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Disney Streaming Services Looks to CDNs to Help Lock Down Content
LAS VEGAS — With consumer demand for streaming content at an all-time high, and delivering that content globally, while also maintaining strong access controls, is proving to be ... More
TV Makers, Retailer at CE Week: All Signs Promising for 8K Success
NEW YORK – 8K Ultra High-Def (UHD) isn’t just a story about improved resolution and all signs seem to be promising that 8K TVs will be embraced by consumers and content creator... More
M&E Journal: A Decade of Digital Transformation
By Guy Finley, President, Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) - At our recent Hollywood Innovation and Transformation Summit (HITS Spring) event, where we brought tog... More
HITS Spring: Birlasoft Sees ‘Intelligent Armies’ Winning Race for M&E Audiences
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Timothy Sheehy, assistant VP of media and entertainment for digital and IT services specialist Birlasoft, puts the state of moving workflows to the cloud... More
Digital Edition of MESA’s Spring ‘M&E Journal’ Goes Live
The Spring edition of the “M&E Journal” from the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) is now live, offering nearly 30 articles authored by executives from Hollywood�... More
HITS Spring: Experts Talk Quantum Computing, Deep Fakes
During the May 23 HITS Spring session “Quantum Computing and the Future of Entertainment & Content Security,” Mark Jackson, scientific lead of business development at Cambridge... More
HITS Spring: Azure’s Sloss Touts Cloud Editing Advantages
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Paramount’s production of Ang Lee’s next film, “Gemini Man,” is seeing the famed director recording at 6K, in stereoscopic 3D, at 120 frames per ... More
Top 5 Reasons M&E Needs NVMe Now
By Erik Weaver, Global Director, M&E Strategy and Market Development, Data Center Solutions, Western Digital Hollywood has its fair share of name dropping. But have you he... More
HITS Spring: SoftServe Looks to a Better Recommendation Engine
There is more content than ever out there and it’s enormously challenging for broadcasters to get viewers to watch their content and keep them engaged, so it’s crucial to creat... More
Apple Breaks Up iTunes, Touts HDR, ML, VR Enhancements
Apple touted multiple enhancements to its hardware and software that included augmented reality (AR), High Dynamic Range (HDR), machine learning (ML), Ultra High-Def (UHD) and virt... More
HITS Spring: Blizzard Entertainment Eyes AI, ML to Enhance eSports Content Offerings
Game maker Blizzard Entertainment — which relies on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to distribute content from its popular Overwatch League eSports competitions — will see its Activi... More
HITS Spring: Spark Digital Touts Benefits of Geotargeting
Whether your organization is targeting content within the confines of a physical space or localizing content for global markets, using time and place data to deliver customers comp... More
HITS Spring Presentations Now Available
More than a dozen breakout presentations from top Hollywood vendors at the May 23 HITS Spring event in Los Angeles are now available, covering the latest trends in metadata, cloud ... More
HITS Spring: Film, TV Companies Would Benefit from Going Paperless, Exactuals CEO Says
Going paperless enables media companies to keep pace with the rapidly growing volume of payments without increasing headcount or budget, according to Mike Hurst, CEO and co-founder... More
HITS Spring: Creating an AI, Bots Strategy Can Improve Business Processes, LiveTiles Says
The creation of an artificial intelligence (AI) and bot strategy can help a company improve its business practices, remove mundane tasks and improve the speed and access to informa... More
HITS Spring: Google Keynoter Shares How Search Equals Truth
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Qing Wu, principle economist for Google, earned some easy laughs to begin his keynote presentation May 23 at the annual HITS Spring event: his opening sl... More
HITS Spring: Blockgraph Aims for Secure ‘Identity’ for TV Ad Industry
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Jason Manningham, GM of the Blockgraph initiative — a TV industry platform designed to offer secure information sharing among broadcasters and advertis... More
Cinelytic: Improving How M&E Business is Done
Combining the best practices of finance, science and tech, and the entertainment sectors, Los Angeles-based Cinelytic has a bold goal: help entertainment industry professionals max... More
Fox CFO: SVOD, eSports Lead Post-Film Business Opportunities
The new Fox Corp. that was recently created in the wake of Disney buying the 20th Century Fox film and television studios is seeing more opportunities in eSports, sports gambling a... More
HITS Spring: Birlasoft, Exactuals, Azure Bring Cloud, Payments Knowledge
Executives from Microsoft Azure, Birlasoft, Exactuals and Blizzard Entertainment will all be on hand May 23 at the HITS Spring event in Los Angeles, offering insights into the late... More