren’t doing the job, with employees retaining roughly 30 percent... More

Verizon Touts Latest 5G Initiatives, Milestones at Virtual CES

Verizon used the first day of the first virtual CES on Jan. 11 to tout its latest 5G milestones and initiatives. During the first virtual CES keynote, Hans Vestberg, Verizon CEO... More

Interoperability and Simplicity: The Bane of Streaming

Over recent years, streaming has already been booming to meet the desires and habits of consumers. Various OTT models were already well positioned for the global lock-down, or shel... More

Does the Movie or the Theater Make Content Great?

Do we have to say it? Christmas and New Year’s didn’t panning out exactly as we envisioned last year. Not by a long shot! Even if our local IMAX had been open, there’s n... More

Richey May: Pandemic Presents Piracy and Other Increased Threats

The COVID-19 pandemic led to film production and new film releases slowing to a crawl, as well as theaters being crippled and a wide range of ramped-up security threats to media an... More

CPS 2020: Convergent Risks Calls For Different Approach to Workflow Security

Over the last couple of years, Convergent Risks has provided more than a 1,000 security assessments. And with most media and entertainment firms moving to a work-from-home situatio... More

CDSA Provides Update on App & Cloud Control Framework

The Content Delivery & Security Association (CDSA) used a session at the Dec. 8 virtual Content Protection Summit to provide an update on its App & Cloud Control Framework... More

CPS 2020: Akamai Equates Anti-Piracy Game to Chess

At the Dec. 8 virtual Content Protection Summit, Mark Barron, principal solutions engineer for Akamai, shared his company’s approach to piracy today. (more…)... More

2020 Edition of MESA’s Winter M&E Journal Goes Live

The winter edition of the “M&E Journal,” published by MESA and geared toward senior media and entertainment executives who oversee their companies’ digital futures, is now av... More

Zixi: Broadcast-Quality Video Can Be Delivered Remotely With its SDVP

A growing number of media and entertainment companies are looking for a solution to distribute broadcast-quality video from remote locations, and Zixi’s Software-Defined Video Pl... More

Streaming Evolution Happening Fast

The M&E industry as well as what is acceptable and what is frowned upon is constantly evolving. We’re not certain if the changes are good/needed or we’ll simply become numb and... More

Women Tech Execs: New Opportunities Being Created for Diverse Security Workforces

As content protection becomes a more digital challenge and cybersecurity drives digital transformation in the security sector, new opportunities are being created for diverse secur... More

Genpact Highlights Road to Winning Media Management Strategy

As media businesses pivot to drive revenue from digital channels, it’s essential that they fully understand and be prepared for the complex nature of content streaming and how to... More

Adobe Execs: Addition of Workfront Provides Significant Opportunities

Adobe’s recently finalized, $1.5 billion acquisition of Workfront and its work management platform for marketers presents significant opportunities for growth, according to Adobe... More

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