Exclusives
Disney’s Meg Morrissey Named Co-Chair of LMT Working Group
Meg Morrissey, senior data librarian at Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution, has been appointed co-chair of the Language Metadata Table (LMT) Working Group. The news c... More
Three Capabilities Streaming Services Need to Capitalize on New Consumer Behaviors
Consumer media consumption behavior has changed irrevocably during the COVID-19 pandemic: OTT platforms experienced a 17% increase in the number of viewing households this year, an... More
CES 2021: Sony, NAGRA, Dolby, Technicolor All Make Noise
The first-ever all-digital CES opened with more than 1,900 exhibitors and 100-plus conference sessions, offering virtual attendees around the world both the latest tech news announ... More
MovieLabs Previews Security Architecture 2030 Vision
As production continues to shift further to the cloud, a new security architecture is required to help the entertainment industry achieve new security goals, Spencer Stephens, lead... More
Smart Content, Localization Highlighted in MESA’s Winter M&E Journal
The winter edition of the “M&E Journal,” published by MESA and geared toward senior media and entertainment executives who oversee their companies’ digital futures, is now av... More
Mytonomy CEO Talks Bridge Between Health, M&E at Content Protection Summit
Health care isn’t exactly known for digital innovation, with industry players used to communicating with patients in very familiar (in-person and via phone) ways. All it took was... More
Xcapism Learning Offers Retention Ideas at Dec. 8 CPS Event
It’s estimated we remember barely 30 percent of information we’re given through traditional communications and awareness at work. Enter London-based Xcapism Learning and its... More
5th Kind CEO: C4, Metadata and New Tools are Making Virtual Production Possible
Production companies can use SMPTE’s C4 ID standard and interoperable metadata to integrate a wide range of tools today to drastically enhance and drive efficiencies in the produ... More
Davis Communications Group: ‘Giving Technology a Heartbeat’
For more than two decades now, Los Angeles-based M&E advisory firm Davis Communications Group has helped both public, private and emerging companies retain and grow their client ba... More
CHESA: Technology is Usually Not the Biggest Challenge in Content Migration
When it comes to major metadata and content migrations, it’s not just about what works, it’s about what doesn’t work – and why – and often the greatest challenges in proj... More
Smart Content Summit EU Keynoter: Don’t Rely on Data Alone
Mike Forde, strategic advisor to the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs, advisor to McLaren Formula 1’s Applied Technologies division, and former director of football operations and execu... More
EIDR, Reshuffle Share API Advances
At the recent Media & Entertainment Day event, Richard Kroon, director of technical operations for the Entertainment ID Registry (EIDR), and Reshuffle CEO Avner Braverman shared ho... More
Whip to Offer Data-Driven Strategies at 5 Nov. Smart Content Summit EU
There’s no question that direct-to-consumer streaming has upended the entertainment world, especially on the licensing front. With rising costs, limited inventories, more competi... More
MESA Members Win Big at NAB Show Product of the Year Awards
Seven members of MESA took home honors from the annual NAB Show Product of the Year Awards, handed out Oct. 20 during the NAB Show New York digital experience. The awards are gi... More
Digital Nirvana to Examine Smart Captioning at 5 Nov. Smart Content Summit EU
At this point, if you’re still doing any caption work manually, you’re doing it wrong. At the 5th November Smart Content Summit EU, Russell Wise, SVP of captioning solutions... More
EIDR to Explore Benefits of New APIs at Oct. 20 M&E Day
The cloud may make the delivery of new services easier than ever before, but it can still take a great deal of time (not to mention money) to develop them (while following industry... More
SoCal Women’s Keynoter Shares Data-Equity Links for Los Angeles
The sheer volume of data that tuns through the mayor’s office of the City of Los Angeles is hard to fathom. But what may surprise people more are the number of data-science progr... More
The Eternal Search for the Next Movie
Nineteen-year-old UCLA law student Alan Shimp shares how COVID-19 has emphasized the importance of intelligent content recommendations. One personal consequence of the COVID-19 ... More
Veritone: How Broadcasters and Advertisers Can Get a Lift
Veritone on Sept. 29 provided a mostly upbeat take on the state of broadcasting and advertising, while offering tips for how broadcasters and advertisers can up their games. “... More
MESA Rebrands to Enable Increased Collaboration for Its Communities
MESA, an alliance of technology executives, production companies and content creators who are driving the future of the media and entertainment industry, announced today that it ha... More