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M&E Journal: DVR in the OTT World: A Case for Updated Storage Requirements

By Jason Friedlander, Director, Marketing Communications, Verizon Digital Media Services - Thanks to the Supreme Court’s refusal in 2009 to hear the Cablevision remote DVR ca... More

IBM Exec: Watson Captioning Leverages AI to Automate Closed Captioning Process

IBM is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to automate the closed captioning process as part of its latest offering, Watson Captioning, according to David Kulczar, senior offer... More

M&E Journal: Mitigating Cyber Risks Through Military Strategies

By Martin Mazor, SVP and Chief Information Security Officer, Entertainment Partners - These days, cybercrime is pervasive. Scan the news and you’ll likely run into informatio... More

Analyst Upbeat on Sony CEO Transition Plan, Q3 Results

There were several “positive” takeaways from Sony’s recent announcement that its CEO, Kazuo Hirai, will soon be replaced in that role by its current CFO, Kenichiro Yoshida, a... More

MoviePass Brass to Keynote Bi-Coastal Smart Content Summits

The data and analytics behind the business of premier movie-theater subscription service MoviePass will be the topic of the very first bi-coastal keynote address during both the Sm... More

M&E Journal: 2017 IT Hiring Environment Was Bright for Job Seekers … and 2018 Should Be Great Too

By Paul Flaharty, Regional VP, Los Angeles, Robert Half Technology - There was good news for tech professionals who planned a career move in 2017: The general IT hiring market ... More

M&E Journal: Entertainment Auditing Reaches a New Level

By Chris Johnson, Global Director, Anti-Piracy & Compliance Programs, Content Delivery & Security Association (CDSA) - This month marks 15 years that I have been activel... More

Technicolor Exec: HDR More Significant for Broadcasters than UHD in U.S., For Now

Technicolor continues to make strides with the implementation of its High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology, as U.S. broadcasters continue to embrace HDR in general more widely than U... More

Azure: ‘Rapidly Evolving’ Security Threats Among ‘Key Challenges’ in Protecting Cloud Workloads

“Rapidly evolving” cybersecurity threats are among the “key challenges” that media and other organizations have today when it comes to protecting their cloud workloads, acc... More

M&E Journal: Invention and Revolution

By Robert Gekchyan, Founder and CEO, ANG Digital - Before Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in the mid-1400s, all literature in Europe was created by hand, largely... More

Vistex: A Global Approach to Assets, Rights Management, and More

With more platforms, higher transaction volumes, and ever-changing consumer expectations of how content should work, there’s more money to be had for media and licensing organiza... More

M&E Journal: Digital Screeners: Walking the Security-Playback Tightrope

By Alex Nauda, Chief Technology Officer, MediaSilo - With piracy an ever-growing problem and high-profile hacks affecting multiple networks and streaming services, security is t... More

Scaeva Technologies: Rethinking the Science of Content Protection

Content theft continues to plague the media and entertainment industry. And Scaeva Technologies is looking at new ways to tackle the problem. Steve Curd, president and CEO of Sc... More

Avid CEO: ‘Massive Explosion’ of Content Has Created New Challenges for Media Companies

The significant surge in content, as well as the increased number of channels, platforms and devices that content can be viewed on, has created new challenges for media and enterta... More

M&E Journal: Anywhere, Anytime, Any Language

By Robert Holmstrom, Chief Technology Officer, BTI Studios - A number of recent trends are strongly influencing how we consume TV and films. In turn our response is influencing ... More

CES 2018: Adobe’s Bullish on AR, VR; Wipro Touts Voice Recognition, IoT, AI

LAS VEGAS – Wipro focused on three key areas at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES): the automotive sector, media and the Internet of Things (IoT) including artificial intel... More

CES 2018: Gracenote Unveils Apple CarPlay Concept; Nagra Spotlights OpenTV Signature Edition

LAS VEGAS – Gracenote used the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to spotlight a concept designed to overcome the dilemma of consumers not being able to use the popular Apple C... More

CES 2018: Verizon Touts Strength of Oath; IBM Details Watson Media Strategy

LAS VEGAS – Verizon used the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to tout the strength of its Verizon Digital Media Services (VDMS) division and the overall Oath subsidiary that ... More

CES 2018: Accenture Stresses AI, AR, VR, OTT Opportunities; Ooyala Flexes its Offerings

LAS VEGAS – Accenture used the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to stress the various opportunities media and entertainment companies have from artificial intelligence (AI), ... More

MESA Smart Content Summits Return to Both Coasts in 2018

The Media & Entertainment Services Alliances (MESA) 2018 Event Calendar kicks off in late February and early March with two back-to-back, coast-to-coast Smart Content Summits. The... More

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