M+E News Headlines
What’s the Cost of Losing Your Day’s Work? (Signiant Blog)
If your systems were down, even for just a day, what would that cost you? $100,000? $200,000? More? Disruption and downtime can be killers for the media business. Network interrup... More
Red Bee Media Partners with Who’s Watching TV to Deliver Services to World Poker Tour
The partnership entails WPT contracting for the WWTV Explorer Service, a program and schedule analysis tool that provides access to comprehensive TV programming, past and future li... More
The Rise of FAST Channels (RSG Media Blog)
The television industry is undergoing a significant transformation with the emergence of Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV channels. These Streaming Services that are accessed via a l... More
Survey: Amazon’s Push Into Ad-Supported Streaming Is Working (TVTech)
New findings provides extensive data showing that the majority of consumers will opt for lower cost ad-supported video services over higher priced premium ad-free offerings and tha... More
AI Was Dominant at NAB 2024 (Spherex Blog)
As predicted in our blog post, the 2024 NAB show focused on Artificial Intelligence technologies and their impact on the Media and Entertainment industry. The event showcased the t... More
AI-Human Collaboration: Next-Gen Translation for Global Media Success (XL8 Blog)
The growth in media content consumption is fuelling the exponential growth of localisation demands. Streaming services and FAST channels must compete globally, necessitating high-q... More
Nielsen: Asian American Audiences Spend as Much Time on Mobile as TV
As the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month kicks off in May, Nielsen has released an extensive new report diving into their media habits with data showing they are “super strea... More
SAP Extends Contract with CEO Christian Klein
SAP announced that it has extended the contract of CEO and Member of the Executive Board Christian Klein for three years, until the end of 2028. The company has also strengthened K... More
Study: Streaming Market Is Saturated but Subscriptions Continue to Grow (TVTech)
`Subscription stacking’ and ads are the path to growth in a saturated U.S. streaming market, Kantar reports.... More
Frustration (and Hope) for Sports Fans in the Era of Streaming TV (Xperi Blog)
For sports fans in the streaming era, finding the games they want to watch remains one of the most complicated discovery tasks. There are many reasons for this: distribution rights... More
New Survey Explores Attitudes on Captioning, Automatic Speech Recognition (Vitac Blog)
A new survey on automatic speech recognition and captioning trends revealed that nearly half of respondents desire greater accuracy in their ASR tools. The survey notes that althou... More
Australia is an Attractive Market for GenAI and AWS Wants to Grab It (Verdict)
At the recent Amazon Web Services Summit in Sydney Australia, the company revealed that Australia was an important market for AWS and that it was optimistic about the potential of ... More
Hallmark Launches Hallmark en Español Channel (Advanced Television)
Hallmark Media is enhancing the reach of its programming to serve more Spanish-speaking audiences with its new channel, Hallmark en Español. The channel features a curated library... More
SAG-AFTRA Inks Deal With Nielsen to Measure Streaming Content (THR)
The Nielsen data — from its Streaming Content Ratings service — will “complement first-party data from streaming platforms and serve as a consistent and comparable lens throu... More
Survey: U.S. Business and Consumers Plan to Increase Tech Spending (TVTech)
A new survey indicates that U.S. businesses and consumers had an overall positive attitude towards their technology spending plans in the first quarter of 2024, the second consecut... More
Highlights from NAB 2024: Safeguarding Content Value and Authenticity – and an NAB Product of the Year Award (NAGRA Blog)
With a focus on safeguarding premium content value and authenticity, NAGRA highlighted key areas of interest in the media and entertainment industry. Of note was the growing demand... More
Anuvu Completes Sale of Maritime, Energy and Government Connectivity Businesses to FMC GlobalSat
Anuvu announced the completion of sale of its Maritime, Energy and Government connectivity business operations to FMC GlobalSat. The transaction, effective, April 30, 2024, include... More
Brightcove Integrates AWS’ Generative AI Assistant (TVB)
The streaming technology provider said it has implemented Amazon Q Business, AWS’ new generative AI assistant.... More
Globo Unveils New Content and Models for LA Screenings (TTN)
In its outing in the LA Screenings Independents, Globo will showcase major highlights in its portfolio such as the release of two new productions, in addition to offering scripted ... More
Fortinet Announces Generative AI IoT Security Assistant, New GenAI Capabilities for Network and Security Operations
Deeper FortiAI integrations across the Fortinet Security Fabric allow organizations to strengthen their security posture and increase operational efficiency. (more…)... More
