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Comcast CEO: No Plans to Stop Licensing Content to Others After D2C Service Launches

As Comcast continues to ready its own direct-to-consumer (D2C) streaming service for a 2020 launch, we shouldn’t necessarily expect the company to follow in the footsteps of Disn... More

Paths to Leadership on the Docket at Feb. 27 Smart Hollywood Summit

To close out the program Feb. 27 at the Smart Hollywood Summit in Los Angeles, the minds behind Women in Technology: Hollywood (WiTH) will bring a collection of industry executives... More

Hammerspace: Data Beyond Storage

Los Altos, Calif.-based Hammerspace has a simple mission: allow for the delivery of unstructured data across the hybrid cloud, without that data tied to storage. By removing the li... More

KlarisIP, Testronic, ISE to Share Perspectives at Feb. 27 Smart Hollywood Summit

Among the highlights of the Feb. 27 Smart Hollywood Summit — a day-long conference looking at the transformative effect AI, blockchain, metadata, OTT and automated processes are ... More

Pepperdine Graziadio Business School Marks 50th with ‘Industry 4.0’ Event

The Pepperdine Graziadio Business School will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a full-day academic conference April 2 in Los Angeles, exploring the “Fourth Industrial Revoluti... More

Hammerspace CEO to Spotlight Metadata at Feb. 27 Smart Hollywood Summit

Among the highlights of the Feb. 27 Smart Hollywood Summit — a day-long conference looking at the transformative effect AI, blockchain, metadata, OTT and automated processes are ... More

Movie Licensing Rampant at 2019 Toy Fair

NEW YORK — Toys and games based on movie licenses were out in force at the recent Toy Fair New York 2019, and included everything from the upcoming “Pokemon: Detective Pikachu�... More

IBM Watson Exec to Share AI Content Creation Update at Smart Hollywood Event

Sophisticated AI and ML algorithms are already able to mimic the work of artists, pen songs, make informed filmmaking decisions, and enrich metadata to boost the value of content. ... More

Convergent Risks: Linking Security with Understanding Process, Workflows

For nearly two decades now Convergent Risks — a specialist consultancy focused on security, risk and compliance services — has been working with media and entertainment compani... More

HPA Tech Retreat: Trusted Partner Network Gains Steam

PALM DESERT, Calif. — Today’s advanced methods of film and TV production is fueled by an ever-growing ecosystem of third-party vendors, offering content creators innovative way... More

HPA Tech Retreat: Teradici, BeBop, Avid Talk Cloud Content Creation

PALM DESERT, Calif. — For all the relatively recent tech innovations the media and entertainment industry has embraced, the ability to migrate content workflows to the cloud is n... More

M&E Journal: Upping the Monetization Game During Live Sports Broadcasts

By Mike Arthur, SVP, Sports, Live Events Content Licensing, Wazee Digital, a Veritone Company - For years, sports properties and rights holders— such as golf, football, tenni... More

Adobe, PIX Celebrate Sci-Tech Oscars

Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) members Adobe and PIX System were among the honorees at this year’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Scienti... More

No Company’s Better Prepared to Take Advantage of Digital Transformation Than SAP, CEO Says

SAP is well-prepared to take advantage of the ongoing digital transformation going on within the enterprise space, according to company CEO Bill McDermott. “No company is comp... More

CDSA Releases First Film and Television Production Security Guidelines

Guidelines for protecting film and television productions against cyber and physical breaches have been released by the Content Delivery and Security Association (CDSA), the worldw... More

2019 HPA Tech Retreat: Trusted Partner Network Content Security Case Study on Tap

Leaders of the Trusted Partner Network (TPN) — an industry security initiative supported by roughly 30 media and entertainment companies, and created by the Motion Picture Associ... More

M&E Journal: Applied Science and the Content Bonanza

By Jim Riley, CRO, Bitmax - Over the past few years content creators have produced a bonanza of quality content. Virtual MVPDs and other OTT and direct-to-consumer (DTC) storefr... More

EIDR By the Numbers: The Identifier System Has Hit ‘Critical Mass’

The Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) global unique identifier system made a significant amount of progress with content in the past year and more growth is expected this ye... More

Digital Media Consultant: Avoid Silo Mentality With EIDR Implementation

Although the Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) global unique identifier system is now widely accepted as the industry standard in many technical specifications and workflows... More

Dolby CEO: Growing Atmos, Vision ‘Momentum’ Has Company Off to Strong 2019 Start

Continued strength in Dolby Atmos, Dolby Cinema and Dolby Vision helped Dolby report stronger results in its first quarter (ended Dec. 28) of fiscal 2019 than it did a year ago, ac... More

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