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Veritone to Buy Wazee Digital for $15 Million

Veritone said Aug. 13 that it signed an agreement to buy Wazee Digital, a provider of cloud-native video management and licensing services that enable rights holders to monetize an... More

Veritone Eyes New aiWARE Growth Opportunities

Veritone continues to see growth opportunities for its aiWARE artificial intelligence (AI) operating system among existing media customers and clients in new business sectors inclu... More

HBO Looks to Demystify Language Metadata

Yonah Levenson, manager of taxonomy for HBO, and Laura Dawson, metadata analyst for the company, have a unique — and absolutely vital — job: make sense of multiple language sta... More

MESA Publishes HBO-Developed M&E Industry Language Metadata Table

The Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) Aug. 7 published a new language metadata resource, one developed by HBO and released with the goal of uniting data specialis... More

Smart Content Keynoter: Blockchain Can Empower Artists

Content creators face all sorts of challenges today, including a loss of control over their IP, a lack of a sustained income stream, little transparency in the financial reporting ... More

IBM Continues to Enhance Watson AI Solutions for Video

NEW YORK – IBM continues to enhance the various Watson artificial intelligence (AI) solutions it offers to enhance customers’ video services, according to Tim MacGregor, IBM Wa... More

AWS, Machine Learning and a Royal Wedding

It’s been about a year since Amazon Web Services began making it simple for developers to extract metadata from content using machine learning services, and according to Liam Mor... More

New Knowledge CEO: AI, Machine Learning Can Be Used to Combat Manipulative Campaigns

As we continue to hear how the Russian government and its troll armies used paid advertisements and viral propaganda to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, media and ... More

Viacom, NYT Share How They ‘Gamify’ the Data Experience

Three experts from three very different media and entertainment companies gathered July 24 for a panel discussion on how to use data and analytics to attract and retain their custo... More

LiveTiles Exec: Companies Should Focus on Intelligent Transformation to be Successful

NEW YORK — Most organizations are going through some sort of digital transformation to allow them to better compete in their market, but organizations really need to focus on “... More

SVA’s Thibeault: ‘Layered’ Security Solutions Work Best to Protect Your Content

NEW YORK — As over-the-top (OTT) streaming video continues to gain in popularity, it’s a prime target for pirates and, to protect your content, it’s important to use a “lay... More

NeuLion Execs: Using Consumer ‘Watch Data’ Can Grow Your OTT Service

NEW YORK – Real-time “watch data” providing sharp insights and fast intelligence enables over-the-top (OTT) video streaming service providers to identify, manage and analyze ... More

Experts Talk Benefits — and Drawbacks — of Advanced Ads

Dynamic ad insertion and addressable advertising have long been touted as the future of non-linear, ad-supported media, but despite advances in technology making advanced advertisi... More

Data Guru Stilling: Don’t Forget About Your People During the Data Journey

NEW YORK – Every media organization must have a collaborative culture in place built on a clear vision, data fluency and candor, according to data guru Thomas Stilling. “An ... More

Microsoft Azure Exec: More Media Companies Moving to the Cloud, But Some Still Hesitant

NEW YORK — A growing number of production companies are moving their workflows to the cloud, but some studios remain reluctant to make the move despite the advantages provided by... More

MoviePass Exec: It’s All About the Data

NEW YORK — Although MoviePass continues to lose money with its $10-a-month movie theater subscription service, subscriber numbers keep growing and profitability keeps getting clo... More

Smart Content, Content Protection, Cloud Production Together July 24 in NYC

Nearly 400 members of the East Coast media and entertainment community are set to visit the Microsoft Conference Center July 24 for the second annual Media & Entertainment Day, att... More

Strong Azure Results Boost Microsoft’s Q4

Microsoft reported stronger results for its fourth quarter (ended June 30) that it said were helped by growth in its Azure cloud computing business. Revenue in Microsoft’s ove... More

Piracy, Cybersecurity Topics Slated for Content Protection Summit

During the July 24 Media & Entertainment Day at the Microsoft Conference Center in New York, studios, piracy experts and industry groups will all be featured presenters during the ... More

An EPIC Cloud Program Scheduled for July 24 M&E Day

During the July 24 Media & Entertainment Day at the Microsoft Conference Center in New York, Microsoft is sponsoring a new series of discussions centered around cloud production wo... More

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