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Sony Pictures Finds New Life For Catalog Using Time-Based Metadata
In the past, creating data around content was a challenge for studios. Redundancies, missed opportunities, and the costs associated with manual processes were all standing in the w... More
PCH: Media Companies Should Align Analytics Strategies with Their Business Strategies
Data has the power to be a major catalyst for a company, offering it the ability to better understand customer insights, but if the analytics are not in alignment with what the org... More
VSI Acquires Latin American Localization Firm CIVISA Media
Localization specialist VSI Group has announced the acquisition of CIVISA Media, a dubbing, subtitling and production company based out of Buenos Aires. One of the largest local... More
MarkLogic, RSG Media, BTI Studios Bring Smart Content Know-How to July 25 M&E Day
MarkLogic’s chief strategy officer, the chief product officer for RSG Media, BTI Studios’ chief revenue officer and more will be on hand at the July 25 Media & Entertainment Da... More
MarkLogic July 31 Webinar: How Sony Pictures Drives Value With Descriptive Metadata
At the May 23 HITS Spring event in Los Angeles, Jason Lambert, executive director of content licensing and metadata for Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Matt Turner, CTO of media a... More
Veritone Lands AI Ad Analytics Deal With Cox Media Group
Artificial intelligence operating system firm Veritone has landed a deal with Cox Media Group (CMG), with the media conglomerate agreeing to use the AI-powered OS aiWARE’s Verito... More
M&E Journal: Feeding the Content Beast
By Ashley Bailey, Product Marketing Manager, M&E, Veritone - Consumer demand for all types of content, available on all platforms, has never been greater. For M&E companies, it�... More
Gracenote Adds Video Popularity Score to Advanced Discovery Metadata Offerings
Gracenote has introduced a video metadata offering it said June 19 was designed to help customers find the most popular movie and TV content. Gracenote Video Popularity Score, t... More
Technicolor Exec: ‘We’re Still in a Crawl Phase’ with Extended Reality
NEW YORK — It’s still just the early days for augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and other forms of extended reality (XR), and funding remains challenging as applicat... More
HITS Spring: Birlasoft Sees ‘Intelligent Armies’ Winning Race for M&E Audiences
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Timothy Sheehy, assistant VP of media and entertainment for digital and IT services specialist Birlasoft, puts the state of moving workflows to the cloud... More
HITS Spring: Cinelytic, MicroStrategy Bring AI, ML Know-How
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Experts from both Cinelytic and MicroStrategy were on hand May 23 at the annual HITS Spring event, bringing ideas on how machine learning (ML) and artifi... More
HITS Spring: Metadata-Based Tagging a Boon for Studios, 5th Kind CEO Says
Shifting a studio’s strategy to metadata-based tagging can empower its security, as well as provide it with unprecedented control and allow the studio to monetize its archive lik... More
HITS Spring: Blockgraph Aims for Secure ‘Identity’ for TV Ad Industry
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Jason Manningham, GM of the Blockgraph initiative — a TV industry platform designed to offer secure information sharing among broadcasters and advertis... More
HITS Spring: 5th Kind to Tackle ‘Metadata Endgame’
At the May 23 HITS Spring event at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Los Angeles, Steve Cronan, CEO of 5th Kind, will show attendees how they can make the most of everything they hav... More
Salesforce Exec: Welcome to the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’
NEW YORK — We’re living in a significant era of change in which everyone is connected all the time and devices are becoming increasingly smart thanks to technologies including ... More
M&E Journal: Digital Pre-Release Screeners: How Online Platforms Can Eliminate Costs and Provide Greater Peace of Mind
By Beth Harris, VP Marketing, PIX - Managing, organizing, and distributing publicity screeners isn’t an easy job. Although the industry has taken “baby steps” towards ... More
NAB 2019: Gracenote Digs Deep into Metadata
LAS VEGAS — Kamran Lotfi, director of product, search and discovery, for Gracenote, spends a lot of time thinking about how metadata can make content — and the user experience ... More
NAB 2019: ThinkAnalytics, VDMS, Teradici, and More Show Off DAM Offerings
LAS VEGAS — Content workflows migrated to the cloud, automated metadata using artificial intelligence and machine learning, better recommendation engines geared toward attracting... More
NAB 2019: Sony Spotlights New AI-Based Video Analytics, New 4K HDR Camera System
LAS VEGAS — Sony’s significant presence at NAB this week included announcements on multiple service and product fronts, including the introduction of new artificial intelligenc... More
NAB 2019: MESA Members to Show Off New Workflow Solutions
By Jeff Berman and Chris Tribbey – This is the third of three stories previewing some of the new workflow solutions being showcased at this year’s NAB Show in Las Vegas. The... More